All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 24 2005 // Travis County, Texas, District Judge Stephen Yelenosky has extended until Dec. 12 an injunction prohibiting Allstate Insurance Company from denying claims related to Hurricane Rita, the Austin American-Statesman...
Oct 20 2005 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Thomas Whited of Bastrop pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges.The Travis County 167th District Court sentenced Whited to a one-year suspended jail...
Oct 19 2005 // Nationwide Insurance is reducing homeowner rates for Nationwide Lloyds customers in Texas effective Jan. 7, 2006. The average decrease will be 10.75 percent for renewing customers in Texas.“This rate decrease...
Oct 17 2005 // As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (ARPA), more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide, insured acres have increased by 14.6 million acres, and coverage has increased by $12.2...
Oct 17 2005 // Nancy C. Gates was honored by the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia as its 2005 Outstanding Certified Insurance Service Representative. Since 1996, Gates has been a commercial lines, large account representative...
Oct 17 2005 // With Katrina’s impact yet to be felt, farmers in low loss-ratio states may have to pick up the slack for the hard-hit Gulf Coast farmers in months and years to come. If anything, the aftermath of Katrina underlines...
Oct 17 2005 // As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (ARPA), more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide, insured acres have increased by 14.6 million acres and coverage increased by $12.2 billion...
Oct 17 2005 // Nancy C. Gates was honored by the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia as its 2005 Outstanding Certified Insurance Service Representative. Since 1996, Gates has been a commercial lines, large account representative...
Oct 17 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced it recently installed Gregory A. Stevens as the 84th president of the association.Stevens is president of Texas Insurance Division of Compass Insurance Agency Inc.,...
Oct 17 2005 // Insureds under livestock and equine policies need to be familiar with the policy conditions and strictly comply with the policy conditions.Texas has been the source of much of the law, nationally, in regard to construction...
Oct 17 2005 // ArkansasEmployment up in Ark. A recent report from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. showed that employment in Ar-kansas is at a high point-1.1734million-but warned that hurricane refugees could strain state...
Oct 17 2005 // In addition to the immense destruction in heavily populated urban centers and coastal communities caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which hit the Gulf Coast region in August and September 2005, agricultural interests...
Oct 17 2005 // As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide, insured acres have increased by 14.6 million acres and coverage increased by $12.2 billion over the...
Oct 17 2005 // Expanded ElderCare ProgramNuts & Bolts: Lighthouse Underwriters LLC expanded its ElderCare program in Texas with an assisted living package that includes combined general liability/professional liability, automobile,...
Oct 17 2005 // The hurricane [Katrina] produced catastrophicBroward and Miami- Dade counties inFlorida.As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (ARPA), more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide,...
Oct 14 2005 // The Insurance Council of Texas announced it has awarded $15,000 in academic scholarships to students majoring in insurance and risk management at Baylor University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of...
Oct 13 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance issued a reminder to all homeowners along the Gulf Coast that damage to their dwellings by Hurricane Rita must be repaired in accordance with the Texas Windstorm Building Code (TWBC) if...
Oct 12 2005 // The Insurance Council of Texas announced it will present its 2005 Workers’ Compensation Seminars in Austin on Nov. 10 and in Dallas on Nov. 15.Brian C. Newby, Gov. Rick Perry’s general counsel will be the...
Oct 11 2005 // Universal Insurance Holdings of North America announced it has added new members to the Universal Insurance Company of Texas (UICTX) team, based in San Antonio.Katherine Moore, vice president of Texas operations for UICTX...
Oct 11 2005 // Hotchkiss Insurance Agency Inc. (HIA) announced its newest workers’ compensation purchasing group: the Texas Home Builders Workers Compensation Group (THB-WC Group).The group includes home builders for whom specific...