All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 1 2006 // Approximately 34,000 Texas employers will receive a share of approximately $100 million in dividends from Texas Mutual Insurance Company. This marks the largest dividend payout in the company’s history.The Texas...
May 31 2006 // Recognizing the June 1 start of hurricane season, the Texas Department of Insurance issued a reminder to homeowners and renters in Texas to conduct a home inventory of their personal possessions.“After a devastating...
May 30 2006 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin on May 26 signed a Commissioner’s Order allowing the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) to increase rates for residential homeowners’ wind coverage by 3.1...
May 24 2006 // Residents of Sioux Falls, S.D., are the safest drivers in the United States, according to the second-annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.”The largest city in South Dakota moves up from the...
May 23 2006 // Long time insurance professional John Lary Kephart, age 86, passed away May 9, 2006, at his home in San Antonio, Texas, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Amorita, Okla., on March 30, 1920, to the late John...
May 22 2006 // The Texas Legislature concluded its recent special session by passing school finance and property tax reform–finally. After two regular sessions and four special sessions, Texas lawmakers were able to set aside their...
May 22 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company appointed Larry Wagner as its new vice president of underwriting. Wagner will serve as chief underwriting officer and will oversee loss prevention efforts.Wagner has 30 years of underwriting...
May 22 2006 // Pierson & Fendley, CAACombined Agents of America LLC, Austin, announced that Pierson & Fendley Insurance Agency LLC of Paris, Texas, joined CAA as the group’s 34th member. Pierson & Fendley has served...
May 22 2006 // Study: Tort reforms reduce med-mal premiumsTort reforms are the best proven instrument for reducing medical liability insurance premium growth, according to a new study conducted by Stanford University Professor Daniel P....
May 22 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company appointed Larry Wagner as its new vice president of underwriting. Wagner will serve as chief underwriting officer and will oversee loss prevention efforts.Wagner has 30 years of underwriting...
May 22 2006 // The Texas Legislature concluded its recent special session by passing school finance and property tax reform—finally. After two regular sessions and four special sessions, Texas lawmakers were able to set aside their...
May 22 2006 // Tort reforms are the best proven instrument for reducing medical liability insurance premium growth, according to a new study conducted by Stanford University Professor Daniel P. Kessler, JD, PhD, who also serves as a...
May 22 2006 // In a move it says will “help protect its ability to meet future customer needs throughout Texas while maintaining a strong presence along the Texas coast,” Allstate Texas Llloyds announced it will phase out...
May 19 2006 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts recently approved the reapplications for Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure covering a one-year period for nine private employers.Texas law allows...
May 18 2006 // Fort Worth-based Higginbotham & Associates announced the addition of seasoned employee benefits broker Brian Sutherland to its Denton, Texas, office. Higginbotham acquired the Denton agency when it merged with the...
May 16 2006 // In the competition for jobs and capital investment among the states, those states that suffer from high tort costs will continue to lose jobs and businesses to states with superior tort systems, according to a new report...
May 16 2006 // Workers’ compensation specialty company Zenith Insurance announced that Gerald Ladner has joined the company as regional vice president in its Zenith Austin unit.Ladner joins Zenith from Zurich North America with...
May 16 2006 // Many Texas homeowners are under the impression that flooding caused by rising water is covered under the standard homeowners insurance policy in Texas and often they discover that fact too late, according to Sandra Ray,...
May 16 2006 // The Lubbock Field Office of the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is hosting a brown bag educational session for health care providers, employers, human resource managers, claims...
May 16 2006 // Speed limits would increase to 80 mph on two West Texas interstate highways under a proposal by the Texas Department of Transportation.The Texas Transportation Commission could take up the proposed change, which would...