All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 24 2003 // Armando M. Villesca Sr. of Fort Stockton, Texas, pleaded guilty to charges of workers’ compensation fraud in a Travis County District Court. Texas Mutual Insurance Company said the court ordered Villesca to submit to...
Feb 24 2003 // The Amarillo Court of Appeals upheld a law preventing injured workers from collecting benefits for a work-related injury from two different sources. According to the Texas Mutual Insurance Company, the court ruled that a...
Feb 24 2003 // In some respects, the world of employee benefits seems to be on a roll. The Indepen-dent Insurance Agents & Brokers Association (IIABA) reports that about 26 percent of the U.S. agencies examined in its “2002...
Feb 24 2003 // They’re baaack. High-flying medical malpractice liability claims losses, that is. The availability crisis of the 1970s and the affordability crisis of the 1980s may be nothing compared to the crisis insurers and...
Feb 20 2003 // An asbestos litigation reform bill supported by the Alliance of American Insurers and a broad coalition of businesses and insurers has been introduced in the Texas Senate.The bill, SB 496, will “raise the bar for the...
Feb 18 2003 // Rainbow International® Carpet Care and Restoration Specialist announced that through an agreement with Texas Select Lloyds Insurance Company it will become a preferred vendor for water remediation claims for Select...
Feb 14 2003 // Armando M. Villesca Sr. of Fort Stockton, Texas, pleaded guilty to charges of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. A Travis County District Court judge ordered Villesca to submit to three years of community...
Feb 13 2003 // The Texas Senate passed legislation that requires all insurers writing residential property insurance to make a one-time data report to the insurance commissioner for use in a report to the legislature on underwriting....
Feb 10 2003 // Richard Swoy, chairman of Superior Access Insurance Services, announced a new A.M. Best “A” rated, admitted market in Texas for condominiums and townhouses.Owner occupied, seasonal or tenant occupied units are...
Feb 10 2003 // A judge in Austin ordered a London- and Canada-based organization to stop marketing boat and other watercraft insurance in Texas without a license and to pay a $1 million fine imposed last year by Commissioner Jose...
Feb 10 2003 // A new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute shows that workers’ compensation costs per claim in Texas continued to increase at double digit rates during recent years. According to WCRI, workers’...
Feb 10 2003 // Every claims professional generally understands the need for reserving the carrier’s rights when a claim is made. Every claims handler understands many of the risks that go along with failure to reserve either timely...
Feb 6 2003 // The Amarillo Court of Appeals upheld a law preventing injured workers from collecting benefits for a work-related injury from two different sources. According to the Texas Mutual Insurance Company, the court ruled that a...
Feb 6 2003 // Argonaut Group Inc., headquartered in San Antonio, announced that its Board of Directors appointed Hector DeLeon as a member of Argonaut Group’s Board effective February 3, 2003.“Mr. DeLeon has more than 25...
Feb 5 2003 // The Texas Legislature took the first of many steps in resolving the state’s insurance crisis with the naming of members to the House Insurance Committee and with the Senate’s initiation of hearings on insurance...
Jan 31 2003 // Texas lawmakers introduced two bills in Texas legislature that aim to control rising insurance rates in the state.Texas State Senator Troy Fraser of Horseshoe Bay announced the filing of Senate Bill 310, requiring...
Jan 31 2003 // Carrollton, Texas-based Insurance Technologies Corporation, a provider of new business rating products for personal lines agencies and insurance companies, announced the addition of an undisclosed driver database to its...
Jan 30 2003 // A judge in Austin, Texas ordered a London- and Canada-based organization to stop marketing boat and other watercraft insurance in Texas without a license and to pay a $1 million fine imposed last year by Commissioner Jose...
Jan 29 2003 // Brown & Brown Inc. of Daytona Beach and Tampa, Fla. acquired San Antonio, Texas-based Coleman Company Insurance Services L.P. in a transaction effective Jan. 1, 2003. In a joint announcement, the companies described...
Jan 27 2003 // Now that the Texas legislative session is underway and the pre-election rhetoric surrounding insurance reform in Texas has moderated, the stage is set for the legislature to make the tough decisions necessary to resolve...