All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 6 2007 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts recently named Howard L. Smith, M.D., as medical advisor for the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), Division of Workers’ Compensation (Division).Dr....
Mar 5 2007 // The Food and Drug Administration says consumers should avoid eating raw oysters harvested from San Antonio Bay in Texas because more than two dozen people in Maryland became ill last month.The FDA said 25 people developed...
Mar 1 2007 // The State of Texas has placed American Meridian Insurance Company into permanent receivership and ordered its liquidation.American Meridian is organized under the laws of Bermuda where it is a company in good standing. It...
Mar 1 2007 // Anyone who uses a Grapevine-Colleyville school district batting cage will be required to wear a helmet under new rules adopted in response to a baseball player’s death.The Dallas-area school district announced new...
Feb 26 2007 // Banking Engagement Insurance Nuts & Bolts: National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. (National Union), a member company of American International Group Inc. (AIG), announced the launch of its Investment...
Feb 26 2007 // Affordable Residential Communities closes acquisition of Texas-based insurerAffordable Residential Communities Inc. of Englewood, Colo., closed its previously announced acquisition of Waco, Texas-based NLASCO Inc., a...
Feb 26 2007 // Covington, La.-based First Premium Insurance Group Inc., a regional property and casualty insurance broker, added a new team member, Crystal DePascual.DePascual joined First Premium’s staff as marketing...
Feb 26 2007 // There seem to be many questions on the minds of consumers, agents and public policy makers about coastal insurance issues presently and in the future. As an industry, we have been forthright about insurance issues facing...
Feb 26 2007 // $309 Million The Federal Emergency Management Administration has determined nearly 70,000 households wrongly received $309.1 million in grants related to Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts, and officials acknowledge those...
Feb 26 2007 // The old saying “all politics is local” is born of the realization that the things that most directly affect us are local issues. In that respect, one could say that insurance is a local business. Risk...
Feb 26 2007 // Bernd (Bernie) G. Heinze, executive director of the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA), recalls a perfect example of the regulatory difficulties the surplus lines industry faces. A colleague at a...
Feb 25 2007 // Banking Engagement InsuranceNuts & Bolts: National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. (National Union), a member company of American International Group Inc. (AIG), announced the launch of its Investment...
Feb 25 2007 // Covington, La.-based First Premium Insurance Group Inc., a regional property and casualty insurance broker, added a new team member, Crystal DePascual.DePascual joined First Premium’s staff as marketing...
Feb 25 2007 // There seem to be many questions on the minds of consumers, agents and public policy makers about coastal insurance issues presently and in the future. As an industry, we have been forthright about insurance issues facing...
Feb 25 2007 // $309 MillionThe Federal Emergency Management Administration has determined nearly 70,000 households wrongly received $309.1 million in grants related to Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts, and officials acknowledge those...
Feb 25 2007 // Bernd (Bernie) G. Heinze, executive director of the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA), recalls a perfect example of the regulatory difficulties the surplus lines industry faces. A colleague at a...
Feb 23 2007 // The Central Texas Chapter of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) and the Austin Association of Insurance Professionals (AAIP) announced the 36th Annual Insurance Day will be held in Austin Mar. 19.The program...
Feb 23 2007 // Buffalo Bills cornerback Terrence McGee thought he was set for life when the signed a contract extension that included a $5 million bonus.Some 16 months later, McGee’s financial picture doesn’t look so secure:...
Feb 22 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $256,134 dividend for the Texas Schools Group (TSG) purchasing group.Premium volume and loss ratio were key factors in calculating the group’s third consecutive dividend....
Feb 22 2007 // Incentive pay plans for agents that some insurers are implementing to replace discontinued contingency compensation could work out better for agents than the programs they are replacing.A handful of major carriers banned...