All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 5 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company appointed Larry Wagner as its new vice president of underwriting. Wagner will serve as the company’s chief underwriting officer and oversee its loss prevention efforts. Wagner has 30...
May 4 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced its support of the proposal by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) to increase commercial and government building limits to $3 million.IIAT Executive...
May 3 2006 // The Texas Senate has given final approval to House Bills 2, 3, and 4, which propose to change the way the state pays for its public school system.These bills would broaden the business tax, taxing gross receipts of most...
May 2 2006 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), headquartered in Austin, Texas, Pierson & Fendley Insurance Agency LLC of Paris, Texas, joined CAA as its 34th member.“Pierson & Fendley Insurance Agency brings to CAA...
May 1 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during March.The actions include five license revocations, three license denials and fines and...
May 1 2006 // With the impact of a record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season still etched on the coastline from Texas to Florida, and recovery on the minds of its residents, forecasters from the NOAA National Hurricane Center will...
Apr 27 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold a public hearing on Wed., May 10, 2006, in the Tippy Foster Room of the division’s central office located at 7551 Metro Center...
Apr 27 2006 // You’re involved in a minor traffic accident where there was little damage to either vehicle, no one was hurt, but police were called and a traffic accident report was filled out. Much to your surprise, someone...
Apr 27 2006 // Beckie Huffman and Andrea McCall have joined Dallas-based insurance wholesale firm PWIB Texas, according to Robin Stough, PWIB president and chief executive officer. Huffman, associate underwriter, has 16 years’...
Apr 27 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas, representing nearly 1,800 independent insurance agencies statewide, announced it has endorsed the Perry-Sharp tax relief and school finance plan. Tax reform and school financing...
Apr 27 2006 // Reliable estimates reveal that between 50 to 70 percent homeowners do not have enough insurance to rebuild their homes in the event it is completely destroyed, according to a Texas-based insurance industry trade...
Apr 26 2006 // Tryton Insurance Group LLC, based in Houston, Texas, announced the addition of Becki Tucker as associate director of marketing. In this position, Tucker’s responsibilities include the promotion of Tryton to...
Apr 26 2006 // The hailstorm that struck Central Texas on April 21 is expected to exceed $100 million in insured losses, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. Baseball-size hail pounded the city of San Marcos smashing vehicles at...
Apr 26 2006 // Insurance and risk management firm McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP (MHBT), announced the appointment of Trey Halbert as a consultant in the employee benefits group in the company’s Austin office.“We are pleased...
Apr 26 2006 // Southwestern Insurance Information Service announced the program for its 53rd Annual Educational Conference, June 27-28, 2006, at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Dallas, Texas.“We have arranged an outstanding array of...
Apr 24 2006 // The Republic Group, based in Dallas, has introduced a new Homeowners Form 3 product for Texas homeowners.“We are pleased to announce the introduction of our HO-3 product”, stated Parker Rush, Republic’s...
Apr 23 2006 // A Texas state jury found Merck & Co. liable for the death of a 71-year-old man who had a fatal heart attack within a month of taking its since-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx and ordered the company to pay $32 million...
Apr 20 2006 // Two judges have ruled that Allstate Insurance charges excessive rates for homeowners insurance and should reduce them.State insurance regulators want the company to reduce its homeowners rates by 10 percent and refund its...
Apr 17 2006 // Excess Auto LiabilityNuts & Bolts: Freberg Environmental, Inc. has announced an excess automobile liability program. The program is designed to provide excess limits over FEI’s hazardous material and hazardous...