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Jun 18 2007 // Swingle named president of IIAT; Elbert and Branniff honoredThe Independent Insurance Agents of Texas introduced new officers for the coming year at its 110th Annual Conference & Trade Show, held in early June in San...

Texas Approves 14 Companies to Self Insure for Workers’ Comp Claims

Jun 15 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that 14 companies with approximately 47,600 employees in Texas recently were approved to self-insure for workers’ compensation...

Texas Will Change Workers’ Comp Disability Management Requirements

Jun 13 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that a workers’ compensation rule to require treatment planning for injured employees (28 Texas Administrative Code §137.300) will be repealed. This rule was adopted along...

Prospective Review of Texas Medical Care Rule to be Repealed

Jun 12 2007 // As the result of the adoption of treatment guidelines for the workers’ compensation system, the Texas Department of has announced that the prospective review of medical care not requiring preauthorization (PRM) rule...

Texas Mid-Year Property/Casualty Symposium Set for July 12

Jun 12 2007 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) and the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT) will present the 15th Annual 2007 Mid-Year Property & Casualty Insurance Symposium on July 12, in Austin,...

Does Reform Matter? Look at Texas

Jun 11 2007 // Do policy changes like deregulation and tort reform really matter?Some people wonder because the costs of over regulation or a legal system run amok are largely hidden. They are no less real than the costs of taxation, of...

Texas School Officials Plead Innocent in Corruption Case

Jun 11 2007 // Six people, including a Pharr-San Juan-Alamo (Texas) schools superintendent and two school board members, pleaded innocent on June 8 to a sweeping federal indictment alleging cash, trips, and gifts were swapped for votes...

IIAT Introduces Officers, Award Winners at Annual Conference

Jun 8 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas introduced its new officers for the coming year at its 110th Annual Conference & Trade Show, held recently in San Antonio. The organization also recognized the winners of two...

School Officials in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Face Corruption Charges

Jun 7 2007 // The superintendent of a Rio Grande Valley (Texas) school district, several school board members and others face charges alleging they accepted more than $600,000 in bribes to steer contracts to certain businesses, federal...

Progressive, Asi Lloyds Partner to Offer Discounts in Texas

Jun 6 2007 // Progressive County Mutual, a member of the Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, and ASI Lloyds announced they will each offer discounts on their products to Texans who buy both through a local independent insurance...

Texas to Host Southern Workers’ Comp Administrators Meeting

Jun 5 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance and Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts are hosting the 59th Annual Southern Association of Workers’ Compensation Administrators (SAWCA) Convention on July...

Texas AG cracks down on lender for ID theft exposure

Jun 4 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says Ohio-based CNG Financial Corporation and subsidiaries Check ‘n Go of Texas Inc. and Southwestern & Pacific Specialty Finance Inc. have been systematically exposing their...

People and Places

Jun 4 2007 // National Insurance Partners Inc. (NIP), a Texas-based risk management and financial solutions firm, has appointed William E. Harrison, Jr. as president.Harrison brings 16 years of experience in the insurance industry to...

Declarations

Jun 4 2007 // DeclarationsIf they can do it “Forty-nine other states feel comfortable with their departments of insurance regulating ratemaking.”— Louisiana Sen. Julie Quinn, R-Metairie. The Senate passed a...

People

Jun 4 2007 // National Insurance Partners Inc. (NIP), a Texas-based risk management and financial solutions firm, has appointed William E. Harrison, Jr. as president.Harrison brings 16 years of experience in the insurance industry to...

Texas AG cracks down on lender for ID theft exposure

Jun 4 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says Ohio-based CNG Financial Corporation and subsidiaries Check ‘n Go of Texas Inc. and Southwestern & Pacific Specialty Finance Inc. have been systematically exposing their...

Personal Lines Leaders

Jun 4 2007 // Agency Name 2006 Personal Personal Total 2006 Main Office Main Office Web siteLines Lines P/C Premiums City State Premium Revenue Written1 Keystone Insurers Group $316.0 million $39.5 million $790.0...

Hamm Joins PWIB Texas as Accounting Manager

Jun 1 2007 // PWIB Texas announced that Teresa Hamm has joined the company as accounting manager. In this capacity she will be in charge of accounting and related activities for the firm’s Dallas and San Antonio offices. Hamm has...

Texas Workers’ Comp Medical Billing, Payment Data Available

May 31 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation announced the availability of public use data files (PUDFs) for workers’ compensation medical charges and payments.Data sets for both...

Texas Mutual to Pay $125M in Dividends

May 31 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced it would distribute approximately $125 million in individual policyholder dividends, a record for the company. The plan still requires Texas Department of Insurance approval. Texas...