All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 30 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation has determined that any interest or discount provided for in the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act shall be at the rate of 6.18...
Jun 27 2008 // Administrative penalties for April and May 2008 assessed by the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) totaled $81,667.The disciplinary actions taken by Commissioner of...
Jun 27 2008 // Effective July 1, Farmers Texas County Mutual is adding two new packages to its Farmers Flex package of options that can reward drivers for being accident-free.Farmers Senior Vice President of Personal Auto Bill Martin...
Jun 27 2008 // Brian Martin, a partner in the law firm of Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons LLP, was installed as the 10th Chairman of the Insurance Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. Martin is a frequent contributor to Insurance...
Jun 26 2008 // Watkins Insurance Group, a large, full-service, locally owned independent insurance agency in Austin, has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in 2008.” The company will be recognized during a banquet on...
Jun 24 2008 // The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission is holding a public hearing June 24 and 25 to gather comments on the Sunset Commissioner Staff Report recommendations on the continuing governance of the Texas Department of Insurance...
Jun 24 2008 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott reached an agreement with two Austin companies that resolves the state’s May 2007 enforcement action against EZMONEY L.P. and EZPAWN L.P. The affiliated companies were charged with...
Jun 23 2008 // Garry Kaufman, president of Galveston Insurance Associates, Galveston, Texas, was elected president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) for 2008-2009 during the 111th Annual Conference & Trade Show....
Jun 23 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $59,360 dividend to the Texas Home Builders (THB) workers’ compensation purchasing group. The group’s first dividend was based largely on its first-year premium volume...
Jun 20 2008 // AFS/IBEX, which provides premium financing for the property and casualty insurance industry, announced new marketing managers for the South Central region.Linda Leos joined AFS/IBEX team in the company’s Dallas...
Jun 20 2008 // Colemont Insurance Brokers has promoted Hardy Nix to vice president in Colemont’s Texas office. Hardy specializes in hard-to-place casualty lines, specifically general liability and umbrellas for many classes,...
Jun 19 2008 // Matt Womack, partner and principal with the Watkins Insurance Agency in Austin, was named the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ André Juneau Young Agent of the Year. The presentation was made by Patrick Kinney,...
Jun 19 2008 // Harris County has had almost twice as many tornadoes reported than any other county in the state according to a recent survey conducted by the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT).Despite its location south of what is referred...
Jun 18 2008 // Investigators believe someone angry with the government set the fire that severely damaged the Texas Governor’s Mansion on June 8, and they offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.State Fire...
Jun 18 2008 // Kimberly Muesse, a senior account manager with the Lockton Companies in Katy, Texas, won the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas Accredited Customer Service Representative of the Year award at the trade...
Jun 17 2008 // Texarkana life-long independent insurance agent Don Morriss, was named winner of the highest award given by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) at the 111th Annual Conference & Trade Show.Morriss is...
Jun 17 2008 // Cline Wood Agency appointed Jeff Boan Transportation sales manager for the company’s southwest sales region — Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. In addition to leading Cline Wood’s Arlington, Texas,...
Jun 16 2008 // In more than four decades of farming, Texas cotton producer Rickey Bearden says he’s never seen an early growing season like this one.In the past month, the South Plains — the world’s largest contiguous...
Jun 16 2008 // A coalition of Texas state agencies on June 2 launched a 60-day test of TexasSure, a program aimed at reducing the number of uninsured drivers in the state. The program, also known as the Texas Financial Responsibility...
Jun 16 2008 // Comparing the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association to a platypus — a creature native to Australia that appears to be a cross between a duck and a beaver — a Texas appeals court said it’s not always clear...