All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 24 2003 // In overturning a lower court ruling, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that insurance contracts do not require an insurer to pay a policyholder for the vehicle’s so-called diminished value.In the case of American...
Oct 24 2003 // At the recent Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) hearing on insurance scoring and territorial rating rules, insurers expressed their support for proposals they believe will ensure consumers are charged premiums that...
Oct 24 2003 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that Texas Governor Rick Perry has appointed Sandra Kuprion-Thomas to Texas Mutual’s Board of Directors. Kuprion-Thomas is a certified public accountant and the president of...
Oct 23 2003 // The Texas FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) Plan is on its way to insuring more than 100,000 homeowners before the end of the year, according to the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), and on the Plan’s...
Oct 22 2003 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) is holding hearings today at its offices in Austin on proposed rules to further regulate the use of credit-based insurance scores. The wide-ranging insurance reform bill SB 14,...
Oct 20 2003 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Raymond Hicks of Del Valle, Texas has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud before the 147th Travis County District Court in Austin. Hicks’ sentence included...
Oct 20 2003 // The Texas Department of Insurance reported it has scheduled a hearing on Oct 29 to consider Docket No. 2577, which concerns approval of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s filing of proposed adjustments to...
Oct 20 2003 // It’s been four years since I last worked for the Insurance Journal, and returning has been quite an eye opener. I have been astonished by the industry’s rapid growth and its ability to adapt to a new world....
Oct 20 2003 // Sharing 1,250 miles of border with Mexico makes Texas an inviting target for auto thieves, which is why 12 years ago the state legislature voted to slap a $1 surcharge on all auto insurance policies to fund the Texas Auto...
Oct 20 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ Young Agents Committee was recognized by the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers at the IIABA Conference and InfoXchange in Las Vegas, for the Texas group’s work...
Oct 20 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Combined Group, a Carrollton, Texas based managing general agency, announced a new Texas nonsubsription facility. This program features an admitted high limits Comprehensive Employers Indemnity (CEI)...
Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance JournalBy Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...
Oct 20 2003 // The notice condition in general liability policies requires that the insured provide the insurer with timely notice of any potential occurrence and the receipt of suit papers. Failure to give proper notice of either of...
Oct 20 2003 // Not many businesses can make the claim, “we’re 80 years old.” Now Insurance Journal can. It’s hard to believe we started in Los Angeles in 1923 as a life insurance magazine. My family came on the...
Oct 20 2003 // It’s been four years since I last worked for the Insurance Journal, and returning has been quite an eye opener. I have been astonished by the industry’s rapid growth and its ability to adapt to a new world....
Oct 20 2003 // It’s been four years since I last worked for the Insurance Journal, and returning has been quite an eye opener. I have been astonished by the industry’s rapid growth and its ability to adapt to a new world....
Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance JournalBy Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...
Oct 20 2003 // Not many businesses can make the claim, “we’re 80 years old.” Now Insurance Journal can. It’s hard to believe we started in Los Angeles in 1923 as a life insurance magazine. My family came on the...
Oct 17 2003 // Dallas-based Republic group of insurance companies (www.RepubLink.com.) announced that Richard A. Mayer was appointed assistant vice president, Commercial Lines Division. In this position, Mayer will manage...
Oct 17 2003 // An Odessa, Texas, man was indicted by a Travis County grand jury on charges of workers’ compensation fraud, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company.Texas Mutual alleges that William Scott Anderson was charged...