All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 15 2009 // $1 BillionThe Army Corps of Engineers is launching a $1 billion project to protect the suburban West Bank of New Orleans from devastating floods. Some critics say the project may have the potential dangerous consequence of...
Nov 15 2009 // Arthur Seifert has joined Southwest Insurance Partners Inc. (SWIP) as chief executive officer of Houston-based Bunker Hill Insurance Agency (BHIA), SWIP’s wholly owned underwriting agency subsidiary.Seifert has been...
Nov 15 2009 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Commercial Construction Liability Market...
Nov 15 2009 // The following list is taken from the Insurance Journal Top 100 P/C/ Independent Insurance Agencies report published in Insurance Journal on Aug. 3. These agencies represent the leaders in total personal lines premium...
Nov 12 2009 // New York-based Marsh & McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of insurance mega-broker Marsh Inc., has acquired Insurance Alliance, one of the largest independent insurance agencies in Texas.Terms of the deal were not...
Nov 12 2009 // A Denver man allegedly defrauded people in a national Ponzi scheme involving more than $12 million that was supposed to go real estate investments, the Colorado securities commissioner said Tuesday.Investigators contend...
Nov 12 2009 // Houston’s Dean & Draper Insurance Agency LP announced it has acquired Wilco Insurance Agency Inc. and Always Safe Insurance Agency Inc. as part of an ongoing growth strategy for the Texas-based insurance...
Nov 12 2009 // Craig Sparks, president of Union Standard Insurance Group in Irving, Texas, has been elected president of the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT).Sparks, whose term as AFACT president runs for two...
Nov 11 2009 // Workers’ compensation insurance provider, Texas Mutual Insurance Company, has begun distributing approximately $1 million in dividends among nearly 2,600 first-year policyholders across the state. In total, Texas...
Nov 10 2009 // Private industry workplaces in Texas reported a total of 234,559 nonfatal injuries and illnesses during 2008. The incidence rate of 3.1 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers marks the sixth consecutive year that the...
Nov 5 2009 // Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons LLP announced the addition of John G. Browning as partner, Ryan Cole as senior associate and Edward L. Vishnevetsky as associate to its commercial litigation team. The trio joined...
Nov 4 2009 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has published draft flood risk maps of communities in Caldwell County, Texas. The maps will help county officials and local residents identify known flood risks and will be...
Nov 4 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation has set the adjusted annual payroll requirement for the coverage of seasonal workers at $49,127. The TDI-DWI said the established gross payroll...
Nov 2 2009 // U.S. safety regulators on Friday hit oil giant BP with a record $87.4- million fine for failing to fix safety violations at its Texas City, Texas, refinery after a deadly 2005 explosion.In announcing the fines, U.S. Labor...
Nov 1 2009 // It will be a tale of two winters in the United States – warmer and drier than average in the North and wetter and cooler in the South – thanks to El Niño, according to government forecasters.In its winter...
Nov 1 2009 // State funds blunt the impact of bigger losses through concerted loss prevention efforts.An insurance industry think tank has concluded that 25 public and quasi-public workers’ compensation insurance plans perform...
Nov 1 2009 // Combined Agents, First Texas, LakeCombined Agents of America LLC (CAA), based in Austin, Texas, has added two new members: First Texas Insurance Services LC of Arlington, Texas; and Lake Insurance Agency Inc. of Laverne,...
Nov 1 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance has rejected a request from the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association for a 10 percent rate increase for both residential and commercial risks. But regulators left open the possibility...
Nov 1 2009 // Eagan Insurance Agency, based in Metairie, La., has added six insurance professionals to its staff.Joining the family business are Andrew Eagan and David Strassel, both members of the fifth generation of the Eagan family...
Nov 1 2009 // Independent insurance agents have had plenty to fret about the past year, including falling revenues. Thus stability in the market and pricing for their errors and omissions (E&O) insurance meant there was one less...