All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 11 2008 // On Sept. 10, it looked like Hurricane Ike was going to make landfall along the middle Texas coast, with Corpus Christi being the largest city with the most to lose from the storm, which is expected to make landfall...
Sep 10 2008 // Recent construction crane accidents causing injuries and accidents in Texas and elsewhere have prompted the Texas Department of Insurance to urge employers and employees to use safety precautions when operating cranes.In...
Sep 10 2008 // Enforcement actions taken by Texas Commissioner of Insurance Mike Geeslin in July 2008 include nine license revocations, four license denials and fines and restitution totaling $539,814. Copies of Geeslin’s orders...
Sep 9 2008 // As Hurricane Ike barrels over Cuba and heads toward the Gulf of Mexico, it has the potential to become the storm that insurance companies in Texas have feared most, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. As of Sept....
Sep 9 2008 // In late August, Texas Gov. Rick Perry named Rod Bordelon of Austin as commissioner of the Workers’ Compensation Division at the Texas Department of Insurance, replacing outgoing commissioner Albert Betts....
Sep 9 2008 // Irving, Texas-based A.D. Carlton Insurance, a wholesale broker and MGA specializing in contractors, has introduced a new general liability market for artisan contractors in Texas and Illinois.Program details include: $700...
Sep 4 2008 // Millions fled the Gulf Coast in fear of Hurricane Gustav, billed as the apocalyptic “mother of all storms.” It didn’t deliver. Now, with three other storms lining up in the Atlantic, some fear people...
Sep 3 2008 // New Orleans can get back to its comeback.Traumatized after losing their homes when Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters broke through the levees that protect this city, Hurricane Gustav ended up a mere interruption in...
Sep 1 2008 // Phil Ballinger, executive director of the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas, knows a lot about rhythm. He was a drummer with the Van Wilks Band long before he joined SLOT, and while he put down his drumsticks years...
Sep 1 2008 // In a long running dispute between the Texas Department of Insurance and State Farm over homeowners insurance rates, the 3rd Court of Appeals in Austin on Aug. 22 ruled that state regulators did not have the authority to...
Sep 1 2008 // Allstate and State Farm are raising their auto rates in Texas.State Farm filed with the Texas Department of Insurance increases of 2.4 percent and 7.3 percent, respectively, for its two auto insurance subsidiaries, State...
Sep 1 2008 // A recent test of the Texas Auto Insurance Verification Program (TexasSure) found that 25.5 percent of the vehicles stopped in the test area — Travis County and parts of nearby Hays and Williamson Counties — are...
Sep 1 2008 // Apex Global, Benefit PartnersApex Global Partners Inc. acquired Benefit Partners and subsidiaries BP Life and Health Insurance Agency, Benefit Partners Financial Services, BP Risk Partners Insurance Agency and Benesystems....
Sep 1 2008 // With hurricane season halfway over for 2008, Louisiana has so far dodged the bullet but Texas has taken on two warning shots with Hurricane Dolly and Tropical Storm Edouard. As such storms go, neither packed a lot of...
Sep 1 2008 // Community Financial Insurance Center, Monroe, La., hired Jeanette F. Credo as senior vice president for its new Financial Institutions Division for the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.Credo will establish and...
Sep 1 2008 // If you’re like most insurance firms, your workforce is aging. Or, as a friend of mine recently put it, “There’s a lot of gray hair in the room.” Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but...
Sep 1 2008 // Insurance Journal Top 100 Agency ProfileRANKING: No. 12 Headquarters: Denver, Colo. and Wichita, Kan. Year Founded: 1973 Additional Locations: Topeka, Kan., Dallas, Texas, Kansas City, Kan. 2007 Total Property/Casualty...
Aug 28 2008 // More than $24 million has been approved to help people, businesses and infrastructure affected by Hurricane Dolly after the storm hit the Rio Grande Valley last month, several governmental agencies said on Friday, Aug....
Aug 28 2008 // For the golf industry, 2008 business is at best a bogey — probably worse. And for the agents, carriers and program managers who cater to the golf and country club world, that’s made for a rough market,...
Aug 27 2008 // Retired Texas independent insurance agent William C. (Bill) Barmore, Jr., age 81, and a resident of Pasadena, Texas, passed away Aug. 23, 2008.Barmore was born Jan. 6, 1927, in Cameron, Texas, to Cecil and Selma (Klatt)...