All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 1 2006 // Dallas, Texas-based PWIB Texas, a division of Insurance Specialty Group (ISG), announced the addition of Josh Taylor as an associate underwriter/broker. Taylor formerly served as an assistant underwriter with a managing...
Jan 31 2006 // The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian) announced it has expanded its partnership with Destiny Health to introduce the consumer-directed Destiny Health Plan to employers in Texas.According to the company,...
Jan 31 2006 // Hallmark Financial Services Inc. announced the completion of its previously disclosed acquisition of Texas General Agency Inc. and certain affiliates.TGA is a managing general agency involved in the marketing and servicing...
Jan 26 2006 // A state district judge in Austin, Texas, has ruled Allstate will not have to cover the living expenses of evacuees displaced from their homes by Hurricane Rita if their homes were not damaged, the Houston Chronicle and the...
Jan 26 2006 // Members of the Association of Fire And Casualty Companies of Texas (AFACT) are recommending new bonding measures that would prepare the state for the start of what’s expected to be another turbulent hurricane...
Jan 25 2006 // The Texas Residential Construction Commission is acting as a “builder protection agency” and has no power to force homebuilders to repair construction defects in new houses, according to state Comptroller...
Jan 25 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during December 2005.The actions include two license revocations, one license denial and fines and...
Jan 24 2006 // Forms and notices used by Texas workers’ compensation system participants recently were updated to reflect the new administration of the system by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), Division of Workers’...
Jan 24 2006 // The Bryan/College Station Field Office of the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), Division of Workers’ Compensation is hosting a Brown Bag Educational Session for health care providers, employers, human resource...
Jan 23 2006 // In the insurance world catastrophes pretty much defined what 2005 was all about; 2004, as well, for that matter. As devastating as all the hurricanes, tsunamis and earthquakes were for the people who suffered from them,...
Jan 23 2006 // AUTHOR: By Susan McKennaExperts agree. The surplus lines market remains alive, healthy and stable. Who can argue with the success of this niche-based market that has risen from 4 percent in 1984 to almost 15 percent of the...
Jan 23 2006 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry will deliver a special luncheon address at the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ 43rd Annual Joe Vincent Management Seminar. Nearly 400 of the state’s most progressive and influential...
Jan 23 2006 // Some 70 fires thought to be work of arsonistsMany of the wildfires that plagued Texas during the first half of January 2006 may have been started intentionally, according to the Texas Forest Service. Some 70 wildfires in...
Jan 23 2006 // The Insurance Council of Texas elected James Langford as chairman of its Board of Directors effective Jan. 1, 2006.Langford is the assistant vice president of compliance, regulatory and governmental affairs, and training...
Jan 23 2006 // Health care costs in the Texas workers’ compensation system are among the highest in the nation. Furthermore, studies suggest that one out of every four injured employees does not return to work. In an effort to...
Jan 22 2006 // Despite losses from the 2005 hurricane season, property and casualty insurance company failures de-clined 44 percent from the previous year.In the insurance world catastrophes pretty much defined what 2005 was all about;...
Jan 22 2006 // The Insurance Council of Texas elected James Langford as chairman of its Board of Directors effective Jan. 1, 2006.Langford is the assistant vice president of compliance, regulatory and governmental affairs, and training...
Jan 22 2006 // Surplus Line Market: Speculations for 2006Experts agree. The surplus lines market remains alive, healthy and stable. Who can argue with the success of this niche-based market that has risen from 4 percent in 1984 to almost...
Jan 22 2006 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry will deliver a special luncheon address at the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ 43rd Annual Joe Vincent Management Seminar. Nearly 400 of the state’s most progressive and influential...
Jan 22 2006 // American National Bank of Texas; Sleeper Sewell & Co.The American National Bank of Texas of Terrell, Texas, has acquired Dallas-based insurance agency Sleeper, Sewell & Company. Led by President and CEO Robert A....