All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 6 2004 // Insurance Auto Auctions Inc., a provider of automotive salvage and claims processing services in the United States, announced the opening of a new greenfield facility in El Paso, Texas. This new 8-acre facility will...
Jul 5 2004 // Patients can’t seek large damage awards in court if their HMOs refuse to pay for doctor-recommended medical care, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, rejecting arguments that the threat of multimillion-dollar lawsuits...
Jul 5 2004 // Retired police officers Ed and Nancy McCue are thinking about leaving their dream home near the shores of Biscayne Bay because it’s in a prime area for hurricanes.It’s not the storm threat itself that’s...
Jul 5 2004 // Oklahoma and Louisiana lawmakers wrapped up their regular legislative sessions in June, with legislators in each state dealing with insurance issues in distinctive ways.As Tiffany O’Shea, Public Affairs director,...
Jul 5 2004 // Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst has reportedly taken State Farm and Farmers to task for not lowering their homeowners rates in the state at a faster pace and contesting the decreases in court. A report in the Houston...
Jul 5 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas reported it is building an IIAT internship program to encourage minority college students in Texas to learn about careers in the insurance industry. The program will be part of a...
Jul 5 2004 // Few areas of insurance law practice are as sensitive as the audit of a defense counsel’s bills or case file. Insurance companies and defense attorneys alike dread these necessary but often divisive processes.Two...
Jul 5 2004 // Dallas-based commercial insurance firm, McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT), appointed Jesse (Jay) Beck as vice president of the employee benefits group. Beck brings 15 years of industry experience to the company....
Jul 2 2004 // Fort Worth, Texas-based insurance and financial services brokerage firm Higginbotham & Associates announced it has launched services for Central and South Texas with the opening of a new Austin office.Newly hired...
Jul 1 2004 // With the Independence Day holiday on the horizon, the Insurance Council of Texas issued a reminder that July 4 is typically the worst day of the year for traffic fatalities.The ICT noted that more such fatalities occur on...
Jul 1 2004 // Networked Insurance Agents reported that Trent Courtney has joined the company as the territorial sales vice president for the state of Texas. Courtney has 28 years’ experience in the property and casualty insurance...
Jun 29 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced it awarded the Texas Oil and Gas Association (TxOGA) workers’ compensation purchasing group with $245,320.11 of group dividends.Texas Mutual group dividends are separate from...
Jun 28 2004 // Texas state representative Bill Keffer will address the Southwestern Insurance Information Service Board of Directors at their regularly scheduled meeting July 20 in Dallas. Representative Keffer is a member of the House...
Jun 28 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas reported that it is building an IIAT internship program to encourage minority college students in Texas to learn about careers in the insurance industry. The program will be part...
Jun 28 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that is has awarded the Emergency Service Organization (ESO) workers’ compensation purchasing group with $92,762 of group dividends.The group dividends are separate from any...
Jun 28 2004 // North Texas-based independent insurance and financial services brokerage firm, Higginbotham & Associates, announced it has acquired B. Barfield Group, based in McKinney. The merger brings to Higginbotham employee...
Jun 25 2004 // Donald E. Bowles, Jr., president of McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP in Dallas, won the Drex Foreman Award and Rowdy Nutt, a producer with Bosworth & Associates in Tyler, was named IIAT Young Agent of the Year for 2004...
Jun 24 2004 // At the recently held Texas Mutual Insurance Company annual policyholder meeting Chairman Martin H. Young Jr. took the opportunity to credit the company’s success to the board of directors, management and all of the...
Jun 24 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas named Cherrie Bland of the Grimes Insurance Agency, Lubbock, the IIAT ACSR of the Year during the IIAT Annual Convention held recently in Dallas.Liz Patterson of Myron F. Steves...
Jun 23 2004 // California auto insurer 21st Century Insurance plans to open a call center in Lewisville, Texas, that could introduce hundreds of new jobs over the next five years. The company said site construction and training is...