All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 21 2008 // While a rural area to the northeast of Denver, Colo., tops the nation when it comes to metropolitan areas most prone to tornadoes, Texas leads the states in the average total number of tornadoes per year in the continental...
Jul 21 2008 // Tropical Storm Dolly churned toward southern Texas Monday, and forecasters said they expected it to grow into a hurricane before hitting land near the Mexican border later this week.The storm, with sustained winds of...
Jul 21 2008 // The National Hurricane Center reported at 11 a.m. EDT on July 21 that Tropical Storm Dolly had crossed Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and entered the Gulf of Mexico.A hurricane watch was issued for the Texas coast from...
Jul 18 2008 // Richard “Dick” Reynolds, former chairman and executive director of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission, was presented the Raymond Mauk Leadership Award at the Insurance Council of Texas’ 16th...
Jul 18 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $51,257 dividend to the Emergency Service Organization (ESO) workers’ compensation purchasing group. The dividend was based on the group’s premium volume and loss...
Jul 17 2008 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott reached settlement agreements with Select Medical Corp. and RadioShack on charges the companies failed to protect their customers from identity theft.The settlements resolve two state...
Jul 16 2008 // Lana Parks says her managing general agency, The Parks Group, bought a new computer system after a fellow member of the Texas Surplus Lines Association shared with her their experience and knowledge of the system....
Jul 14 2008 // Frost Insurance, a subsidiary of Frost, has acquired Seeberger Insurance Associates, an independent insurance agency based in Plano, Texas, that specializes in group employee benefits plans.Frost Insurance reported the...
Jul 11 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $2,903,340 dividend to the Texas Oil & Gas Association (TxOGA) workers’ compensation group discount program. The dividend was based largely on the group’s premium...
Jul 10 2008 // As temperatures go up during the summer dangers increase for all people working outdoors, Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) said in a reminder to employers to keep their...
Jul 9 2008 // The rural area to the northeast of Denver, Colo., tops the nation when it comes to regions most prone to tornados, according to Boston-based CDS Business Mapping LLC, an online hazard mapping firm.The top 10 most tornado...
Jul 8 2008 // Houston, Texas-based underwriter, SureTec, named Jay Edenfield as vice president in charge of southeast operations in its new Tampa office. Edenfield has over 25 years of surety experience and worked as chief surety...
Jul 7 2008 // PeopleMcQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP (MHBT) added Jim Anderson as senior vice president in the Dallas-based firm’s property/casualty group. Anderson will oversee the production and account management of...
Jul 7 2008 // Beginning Sept. 1, 2008, Garry Kaufman, president of Galveston Insurance Associates, Galveston, Texas, will lead the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) as president. Kaufman was elected at IIAT’s 111th...
Jul 7 2008 // Searching for ways to survive and thrive in the soft market cycle? Cultivate untapped customer markets; proactively service renewals; use technology for efficiency and to manage customer expectations; assertively seek...
Jul 7 2008 // U.S. Risk UnderwritersU.S. Risk Underwriters, a subsidiary of U.S. Risk Insurance Group, launched a new professional liability product for the medical tourism industry called MedTour Pro. Designed for medical tourism...
Jul 7 2008 // Consider the following scenario: An earthquake, tornado, flood or similar natural catastrophe causes significant structural damage to an insured’s home. Although the building is still standing, the structural...
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Jul 3 2008 // The Texas Supreme Court threw out a jury award for injuries a 17-year-old girl suffered in an exorcism conducted by members of her old church, ruling that the case unconstitutionally entangled the court in religious...
Jul 3 2008 // The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that the descendents of a man who was found hanged with a telephone cord in a jail cell have no standing to recover damages from the contractor that supplied the telephone.In JCW...