All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 25 2010 // The Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) announced that Patricia Ann Daniel of Extraco Insurance in Waco, Texas, has been named Accredited Customer Service Representative (ACSR) of...
Feb 25 2010 // Texas in 2009 experienced weather catastrophes amounting to more insured losses than any other state. Last year, Texas experienced 10 weather catastrophes that caused nearly $2.5 billion in losses. The next nearest state...
Feb 23 2010 // Investigators say DNA evidence collected at the site of one of several Texas churches destroyed by arson links one of two suspects to the blaze, and they haven’t ruled out more charges.Jason Robert Bourque, 19, and...
Feb 23 2010 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company has earned recognition from UnitedHealthcare for its commitment to employee health and wellness. Ten other companies around the country earned the award.Award criteria included executive...
Feb 22 2010 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has awarded academic scholarships to students at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and the University of Houston – Downtown (UHD). The students represent each school’s...
Feb 21 2010 // Tired and Frustrated“We’ve been doing this for a long time. … We’re not getting a lot of sleep. We’re tired. We’re frustrated that this is continuing to happen. But we remain strong in...
Feb 21 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) on Feb. 2 presented its 2010 Independent Leadership Award to Joe Straus III, speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. The Independent Leadership Award was presented...
Feb 21 2010 // Idaho homeowner insurance is the least costly in the nation, averaging $422 per year, according to a nationwide survey. This compares to an average $822 countrywide. The Gem State also had among the lowest average rates...
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Feb 19 2010 // Austin, Texas, Police Chief Art Acevedo stopped short of calling the crashing of a small plane into a commercial office building in northwest Austin on Feb. 18 a terrorist act, but U.S. Representative Mike McCaul said he...
Feb 18 2010 // For the first time in Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA) history a public member has been elected to lead the organization’s board.Long-time Board member Bill Jeter, of College Station, Texas, was...
Feb 18 2010 // A small plane crashed into a commercial office building in northwest Austin, Texas, just before 10 a.m. on Feb. 18, creating a huge fireball and causing extensive damage to the structure.According to various media reports...
Feb 16 2010 // Recent record snowfall in the Dallas/Fort Worth area resulted in insured losses at $25 million, the Insurance Council of Texas reported.The snow accumulations of up to a foot paralyzed the area’s transportation...
Feb 12 2010 // Galveston, Texas, officials are encouraging residents whose homes were battered by Hurricane Ike to seek federal rebuilding assistance.The city on Feb. 28 has to report to the state its progress in administering the $104...
Feb 11 2010 // Federal authorities believe a spate of church fires in eastern Texas is the work of a serial arsonist or group of arsonists who have evaded law enforcement for more than a month.Clay Alexander of the U.S. Bureau of...
Feb 10 2010 // The Insurance Council of Texas reports that the number of people injured and killed in automobile accidents in Texas has continued to decline since 2003. Both fatalities and injuries are down more than 20 percent since the...
Feb 10 2010 // Allstate Insurance Company said it will open an $11.6 million customer information center in San Antonio, Texas, and is planning to hire 600 employees as part of that move.Allstate vice president of direct sales and...
Feb 9 2010 // Central Texas rancher Debbie Davis can hardly believe the turnaround in rainfall.While her pastures were parched and withered last summer after nearly two years without appreciable rain, the area northwest of San Antonio...
Feb 7 2010 // Fiesta AutoHuntington Beach, Calif.-based Fiesta Auto Insurance is combining its two business models — insurance and tax preparation — under one roof, quadrupling its presence to more than 80 locations....
Feb 7 2010 // $12 BillionHurricane Ike, which struck Galveston on Sept. 13, 2008, is so far the costliest weather catastrophe in Texas history, racking up nearly $12 billion in windstorm and flood insurance claims. Windstorm claims in...