All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 2 2011 // The Texas Legislature, which adjourned its regular session on May 30, passed a number of bills of interest to the property and casualty insurance industry, including tort reform legislation and a measure requiring that...
Jun 1 2011 // John M. Rindt, executive vice president of the Surety Division of JDW Insurance, an El Paso, Texas-based insurance agency, has been installed as the president of the National Association of Surety Bond Producers...
Jun 1 2011 // Texas law permits an insurer to use race-neutral factors in credit scoring to price personal lines of insurance. That’s the conclusion the Texas Supreme Court came to in considering a certified question from the...
May 31 2011 // Texas lawmakers were unable to come to terms on an overhaul of the state-backed insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the Texas coast, so they’ll be returning to Austin in July to try again. Their failure to...
May 31 2011 // The Texas Legislature has passed a measure that requires regulatory approval of property and casualty certificate of insurance forms provided to insureds as proof of coverage.Certificates of insurance are widely used in...
May 27 2011 // Homeowners of America Insurance Co., based in Irving, Texas, has named Michael C. Rosentraub as chief financial officer. Rosentraub has over 20 years of experience in the insurance and financial services industries in the...
May 26 2011 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. plans to distribute $155 million in workers’ compensation dividends in 2011.Dividends reward loyal policyholders who share Texas Mutual’s commitment to preventing workplace accidents...
May 26 2011 // The Dallas Fort Worth area was once again ground zero for a series of severe thunderstorms that pounded the area with baseball size hail on May 24. Four inch hail was reported in several cities including Irving, Carrolton,...
May 25 2011 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), based in Austin, Texas, has elected John V. Shropshire Jr., CEO of The Shropshire Agency in Lubbock, Texas, as its new chairman for 2011-2012.CAA’s new 2011-12 Management...
May 25 2011 // Independent Insurance Agents of Dallas (IIAD) Staffing Services division has teamed up with Work At Home Vintage Employees LLC (WAHVE) to provide domestic outsourcing services to supply back-office support to insurance...
May 25 2011 // The Texas Senate unanimously approved its version of a bill to revamp the state’s windstorm fund that insures coastal properties against hurricane damage.The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association reform measure,...
May 24 2011 // Third Coast Underwriters, which provides workers’ compensation insurance for underserved markets that have complex risks, is expanding facilities in Louisiana and Texas, and adding the availability of workers’...
May 23 2011 // The Texas Senate has voted to renew the state Department of Insurance and give it stronger enforcement penalties when companies lose challenges to their rates.Lawmakers are considering competing bills to extend the life of...
May 19 2011 // Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) and its Trusted Choice agents are donating more than $100,000 to the State Firemen’s and Fire Marshals’ Association (SFFMA) to assist volunteer fire departments.The...
May 19 2011 // Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired The Transportation Group, LTD (TTG), a Dallas and Houston, Texas-based brokerage firm that specializes in insurance and risk management for the trucking industry. Terms of the...
May 16 2011 // With 30 years of insurance industry experience under his belt, one Texas-based insurance executive decided recently it was time to open his own operation to serve the insurance needs of the growing Hispanic population....
May 16 2011 // More than 1.8 million homes along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts are at great risk of being damaged by a hurricane, three times the number located in federally defined flood zones, according to a recently released report.The...
May 16 2011 // More than 1.8 million homes along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts are at great risk of being damaged by a hurricane, three times the number located in federally defined flood zones, according to a report released Tuesday.The...
May 16 2011 // American Hallmark, TBICAmerican Hallmark Insurance Co. of Texas, a subsidiary of Ft. Worth-based Hallmark Financial Services Inc., announced in late March that it is acquiring TBIC Holding Corp., and subsidiaries Texas...
May 16 2011 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. appointed Daniel S. Glaser to the newly created position of group president and CEO. Glaser previously had been chairman and CEO of Marsh. He will continue to report to Brian Duperreault,...