All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 21 2007 // DeclarationsRates going down “Consumers are clearly benefiting from what has turned into a very competitive insurance market. … When it seems like the price of everything else is going up, to hear insurance...
May 21 2007 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy named Senior Vice President Brad Van Stavern to lead the new property/casualty practice in its Austin office.Van Stavern brings experience in the health care industry, where he held positions...
May 17 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Cecil R. Bryant of DeSoto, Texas, pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. A Dallas County court ordered Bryant to serve a five-year probated...
May 17 2007 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. announced it has launched a Texas motorcycle program with an admitted carrier rated “A-” by A.M. Best Company.The company said the program covers Harley’s, sport,...
May 16 2007 // Property/casualty insurer Hallmark Financial Services Inc., headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, announced it will employ the consulting services of Stephen L. Way through his company, SLW International LLC. Way is the...
May 16 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), Division of Workers’ Compensation (Division) announced it has improved the functionality of more than 90 forms posted on the agency Web site,...
May 15 2007 // Dallas-based PWIB Texas announced that Holly Mendez has joined the firm as senior broker/underwriter. Mendez formerly was associated with other leading insurance wholesalers, having served in the industry in brokerage and...
May 15 2007 // Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard P.L.L.C., a law firm with offices in Little Rock and Rogers, Ark., announced it has expanded into Texas with the opening of a third office in Austin. Bill Bingham, former...
May 15 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company will return a $1,156,031 dividend to the Texas Construction Association (TCA) purchasing group, the workers’ comp insurer announced. The dividend was based largely on the group’s...
May 14 2007 // An Oklahoma surgeon said he will not treat legislators who voted against a bill to curb malpractice insurance rates and suggested they go to Texas for surgical procedures.Unless it is an emergency, Dr. Peter S. Hedberg...
May 14 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Houston woman pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges in a Travis County district court. The court sentenced Sheryl K. Reynolds to a 10-year...
May 14 2007 // Data released from the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) shows the state’s average automobile and homeowners rates continue to fall, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. The ICT says rates have been steadily...
May 11 2007 // Texas emergency officials are struggling to assure their local counterparts that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan won’t damage the state’s ability to respond to a major hurricane striking the Gulf Coast.Local...
May 11 2007 // CastleBay Consulting Corporation, a consulting services firm headquartered in Austin, Texas, and specializing in providing high impact consulting services to the property/casualty insurance market, announced that it has...
May 11 2007 // Fort Worth, Texas-based Hallmark Financial Services Inc. reported quarterly net income of $5.0 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007, representing a 105 percent increase over net income of $2.4 million for the...
May 10 2007 // Texas law firm Winstead PC announced it has added two new attorneys, Jeff Autrey and Keith Hopkinson, in its Business/Transaction Department. Autrey represents insurance and insurance-related clients on regulatory matters...
May 9 2007 // Audrey Selden, senior associate commissioner – Consumer Protection at the Texas Department of Insurance will be the keynote speaker at the Central Texas Chapter CPCU Society’s May luncheon meeting.Selden will...
May 9 2007 // The Texas Attorney General’s Office filed suit against a pawn shop chain on May 8, claiming it “systematically” exposed customers to identity theft.Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office said...
May 8 2007 // Recent severe weather in Texas has prompted the Southwestern Insurance Information Service, an insurance trade group, to remind consumers that damage to their homes resulting from flooding is not covered by the standard...
May 8 2007 // State Auto Insurance Companies announced that its State Auto Middle Market Insurance (SAMMI) unit is coming to Texas. Industry veteran Gerald F. Ladner will lead the group in the state as vice president of SAMMI’s...