All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 7 2007 // Oklahoma City, Okla.-based BMSI Holdings, the holding company for BancInsure Inc., announced a number of promotions and appointments.Rodney N. Sargent was appointed president of BMSI Holdings and chief executive officer of...
May 3 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions that became final during March include nine license revocations, four license denials and fines and restitution totaling $188,826. Copies of Insurance...
May 3 2007 // The Texas House of Representatives passed House Bill 3928, the franchise tax correction bill, by Rep. Jim Keffer (Eastland), which increases the tax emption for small business in House Bill 3 passed during last...
Apr 30 2007 // Matt Berry of the William Gammon Agency in Austin, Texas, and former president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas, has received the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor the Independent Insurance Agents...
Apr 27 2007 // Ill.-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has aqcuired Melton Insurance Associates Inc. of Odessa, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not...
Apr 27 2007 // Insured losses from the storm that spawned tornadoes and large hail over portions of the Dallas Fort Worth area on April 13, have been set at approximately $100 million, the Insurance Council of Texas reported.Twenty...
Apr 26 2007 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry has toured areas along the Texas/Mexico border that recently were hit with violent storms and tornadoes. He issued state disaster proclamations for Maverick County as a result of the damage and loss...
Apr 25 2007 // Farmers still recovering from the devastating drought conditions of 2006 are now sizing up their losses from the latest weather calamity to hit Texas: freezing temperatures.The Easter weekend freeze damaged numerous crops,...
Apr 24 2007 // All Risks Ltd., a national independent wholesale broker and managing general agent headquartered in Hunt Valley, Md., announced that Elaine Garner and Julie Arsuaga have joined the firm in its Dallas, Texas, office.Garner...
Apr 24 2007 // The Texas House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee has approved a provision that would help Texas’ small businesses by increasing the small business exemption under the franchise tax – an initiative...
Apr 23 2007 // AXIS Capital, Media/ProAXIS Capital, a global specialty commercial property and casualty insurer and reinsurer, has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Media/Professional Insurance (Media/Pro), a managing...
Apr 23 2007 // The majority of medical malpractice claims in a study of seven states were closed without any compensation paid to those claiming a medical injury, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...
Apr 23 2007 // Texas AG, Allied World Assurance settle antitrust suitA settlement has been reached in an investigation that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says uncovered collusion between a Bermuda-based commercial casualty insurer...
Apr 23 2007 // Brown & Brown, United Employers InsuranceBrown & Brown Insurance Services of Texas Inc., a subsidiary of Fla.-based Brown & Brown Inc., acquired the assets of Houston-based United Employers Insurance Agency...
Apr 23 2007 // Dallas-based global insurance and reinsurance broker, Colemont, added Catherine L. Wall as assistant vice president and associate legal counsel.In this newly created role, Wall will assist in overseeing the company’s...
Apr 23 2007 // Company admits no wrongdoing but agrees to pay $2.1 million8 La.’s governor, commissioner unveil legislative plan Package of bills aimed at increasing competition in insurance market10 Ark. commissioner tells U.S....
Apr 23 2007 // Most high performance, high growth independent agencies have a lot in common when it comes to finding, hiring and mentoring new producers: They dedicate the necessary time for their mentoring program and couple the...
Apr 19 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on April 17 took legal action against CVS Pharmacy for exposing its customers to identity theft. According to court documents filed by Abbott, CVS violated a 2005 law requiring businesses...
Apr 17 2007 // Specialty insurance and brokerage provider Burns & Wilcox announced that Jennifer Shumate has been promoted to underwriter in the company’s Arlington, Texas, office. Previously, Shumate was a production...
Apr 17 2007 // A fast moving storm that slammed into the Dallas/Fort Worth area on the night of April 13 spawned tornadoes and large hail and caused an estimated $25 million in insured losses. Two people, including an Irving police...