All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 10 2005 // A state judge in Texas has ordered Allstate Insurance Co. to cover the living expenses of its Texas policyholders displaced by Hurricane Rita last month.Acting on a petition filed by the attorney general and the Texas...
Oct 4 2005 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that Texas Gov. Rick Perry re-appointed Richard Cooper to serve on the Texas Mutual board of directors. Cooper will serve another six-year term, which will end in July...
Oct 3 2005 // Although Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are behind us, hurricane season continues through the end of November. And while it does, residents on the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts are picking up the pieces and rebuilding their lives,...
Oct 3 2005 // RISC Inc. in Dallas, announced the appointment of Pat Mulady, to the position of vice president in the Brokerage Department. Mulady’s focus will primarily be tough casualty risks.Mulady joins RISC with over 12 years...
Oct 3 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Quadrant Insurance Managers added two new contractor programs to be based out of its Texas office: residential homebuilders/contractors general liability and roofing contractors general liability. The...
Oct 3 2005 // Exclusions–Criminal Acts Bamert v. Johnson (La. App. Aug. 17, 2005) Insured claims self-defense/question of fact on applicability of intentional, willful and malicious acts exclusion: This concerned an...
Oct 3 2005 // But destruction will add to totals from Dennis, Katrina and Ophelia.While indications are that damages from Hurricane Rita won’t come close to equaling those of its immediate predecessor, Hurricane Katrina, that fact...
Oct 3 2005 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Chief Operating Officer R. Paul Hulsebusch is facing accusations by Universal Risk Insur-ance Services in Houston, Texas, that after last year’s hurricanes he sought kickbacks from...
Oct 3 2005 // RISC Inc. in Dallas, announced the appointment of Pat Mulady, to the position of vice president in the Brokerage Department. Mulady’s focus will primarily be tough casualty risks.Mulady joins RISC with over 12 years...
Oct 3 2005 // Residential Contractors General LiabilityNuts & Bolts: Quadrant Insurance Managers added two new contractor programs to be based out of its Texas office: residential homebuilders/contractors general liability and...
Oct 3 2005 // But destruction will add to totals from Dennis, Katrina and Ophelia.While indications are that damages from Hurricane Rita won’t come close to equaling those of its immediate predecessor, Hurricane Katrina, that fact...
Oct 3 2005 // CCA, J.S. Edwards and Sherlock, Central Insurance Cos.Combined Agents of America LLC, based in Austin, Texas, announced that member agency J.S. Edwards and Sherlock Insurance Agency was awarded the Blue Streak Circle of...
Oct 3 2005 // Although Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are behind us, hurricane season continues through the end of November. And while it does, residents on the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts are picking up the pieces and rebuilding their lives,...
Oct 3 2005 // Bamert v. Johnson (La. App. Aug. 17, 2005)Insured claims self-defense/question of fact on applicability of intentional, willful and malicious acts exclusion: This concerned an insurer’s obligation to defend and...
Sep 30 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced it is sending additional insurance specialists to East Texas to help consumers affected by Hurricane Rita.Six assistance centers have already been established around the state,...
Sep 28 2005 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry has sent a letter to federal officials requesting that Texas get the same level of reimbursement for Hurricane Rita as for Hurricane Katrina.Perry also joined with Houston Mayor Bill White and Harris...
Sep 27 2005 // Texans who can’t return home because of the damage caused by Hurricane Rita can file a claim without seeing what has happened to their property, according to the Insurance Council of Texas.By filing a claim now, the...
Sep 26 2005 // Fitch Ratings said Monday it expects Hurricane Rita will represent a material loss to the insurance industry and will create further strain on insurers’ claims-adjusting resources. However, Fitch does not expect any...
Sep 26 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) will reopen some of its field offices on Sept. 26 as local areas clean up from Hurricane Rita. Other field offices will remain closed until at...
Sep 26 2005 // Lighthouse Underwriters LLC (www.lighthouseunderwriters.com), a program underwriting company that works with select industry groups, has expanded its ElderCare program with an assisted living package in Texas.The package...