All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 1 2008 // Firefighters in six Texas cities will be installing smoke alarms into the homes of low income and elderly residents thanks to this year’s We’re Out to Alarm Texas smoke alarm campaign. The program now in its...
Oct 1 2008 // In an attempt to clear-up some of the confusion regarding claim filing and what is covered by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the group has issued answers to the following frequently asked questions:Question:...
Sep 30 2008 // The New York Liquidation Bureau said it has completed all necessary steps to bring to a close the ancillary receivership in New York of American Eagle Insurance Company, a Texas-based property/casualty firm declared...
Sep 30 2008 // Membership among volunteer firefighters in Texas has dropped to levels predating a surge brought on by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks seven years ago, a state official says.Many found firefighting less glamorous than they...
Sep 30 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $2,260,775 dividend to the CompGroup AGC workers’ compensation purchasing group. The dividend was based largely on the group’s favorable loss ratio.CompGroup AGC...
Sep 29 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the workers’ compensation state average weekly wage for Fiscal Year 2009 is set at $750 and is effective for dates of injury...
Sep 29 2008 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry named Robert Barnes of Granbury presiding officer of the Texas Mutual Insurance Company Board of Directors. Perry also appointed Jay Eisen of Beaumont to the board. Barnes is owner and president of...
Sep 29 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has issued a statement and answers to some frequently asked questions regarding AIG insurance companies in Texas.“AIG’s Texas insurance companies are currently...
Sep 26 2008 // The Texas workers’ compensation system is not yet working perfectly, but “it has come a long way,” says the state’s new Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Rod Bordelon.In a speech before an...
Sep 26 2008 // A spokesman for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association says rumors that the association will deny Hurricane Ike claims on a blanket basis are unfounded, untrue and completely misleading.“TWIA’s guidelines...
Sep 26 2008 // To hear Julie Rochman tell it, she’d like every community in the United States to be resilient in the face of natural disasters. Rochman, president and CEO of the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) and...
Sep 25 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has set at 5.22 percent the interest and discount rates provided for in the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act. The new rate is effective Oct....
Sep 25 2008 // Texas’ top insurance regulator told lawmakers on Sept. 24 that the insurance industry estimates there will be around 300,000 claims – including commercial property claims – stemming from Hurricane Ike,...
Sep 24 2008 // As repair crews work to make this hurricane-ravaged Galveston, Texas, inhabitable for the thousands of residents set to return this week, the mayor is seeking more than $2 billion in emergency federal aid.The final price...
Sep 24 2008 // Matt Womack, a partner with the Watkins Insurance Group in Austin, Texas, has been honored with Independent Insurance Agents of Austin’s Presidents’ Award.The award is based on performance and is given out by...
Sep 23 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) is conducting a mandatory data call for certain information related to claims in the counties of Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Chambers, Cherokee, Fort Bend, Galveston, Gregg,...
Sep 22 2008 // Do Not Come Back“Galveston has been hit hard. We have no power. We have no gas. We have no communications. We’re not sure when any of that will be up and running. … We want our citizens to stay where they...
Sep 22 2008 // To hear Julie Rochman tell it, she’d like every community in the United States to be resilient in the face of natural disasters. Rochman, president and CEO of the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) and...
Sep 22 2008 // Estimates of insured damage from Hurricane Ike vary widely — from $8 billion to $16 billion, according to several catastrophe risk modeling firms, but Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin has pointed out that only...