All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 29 2002 // Texas Attorney General John Cornyn filed suit in Houston against Mold Restoration Inc., a mold remediation company, to stop alleged practices that have left many homeowners with unfinished restoration work meant to correct...
Aug 28 2002 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) public hearing originally set for August 22 has been rescheduled Thursday, August 29, 2002, at 10:30 a.m. at the Southfield Building, Tippy Foster Room (Room 910), in...
Aug 28 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) was among those who testified at a recent hearing held by the Texas House Insurance Committee on the use of credit histories in rating insurance. Other insurer groups...
Aug 27 2002 // The Texas Association of Business (TAB) unveiled a set of proposals to reform Texas’ medical malpractice insurance system, and called on candidates for governor and lieutenant governor to commit to capping...
Aug 26 2002 // The new medical fee guideline approved by the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) last spring and scheduled to go into effect Sept. 1 was temporarily stayed by a Travis County judge. According to the Austin...
Aug 23 2002 // As FBI agents attempted to arrest him at a Fort Worth motel, a Tarrant County insurance agent who in May admitted guilt in federal fraud charges killed himself. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, authorities would...
Aug 23 2002 // Farmers Insurance Company has directed its agents to discontinue selling new homeowners policies in Texas beginning Oct. 31. The company will also stop offering replacement policies, existing policies that are not renewed...
Aug 22 2002 // A number of doctors in Southeast Texas are threatening to stop treating workers’ compensation patients on Sept. 1, the effective date of recent changes to the Texas workers’ compensation fee guidelines....
Aug 21 2002 // Both the American Insurance Association (AIA) and the Alliance of American Insurers urged Florida policyholders, insurers, and regulators to take a rational approach to mold issues at a recent hearing held by the...
Aug 19 2002 // Texas Governor Rick Perry and his Democratic challenger Tony Sanchez continue to use the state’s homeowners market crisis against each other as a new poll shows the race tightening.The Dallas Morning News reports...
Aug 19 2002 // Texas Governor Rick Perry and Attorney General John Cornyn announced that his office filed suit against Farmers Group Inc., the state’s second largest homeowners insurer, Aug. 5 for allegedly charging unnecessarily...
Aug 19 2002 // Even though the next Texas legislative session is still months away, lobbying organizations with ties to insurance are polishing their strategies for influencing state lawmakers. Last month, the Austin American Statesman...
Aug 19 2002 // Whether it is obtaining information on licensing or getting the latest updates on fraud, many agents across the country rely on their respective state’s insurance department Web sites to get useful information. From...
Aug 19 2002 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company will be distributing some $22 million in dividends to qualifying policyholders for 2002. As in previous years, the 2002 plan includes an annual component for qualifying customers whose...
Aug 19 2002 // A.M. Best Co. placed the “B+” (Very Good) financial strength ratings of two separately rated subsidiaries of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company—State Farm General Insurance Company (Bloomington,...
Aug 19 2002 // Whether it is obtaining information on licensing or getting the latest updates on fraud, many agents across the country rely on their respective state’s insurance department Web sites to get useful information. In...
Aug 16 2002 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued an emergency cease and desist order against Farmers subsidiaries Farmers Insurance Exchange and Fire Insurance Exchange that effectively freezes the carrier’s homeowners...
Aug 13 2002 // The Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions has been created as a proactive alliance of insurance providers and trade organizations committed to working with legislators, regulators, consumers and others to find...
Aug 6 2002 // In response to the lawsuit filed Aug. 5 by the Texas Attorney General against Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, the company has reviewed the allegations and says they are without merit. The lawsuit was filed by...
Aug 5 2002 // Responding to moves by Farmers Insurance Company to further restrict coverages in homeowners policies it will write in the state, Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor expanded the state insurance department’s...