All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 10 2010 // Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin will join panelists for a discussion of the implementation of the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas 113th Annual Conference on...
Jun 7 2010 // The Hill County Insurance Agency, located in Hillsboro, Texas, has been named the Trusted Choice Agency of the Month by Trusted Choice, the consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers.Hill County...
Jun 7 2010 // The Texas Supreme Court has found in favor of an excess insurance provider in a case involving the contractual liability exclusion in a Commercial General Liability (CGL) policy.In 1993, Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority...
Jun 7 2010 // Reauthorization Needed“Congress needs to pass a long-term extension because homeowners living in flood prone regions of the country don’t have anywhere to turn should another major flood occur during this...
Jun 7 2010 // PURE Risk ManagementPURE Risk Management LLC, based in White Plains, N.Y., is expanding its Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), a member-owned reciprocal insurer, to offer comprehensive, customized property...
Jun 7 2010 // As John Lennon and Paul McCartney could tell you, sometimes you just need a little help from your friends. And in the insurance agency business – where building relationships are key to success – that friend...
Jun 7 2010 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) President and CEO Kristin W. Wall has been elected to the board of directors of NCCI Holdings Inc., a provider of workers’ compensation and employee injury data and...
Jun 7 2010 // As John Lennon and Paul McCartney could tell you, sometimes you just need a little help from your friends. And in the insurance agency business – where building relationships are key to success – that friend...
Jun 4 2010 // The Texas Supreme Court has declined to review a case involving the amount some hospitals marked up workers’ compensation-related bills under rules in effect until 2008, according to Texas Mutual Insurance...
Jun 3 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) and Tarrant County College have initiated the Insurance Representative Certificate (IRC) program. The self-study, self-paced virtual program prepares individuals for the...
Jun 2 2010 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), headquartered in Austin, Texas, announced its newly elected 2010 management committee, including CAA’s new president, Lloyd Eisenrich, president of The Weatherby-Eisenrich Inc....
Jun 2 2010 // The Essential Insurance Group LLC, a property/casualty insurance and surety agency serving greater Houston, has joined forces with Higginbotham & Associates, a national insurance brokerage and financial services firm...
May 28 2010 // Dealing with the worst oil disaster in U.S. history could be BP Plc’s biggest nightmare, and Texas lawyer Brent Coon intends to make it haunt them for a very long time.The 50-year-old Southeast Texan plays guitar in...
May 28 2010 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company’s board of directors approved the company’s plan to distribute $100 million in workers’ compensation dividends. Dividends reward loyal policyholders who share Texas...
May 27 2010 // Delta General Agency announced it is opening a branch office in Plano to serve independent insurance agents in North Texas.Wes Bowers, the new branch manager for the North Texas office, is adding additional underwriting...
May 27 2010 // Brownsville, Texas-based Pronto Insurance has announced it is now offering auto insurance discounts to Texas customers who insure multiple vehicles, implement an automatic withdrawal payment plan (EFT) or pay six months in...
May 26 2010 // The Texas Department of Insurance has filed a proposed rule that would prohibit the use of discretionary clauses in life, accident, and health insurance policy forms. The proposed rule was filed as a result of an October...
May 24 2010 // Texas House Speaker Joe Straus of San Antonio has appointed Rep. Larry Taylor, an insurance agent from Friendswood, to the state’s Sunset Advisory Commission.Taylor, who serves on the House Committee on Insurance and...
May 19 2010 // The Builder Agent Network, a Dallas-based provider of insurance programs for home builders, has been endorsed by the Texas Association of Builders (TAB) as its preferred member service provider for property and liability...
May 19 2010 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced a $178,267 dividend to the Texas Automotive Purchasing Group (TAPG), the group’s first from the insurer. The dividend was based largely on TAPG’s loss ratio. By committing...