All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 7 2010 // Tropical Storm Hermine blew into the border region between Texas and Mexico late Monday night, landing in Northeast Mexico and crossing into Texas early Tuesday morning, bringing with it 60 mph winds, heavy rains and...
Sep 6 2010 // Hallmark Financial, State Auto NationalHallmark Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Hallmark Financial Services Inc. in Ft. Worth, Texas, plans to acquire State Auto National Insurance Co. from Ohio-based State Auto Financial...
Sep 6 2010 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) promoted two key executives. Paul Buffone is now senior vice president of Risk Management Services, and David T. White is now vice president of Internal Audit.Buffone...
Sep 6 2010 // Former Houston Mayor Bill White, a Democrat campaigning to replace Repub-lican Rick Perry as governor of Texas, says homeowners insurance rates in Texas are too high and should be more regulated.White said Texans pay an...
Sep 6 2010 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association recently filed for 5 percent increases in both its residential and commercial rates, effective Jan. 1, 2011. While indications are those hikes won’t bring the rates for the...
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Sep 2 2010 // Watkins Insurance Group, one of the largest full-service, locally owned independent insurance agencies in Central Texas, has added agent Andy Webb to its sales team.Webb began his career in the insurance industry in March...
Sep 1 2010 // The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), a retail and managing general agency specializing in property/casualty and life/health insurance, and financial planning, has opened three new branch locations in Texas.Darrell...
Aug 27 2010 // Former Houston Mayor Bill White, a Democrat campaigning to replace Rick Perry as governor of Texas, says homeowners insurance rates in Texas are too high and should be subject to more regulation.White says Texans pay an...
Aug 26 2010 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association recently filed for 5 percent increases in both its residential and commercial rates, effective Jan. 1, 2011. While indications are those hikes won’t bring the rates for the...
Aug 25 2010 // Swantner & Gordon Insurance Agency, headquartered in Corpus Christi, Texas, and Fort Worth-based Higginbotham & Associates have jointly announced the merger of their operations. The combined firm has more than 500...
Aug 24 2010 // The Texas Department of Insurance is about to change its longtime policy of allowing uncontested insurance rate increases of up to 50 percent without interference, officials said.State regulators will require insurance...
Aug 20 2010 // Meredith Day was recently installed as president of the Central Texas Chapter, Society of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, in Austin, Texas. She received her CPCU designation in 2006 and is currently pursuing the...
Aug 20 2010 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has filed for 5 percent increases in both its residential and commercial rates, effective Jan. 1, 2011.The state’s insurer of last resort provides wind and hail coverage in...
Aug 16 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America has presented Patricia A Daniel of Extraco Banks N.A., dba Extraco Insurance with its National Accredited Customer Service Representative of the Year award. Based...
Aug 16 2010 // Health Care Challenge“While this case raises a host of complex constitutional issues, all seem to distill to the single question of whether or not Congress has the power to regulate — and tax — a...
Aug 16 2010 // Insurance Journal is pleased to publish the 2010 Education and Training Directory. This exclusive resource directory has been designed to help independent agents and brokers find educational and training opportunities to...
Aug 16 2010 // From … how to research and obtain referrals, why it’s important to listen to clients, what to do with social media, where to advertise and what to say … to how to use a questionnaire, court records, a...
Aug 16 2010 // Health Care Challenge“While this case raises a host of complex constitutional issues, all seem to distill to the single question of whether or not Congress has the power to regulate — and tax — a citizen’s...