All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 29 2007 // Argonaut Group Inc., based in San Antonio, reported that Gregory M. Vezzosi has joined the organization as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Vezzosi will report to Mark E. Watson III, president and...
Jan 29 2007 // Funding for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Asso-ciation (TWIA) may not be the only insurance issue on lawmakers’ plates during the 2007 session of the Texas Legislature, but it will likely be the most high profile...
Jan 29 2007 // More than one first “I’m elated to begin my first full four-year term during Oklahoma’s centennial year. It is indeed an honor. Having restored integrity and public confidence to the office, I am...
Jan 29 2007 // Now that the Florida Legislature has passed a bill that lawmakers say will address the state’s insurance problems, Gov. Charlie Crist and legislative leaders said Thursday their attention will be on pushing for a...
Jan 28 2007 // Through a series of opinions, courts seem to be gradually chipping away at insurer’s policy defenses based on late notice of claim or suit, or failure to forward suit papers. The new trend started when the Supreme...
Jan 28 2007 // Funding for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Asso-ciation (TWIA) may not be the only insurance issue on lawmakers’ plates during the 2007 session of the Texas Legislature, but it will likely be the most high profile...
Jan 28 2007 // Leyton Eric Jeter, oldest son of Eric Freeman and Norma Brady Jeter, June 30, 1962, to January 6, 2007, born in Houston, Texas. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Shannon Wagner Jeter; son, Leyton Eric...
Jan 28 2007 // More than one first“I’m elated to begin my first full four-year term during Oklahoma’s centennial year. It is indeed an honor. Having restored integrity and public confidence to the office, I am committed...
Jan 26 2007 // A study of 9,835 reported claims on residential dwellings damaged in Hurricane Rita conducted by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) shows that building codes work, the association announced.TWIA is the...
Jan 25 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that the Texas Department of Insurance approved the expansion of its workers’ compensation health care network option. The new service areas include west Texas cities such as...
Jan 25 2007 // Privately owned insurance and risk management firm, McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT), announced that Mike Rutledge in MHBT’s Fort Worth, Texas, office has been named a partner in the firm.Rutledge’s...
Jan 25 2007 // Leigh Ann Page, vice president and partner of independent insurance brokerage firm Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB) – Fort Worth, has been selected as a 2006 Great Women of Texas Woman of Influence by the Fort...
Jan 24 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation on Dec. 29, 2006, adopted state-wide return-to-work guidelines; the DWC selected Reed Group’s The Medical Disability Advisor: Workplace...
Jan 24 2007 // Bryan Insurance Agency Ltd., located in Graham, Texas, announced it has received a service award marking thirty-five years the agency has represented Bituminous Insurance Companies.The presentation was made to Denny Bryan,...
Jan 23 2007 // The Texas Cooperative Extension will be hosting a one-day course on Feb. 26 on incorporating federal crop and livestock insurance into marketing plans. The Extension is an educational organization provided by the U.S....
Jan 22 2007 // Insurance brokerage firm Aon Corp. said last week it would lay off 550 workers at its facilities in New York, Texas and Maryland.Aon spokesman Rahsaan Johnson said the Chicago-based company was consolidating its...
Jan 22 2007 // Four families have sued News Corp. and its MySpace social-networking site after their underage daughters were sexually abused by adults they met on the site, according to lawyers for the families.The law firms, Barry...
Jan 19 2007 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts has signed rules that establish treatment guidelines, treatment planning benchmarks, and return-to-work goals and time frames which can be used to provide...
Jan 19 2007 // USG Insurance Services Inc, a national broker of commercial insurance headquartered in Tampa, Fla., announced that Joanne Dodd has been promoted to brokerage manager for its Arlington, Texas, branch.Dodd has been an...
Jan 18 2007 // North Texas-based Southern Insurance Group (SIG) announced that Fred Wilkinson joined SIG as their new vice president of Marketing. Wilkinson will be working closely with Jennifer Duncan, vice president and general manager...