All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 3 2007 // Nurseries and Tree Farms Nuts & Bolts: Advanced AFT insures trees, plants and shrubs both in the ground and in containers for property insurance excluding crops (wheat, corn etc.).Dollars: $250,000 to $10...
Sep 3 2007 // Jeffrey M. Mohr of Lewis Mohr Real Estate and Insurance Agency LLC in Baton Rouge, La., was named president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana. Mohr previously served as president-elect and...
Sep 3 2007 // Bad Faith Pickett v. Texas Mut. Ins. Co. Tex.App., Austin, July 26, 2007Requirement that insured exhaust workers” compensation administrative procedures prior to bad faith suit sustains constitutional challenge....
Sep 3 2007 // Allstate will raise its homeowners’ insurance rates despite a state order not to and a request by the state’s consumer advocate to fine the company for each policy it renews at the new rate.“We continue...
Sep 3 2007 // Citi, BISYSCiti completed its previously announced acquisition of The BISYS Group Inc. for approximately $1.44 billion in an all-cash transaction. In the transaction BISYS shareholders will receive merger consideration of...
Sep 3 2007 // Nurseries and Tree FarmsNuts & Bolts: Advanced AFT insures trees, plants and shrubs both in the ground and in containers for property insurance excluding crops (wheat, corn etc.). Dollars: $250,000 to $10...
Sep 3 2007 // Bad FaithPickett v. Texas Mut. Ins. Co. Tex.App., Austin, July 26, 2007Requirement that insured exhaust workers” compensation administrative procedures prior to bad faith suit sustains constitutional...
Sep 3 2007 // Allstate says it will raise rates in Texas despite state’s oppositionAllstate will raise its homeowners’ insurance rates despite a state order not to and a request by the state’s consumer advocate to fine...
Sep 3 2007 // Jeffrey M. Mohr of Lewis Mohr Real Estate and Insurance Agency LLC in Baton Rouge, La., was named president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana. Mohr previously served as president-elect and...
Aug 31 2007 // California-based Networked Insurance Agents announced it has appointed Stevan Feemster as territorial sales vice president for Northern Texas. Feemster comes to Networked from Crump Insurance Services Inc. where he was a...
Aug 30 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during July.The actions include seven license revocations, a license denial and fines and restitution...
Aug 30 2007 // Texas led all states in the percentage of residents without health insurance, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report.Texas had an uninsured rate of 24 percent for the years 2004-2006, the report said. The report...
Aug 29 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that in the effort to increase the security of confidential information in the workers’ compensation system it revised the majority...
Aug 29 2007 // Texas Insurance Professionals (PIA Texas) elected new officers during its 2007 Annual Meeting, held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Austin on Aug. 24 and 25. The Executive Board of Directors for 2007-2008 are: President...
Aug 29 2007 // Grass Valley, Calif.-based Networked Insurance Agents, a provider of markets, placement services and sales tools to insurance agents, has appointed Stevan Feemster as territorial sales vice president (TSVP) in Northern...
Aug 28 2007 // Colemont Insurance Brokers announced the promotion of Bill Chadwick to vice president of Colemont – Texas.Chadwick began his insurance career in 1994 working with Lloyd Thompson Ltd. in London, England, as a broker...
Aug 27 2007 // Allstate will raise its homeowners’ insurance rates despite a state order not to and a request by the state’s consumer advocate to fine the company for each policy it renews at the new rate.“We continue...
Aug 24 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that the state’s new auto insurance verification program is expected to operational in early 2008. The technology-based program is designed to allow law enforcement...
Aug 23 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC), will hold a stakeholder meeting at 9 a.m. on Aug, 27, 2007. The purpose of the meeting is to provide workers’ compensation system...
Aug 22 2007 // Texas 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 said.The National Highway Traffic Safety...