All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 8 2002 // District Court Judge Lee H. Rosenthal sentenced Houston attorney Bernardo Eureste to three years probation for workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Eureste, a...
Jul 8 2002 // A federal bankruptcy court ruled that Dallas businessman Aharon Chen and A.C. Painting Inc., his now-bankrupt company, defrauded more than $3 million from Texas Mutual Insurance Co., a workers’ compensation provider....
Jul 2 2002 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that doctors coming to the state’s Joint Underwriting Association (JUA) for medical malpractice insurance now have more policy choices and, for certain beleaguered...
Jul 2 2002 // California insurers have a ticking time bomb on their hands according to many in the industry. Others, however, say the supposed bomb is being blown out of proportion. Who do you believe?The reported bomb is mold, and...
Jul 1 2002 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that District Court Judge Lee H. Rosenthal Has sentenced Houston attorney Bernardo Eureste to three years probation for reported workers’ compensation fraud-related charges....
Jul 1 2002 // Caliber Collision Centers, an Irvine, Calif.-based operator of collision repair facilities in California and Texas, has signed a long-term lease for a 13,000 square foot collision repair facility located in Lewisville...
Jun 28 2002 // The Central Texas Chapter of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) announced the newly elected officers for 2002-2003: president—Philip R. Ballinger, Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas;...
Jun 28 2002 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. policyholders elected four new board members at the workers compensation insurer’s first policyholder meeting. Over 5,000 policyholders voted either in person or by proxy to elect Judy...
Jun 28 2002 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency of Texas Inc. has a new commercial automobile program for Texas agents. Target classes include artisan contractors, wholesale/manufacturing/industrial, heavy construction, local and...
Jun 27 2002 // Texas attorney general candidates Kirk Watson, Democrat, and Greg Abbott, Republican, have each unveiled plans to address the state’s homeowners insurance market crisis.The Austin American Statesman reports that...
Jun 24 2002 // As what could become one of the most competitive election seasons in recent Texas history takes shape, it should come as no surprise that the homeowners crisis affecting consumers virtually statewide has taken on prime...
Jun 24 2002 // For U.S. insurers, reinsurers, and property professionals still reeling from the $32 million a Texas jury awarded Melinda Ballard in her toxic mold lawsuit against Farmers Insurance last year and the $18.5 million a...
Jun 24 2002 // The Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) overturned a ruling by the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) pertaining payment for chiropractors, finding that chiropractors cannot collect...
Jun 24 2002 // In another Texas Mutual case, SOAH ruled that chiropractor, David Olson, D.C., misrepresented group physical medicine as individual treatment. The case began when Olson billed Texas Mutual for one-on-one sessions because...
Jun 24 2002 // As what could become one of the most competitive election seasons in recent Texas history takes shape, it should come as no surprise that the homeowners crisis affecting consumers virtually statewide has taken on prime...
Jun 24 2002 // The Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) overturned a ruling by the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) pertaining payment for chiropractors, finding that chiropractors cannot collect...
Jun 24 2002 // In another Texas Mutual case, SOAH ruled that chiropractor, David Olson, D.C., misrepresented group physical medicine as individual treatment. The case began when Olson billed Texas Mutual for one-on-one sessions because...
Jun 21 2002 // A federal bankruptcy court ruled that Dallas businessman Aharon Chen and A.C. Painting Inc., his now-bankrupt company, defrauded more than $3 million from Texas Mutual Insurance Co., a workers compensation provider.Chen...
Jun 19 2002 // John Tesseyman III of Tyler, Texas has been arrested on four felony charges after a raid of his Old Bullard Road office, and stands accused of bilking millions of dollars in bogus general liability insurance policies from...
Jun 17 2002 // A key Senate lawmaker says Texas homeowner insurance rates should be regulated by the state, promising to put forth a bill in the next session to get a handle on rising premiums. Sen. Troy Fraser, a Republican, said that...