All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 10 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold a public hearing on Mar. 30, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. in the Tippy Foster Room of the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s central...
Mar 9 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold stakeholders meetings Mar. 9 and Mar. 22, 2006.For those who cannot attend the Mar. 9 meeting, TDI/DWC will hold a live Web cast beginning...
Mar 8 2006 // CIGNA HealthCare of Texas hired James Saad as its new vice president for small group sales, the company reported. Saad brings more than 20 years of health care benefit experience in the small group market to this...
Mar 6 2006 // According to a new report released by GE Insurance Solutions, massive growth along the nation’s coastlines has dramatically increased the potential for insured losses, even without a cyclical increase in the...
Mar 6 2006 // Jim Donelon became Louisiana’s Commissioner of Insurance on Feb. 16 following the retirement of J. Robert Wooley. Donelon previously served as the insurance department’s Executive Counsel and Chief Deputy...
Mar 6 2006 // Unlike insurers of last resort in states like Louisiana and Florida, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association does not enjoy federal tax-exempt status. TWIA’s Board of Directors and its Executive Director Jim Oliver...
Mar 6 2006 // Genworth Financial Inc. announced it is launching a comprehensive campaign for the Hispanic communities in Corpus Christi and Rio Grande Valley designed to increase awareness about the importance of having a financial...
Mar 6 2006 // The Insurance Council of Texas reported that insurance companies have settled 90 percent of property claims in Texas that were the result of the devastation caused by Hurricane Rita that struck in late September...
Mar 6 2006 // Hurricane season is just a few short months away and the head of a Texas-based insurance trade group already sees some dark clouds on the horizon.“The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association is considerably under...
Mar 2 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced it recently took action against two bonding companies operating in the Houston area. Both companies, International Fidelity & Surety Ltd. and Providential Surety Company...
Mar 2 2006 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association announced it will hold “underwriting basics workshops” in various locations throughout the state. TWIA noted that these workshops will help new agents/agency personnel...
Mar 2 2006 // More than a dozen Texas cities have enacted ordinances allowing police officers to ticket uninsured motorists and tow their vehicles, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. The policy has begun to spread rapidly as city...
Mar 2 2006 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company has acquired the operating assets of The Welch Company, an employee benefits firm in Houston, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With 2005 revenues of approximately...
Feb 27 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $16,447 purchasing group dividend for the Texas Produce Association (TPA) purchasing group.The TPA group dividend is separate from the approximately $50 million in individual...
Feb 24 2006 // A proposed resolution reiterating opposition to federal initiatives that would preempt state insurance regulation will be considered Friday afternoon by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators during its...
Feb 24 2006 // American National Insurance Company, headquartered in Galveston, Texas, announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of 75 cents per share on its common stock payable March 17, 2006, to shareholders...
Feb 24 2006 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott released an urgent message for all Texans to be on the lookout for official-looking e-mails purporting to originate from major financial institutions asking for personal account...
Feb 23 2006 // Cathleen C. Beavers has been named general manager of Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association, according to TAIPA Chairman Brad Duelks. Previously, Beavers was residual market business advisor for USAA in San Antonio...
Feb 23 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 11 private employers. Texas law allows certain...
Feb 23 2006 // Rulebook Supplement 2006-01 containing Return-to-Work rules adopted by the Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation on Feb. 2, 2006, is available online from the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), Division of...