All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 23 2008 // The nation’s longest serving insurance commissioner, former Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale, will share his unique post-Katrina insights on the regulatory challenges in the aftermath of large-scale...
Dec 23 2008 // Cincinnati Financial Corporation’s property casualty insurance subsidiary, the Cincinnati Insurance Company, has appointed Watkins Insurance Group, with locations in Austin and Marble Falls, Texas, as the first...
Dec 21 2008 // Transactions involving agencies and brokerages other than the Brown & Brown, Arthur J. Gallagher and Hub International (see below) deals in the months announced or completed: January California: R.E. Chaix &...
Dec 21 2008 // “You always find out who’s been swimming naked when the tide goes out. We found out that Wall Street has been kind of a nudist beach.” —Warren Buffett on the credit crisis“As a strong supporter of...
Dec 21 2008 // Brown & Brown December: Stewart & Tunno Insurance Agency Inc., Portland, Ore. November: Small Business Unit of Conner Strong, Cherry Hill, N.J.; Agency Associates Inc., Zionsville; Health Insurance Exchange,...
Dec 21 2008 // WestCalifornia Passed Agent-Broker Law The most notable bill affecting California agents was AB 2956, which clarifies the duties of an insurance agent versus a broker. Prior to the new law, confusion existed within the...
Dec 18 2008 // Texas auto and home insurance broker, Texas Wasatch Insurance/TWG Insurance, has promoted Cleveland Coleman to director. He also was named a limited partner of the firm. The promotion reflects the ongoing success of the...
Dec 18 2008 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas is updating its training program designed to provide agents with a foundation in commercial and personal lines insurance.Beginning in January, IIAT is taking the best elements of...
Dec 16 2008 // The Woodlands Financial Group (TWFG) announced that TWFG will offer replacement coverage for the homeowners business of Austin Indemnity Lloyds Insurance Company, effective Jan. 29, 2009. TWFG General Agency, a subsidiary...
Dec 16 2008 // Hallmark Financial Services Inc. (Hallmark), based in Fort Worth, Texas, reported its subsidiary TGA Insurance Managers Inc. (TGA) will start issuing excess and surplus lines policies through its affiliate Hallmark...
Dec 16 2008 // By Dec. 13, 2008, the three-month mark since Hurricane Ike’s landfall on Galveston Island, more than 730,000 insurance claims had been filed, a number that will continue to climb in the year ahead, the Texas...
Dec 15 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is giving Texas victims of Hurricane Ike an extra 29 days to ask for financial help.FEMA extended the application deadline for homeowners, renters and business owners to Jan. 10....
Dec 15 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) announced it has filed a petition for the liquidation of Austin Indemnity Lloyds Insurance Company (Austin Indemnity). The company sold homeowners and personal auto coverage in...
Dec 12 2008 // GAB Robins, a firm that provides risk management and claims services to the insurance industry, is one of three firms cited by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott for failure to protect customers’ identities,...
Dec 11 2008 // Texas’ insurer of last resort for wind and hail coverage along the coast reports that 63 percent of claims from Hurricane Ike have been closed and that more than $519 million has been paid to policyholders so far.Jim...
Dec 10 2008 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced plans to expand outside of Texas with potential new members from Oklahoma and Kansas. “With 4 new members so far in 2008 and the potential of more in...
Dec 10 2008 // Texas Wasatch Insurance/TWG Insurance announced that Jay Grob has joined the company as president and chief operating officer.A former senior partner of Bain & Company, Grob brings a wealth of experience to...
Dec 10 2008 // Employers in private industry in Texas reported a total of 69,320 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for 2007, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
Dec 10 2008 // Austin, Texas-based physician liability insurer, Medicus Insurance Company, has added Harry Reissman as Regional Market manager, effective Dec. 1. Reissman is responsible for business development and market analysis, with...
Dec 8 2008 // Commercial Alliance Insurance Company (CAIC Surety) has named Richard Deal as the Bond manager of its Dallas office.Deal joined CAIC Surety in July 2008 to expand the company in the North Texas region. From Dallas, CAIC...