All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 24 2007 // In its initial assessment of workers’ compensation carriers and providers, the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation found that 32 of the insurance carriers reviewed were high...
Sep 19 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the workers’ compensation state average weekly wage for Fiscal Year 2008 is set at $712 and is effective for dates of injury...
Sep 19 2007 // Medical professional liability insurer Medical Protective announced it will reduce its average rates for Texas physicians by another 7.3 percent effective Jan. 1, 2008.The company said the reduction will be the fifth in...
Sep 18 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation issued a reminder that workers’ compensation system health care providers and insurance carriers are required to be able to exchange medical...
Sep 18 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott warned Gulf Coast residents to be wary of price gouging, charity scams and other fraudulent attempts to bilk consumers in the aftermath of Hurricane Humberto.The AG released the warning...
Sep 17 2007 // Utility crews restored electricity Sept. 14 to half of the homes and businesses left without power after Hurricane Humberto, while experts estimated total damages from the storm would cost less than $500 million.Humberto,...
Sep 17 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) announced the results of the initial review of workers’ compensation insurance carriers and health care providers as part of the...
Sep 14 2007 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry declared three southeast Texas counties disaster areas as a result of Hurricane Humberto, which made landfall in Southeast Texas in the early hours of Sept. 13. The storm moved ashore near the town...
Sep 13 2007 // Hurricane Humberto, a category 1 hurricane that formed quickly off the coast of Texas, plowed into the southeast corner of the state bringing with it heavy rains and 80 miles per hour winds. It made landfall near where...
Sep 13 2007 // America First Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced it is expanding its commercial lines offerings in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas to include commercial general contractors, restaurants and...
Sep 7 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company recently announced a $985,520 dividend to the Lone Star Auto Dealers Association (LSA) workers’ compensation purchasing group. The group has earned six consecutive dividends totaling...
Sep 7 2007 // Medical liability insurer Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) recently approved a 6.5 percent rate reduction for all medical specialties and classes effective Jan. 1, 2008, the third straight rate reduction/dividend for...
Sep 7 2007 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) will host its 2007 Workers’ Compensation Conference on Sept. 19, at the Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark in Austin, Texas.Joe Anderson, a veteran workers’ compensation...
Sep 6 2007 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), the State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO), Travelers Insurance Company and First Alert have joined together to place smoke alarms into the homes of limited income and elderly...
Sep 5 2007 // Texans driving without insurance may have a harder time dodging a ticket when the state unveils a $6 million database in January that will give police immediate access to updated coverage information.The Texas Financial...
Sep 5 2007 // As directed by the 80th Texas Legislature, changes in the administration of dispute resolution services for injured employees in the state’s workers’ compensation system were effective Sept. 1, 2007.Twenty-five...
Sep 5 2007 // San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. announced the expansion of their Texas product portfolio to include a specialty contractors program offering monoline general liability coverages. The company...
Sep 4 2007 // A new state law enables the Texas Department of Public Safety to offer more flexibility for the nearly 775,000 drivers who haven’t paid state surcharges for driving violations.The law, which took effect Saturday, is...
Sep 4 2007 // A proposed $49.7 million training facility would help prepare state troopers for the driving conditions they face on the job, including high-speed chases and off-road driving, a Texas Department of Public Safety official...
Sep 3 2007 // Feds release data on drunken driving fatalitiesTexas led the nation with 1,354 drunken driving fatalities in 2006 and was among the states to record the largest increase in such deaths, federal transportation officials...