All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 30 2006 // A new study by a Boston-based think tank shows that Massachusetts firms in nine selected industries including financial services have costs that are on average 20 percent to 30 percent higher than similar companies in...
Oct 30 2006 // North American Group, headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla., announced it has acquired Abilene, Texas-based CIC Insurance Brokers Inc., and Anaheim, Calif.-based CTK Insurance Services Inc.CTK and CIC have each been...
Oct 30 2006 // Ron Klimek, vice president and Dallas branch manager, announced that Western Security Surplus has increased capacity to write coastal property coverage in Texas, including wind and hail, Tier 1 and 2 counties.The property...
Oct 30 2006 // Two attorneys from Texas-based Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons LLP have been selected to be included in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Brian S. Martin was cited for his achievements in Insurance Law....
Oct 30 2006 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has started her own ad campaign to counter a series of negative TV ads from a Texas group called “Just the Facts America.”Meanwhile, The Oklahoman filed a lawsuit...
Oct 26 2006 // Chris Whitney has been named assistant vice president of Sales Operations for the Texas Farm Bureau insurance companies, effective Dec.1, 2006.Whitney, a native of Pampa, Texas, and a former captain of the Texas Tech...
Oct 25 2006 // Investigators say arson is suspected in a string of fires that has destroyed four unfinished homes and one newly constructed house all on the same block in a suburb of San Antonio, Texas.A fire early Sunday in the Heritage...
Oct 23 2006 // The homeowners markets in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, while sharing some similarities, all have their own special considerations and concerns. Oklahoma has some of the highest property insurance rates in the...
Oct 23 2006 // A federal judge sentenced two men to six years in prison for their roles in the failure of a Tulsa, Okla., insurance company, which had repercussions in both Texas and Oklahoma.Besides prison terms for convictions on...
Oct 23 2006 // PeoplePat Arthur, a partner in the Dallas insurance and risk management firm McQueary, Henry, Bowles, Troy, has been appointed president-elect of the Independent Insurance Agents of Dallas. He will be responsible for...
Oct 23 2006 // Despite the mandate of new mold endorsements and adoption of new forms, there has been a great deal of continuing litigation in Texas under the Homeowners B form as to when mold is covered. The focus has been on the...
Oct 19 2006 // NASCAR returns to Texas in November for a second race, The Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, and the Brian Vickers #25 GMAC Chevrolet will include the sponsorship of the Al Boenker Insurance Agency.The Al Boenker...
Oct 19 2006 // Kyle Stevens, executive vice president of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers, announced that the firm has outgrown its current offices in Dallas and has moved to a larger space in Plano, Texas. Effective Oct. 16,...
Oct 19 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced its newest workers’ compensation purchasing group: Texas Apartment Association (TAA). The group provides qualifying members with a competitive option for workers’ comp...
Oct 18 2006 // Former Texas Secretary of State and Commissioner of Insurance Elton Bomer has been named president of four insurance companies: American Reserve Life Insurance Co., Liberty Bankers Life Insurance Co., Mid-Continent...
Oct 17 2006 // The increasing number of motorists and deer in Texas are leading to a greater frequency of collisions between the two on the state’s roadways. Cooler weather and the annual rut season should make for even more...
Oct 16 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County court sentenced Jerry S. Amaya of Cedar Creek, Texas, on workers’ comp fraud-related charges. The court sentenced Amaya to one year of probation and...
Oct 12 2006 // “Bigger isn’t necessarily better,” says Texas independent insurance agent Al Boenker of the Al Boenker Insurance Agency. Boenker’s latest advertising puts him up against the gecko, making fun of the...
Oct 10 2006 // Hotchkiss Insurance Agency Inc. announced a $297,098 dividend to the Texas Green Industry (TGI) Workers’ Comp purchasing group. The announcement marked the second dividend payment for the group by Texas Mutual...