All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 22 2006 // The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies reported the introduction of a new homeowner’s insurance policy, called “Texas Family Home Policy.” This new policy offers more coverage choices, new discounts,...
Feb 22 2006 // First Cardinal of Texas Ltd. announced the merger of two of its largest workers’ compensation trusts into a single entity, CompPAC Trust of Texas, effective Jan.1, 2006.The CompPAC Trust of Texas combines the...
Feb 21 2006 // Combined Agents of America, LLC (CAA), based in Austin, Texas, announced it achieved over $326 million in combined property and casualty premiums for 2005 when the board of members recently convened. The 33 member agencies...
Feb 20 2006 // The use of credit history, one of many underwriting tools, is not a new concept and one that has received strict scrutiny from insurance regulators and consumer advocates around the country. Some insurers have used...
Feb 20 2006 // Three independent insurance agencies were among the “50 Best companies to work for in Texas” honored at a luncheon hosted by the Texas Assosiation of Business, Texas Monthly magazine and the Society for Human...
Feb 20 2006 // Enhanced Partial Loss Settlement Nuts & Bolts: National Lloyds Insurance Company and American Summit Insurance Company have a new enhanced partial loss endorsement for the HO-8 homeowners form. It provides replacement...
Feb 20 2006 // A law eliminating the surplus lines bond that Texas surplus agents formerly had to carry became effective Jan. 1, 2006, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) has reported. The Texas Legislature in 2005 passed...
Feb 20 2006 // A group of agents recently won a round in a Texas court in their fight to have documents released. Deemed “trade secrets” by American National Property & Casualty Co., they were made available to the...
Feb 19 2006 // Three Texas agencies make ’50 Best Companies’ listThree independent insurance agencies were among the “50 Best Companies to Work for in Texas” honored at a luncheon hosted by the Texas Association...
Feb 19 2006 // New MarketsEnhanced Partial Loss Settlement Nuts & Bolts: National Lloyds Insurance Company and American Summit Insurance Company have a new enhanced partial loss endorsement for the HO-8 homeowners form. It provides...
Feb 19 2006 // Catastrophe funding big on the radar screen for 2006Some 60 to 70 percent of the estimated $4.7 billion in insured losses caused by Hurricane Rita in September 2005 occurred in Texas. The state experienced 188,000 claims,...
Feb 19 2006 // Agents allege red-lining by ANPAC in Texas court caseA group of agents recently won a round in a Texas court in their fight to have documents released. Deemed “trade secrets” by American National Property...
Feb 19 2006 // Hallmark, Texas General AgencyHallmark Financial Services Inc. completed its previously disclosed acquisition of Texas General Agency Inc. and certain affiliates. TGA is a managing general agency involved in the marketing...
Feb 16 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance Special Prosecutor, working in conjunction with the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, secured a criminal conviction against David Alton Brabandt and Barbara Del Aguila of...
Feb 15 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $34,280 purchasing group dividend for the Texas Schools Group (TSG).The TSG group dividend is separate from the approximately $50 million in individual dividends that Texas Mutual...
Feb 15 2006 // André P. Juneau, senior vice president of Nieman Hanks Puryear, a division of Frost Insurance Agency Inc., Austin, and former president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas, died early Feb. 14 in Austin. He was...
Feb 14 2006 // The Central Texas Chapter of CPCU Society and the Austin Association of Insurance Professionals will host the 2006 All Insurance Industry Day March 1 at the Doubletree Hotel in Austin.The schedule of events includes:...
Feb 13 2006 // Dozens of federally insured medical providers have been blocked from helping the Gulf Coast recover from Hurricane Katrina because their medical liability protection doesn’t apply outside their own states.Doctors and...
Feb 13 2006 // Del Mar College Small Business Development Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, will sponsor a one-day educational seminar on Workers’ Compensation 101 and Return To Work presented by the Texas Department of Insurance...
Feb 10 2006 // Richard C. Crist, Jr., previously field vice president and president of Allstate New Jersey, was recently appointed to the position of field vice president (FVP) of Allstate’s Texas Region, headquartered in...