All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 4 2001 // The Hartford, which has piloted a complete workers’ compensation e-bill system for a year, is expanding the program into more U.S. states and additional provider organizations.e-bill, an Internet processing and...
Apr 30 2001 // The Texas workers’ compensation system faces a serious threat if the state legislature does not act to fix a loophole that allows employers to opt out of the system while requiring their employees to waive the right...
Apr 30 2001 // With summer just around the corner; nearby lakes and rivers are being overrun with boats and personal watercraft. The boating and watercraft business in the United States has grown into a major industry, and it shows no...
Apr 30 2001 // There may be a strong parallel between learning to ride a motorcycle and insuring motorcycle operators. For the beginning rider, the first 90 days of vehicle ownership can be an especially risky period for crashes....
Apr 30 2001 // Naysayers and the prophets of doom and gloom aside, the powerful economy of the Lone Star State is not likely to fade anytime soon. In fact, just the opposite is more probable. And that is clearly good news for the...
Apr 30 2001 // The Texas State Senate voted to pass a bill which would select at random 500,000 of the state’s 14 million motorists each year and require them to prove they have insurance to drive an automobile. The Dallas Morning...
Apr 30 2001 // AMS Services has entered into an agreement with IRS-AIMS to integrate their MAGIC for Windows Texas rating software with AMS management systems in 2001. The reorganization of the AMS Holding Group during the first quarter...
Apr 30 2001 // PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. is no longer under the daily scrutiny of the Texas Department of Insurance after the insurer agreed to a corrective action plan and follow-up conversations. PacifiCare has committed to...
Apr 30 2001 // Insurance agents are in a tough spot. They compete for business against nearly everybody: each other, banks, financial analysts, annuity companies, and—yes!—even insurers. Often, it seems that insurance agents have to...
Apr 16 2001 // On its surface, a March 29 Texas Supreme Court ruling could look to some as though the court is in favor of employers opting out of the state’s workers’ compensation system. But upon closer inspection, it is...
Apr 16 2001 // U-Haul companies have agreed to stop selling insurance products in Texas until they are licensed by the Texas Department of Insurance.The agreement with Attorney General John Cornyn’s office follows two suits filed...
Apr 16 2001 // SAI Plus, LLC, of Rockville, Md., has agreed today to stop its unlicensed health insurance business in Texas and to pay restitution to people whose medical bills should have been paid by the company. Commissioner Jose...
Apr 16 2001 // On March 29, 2001, the Supreme Court of Texas decided a consolidated case of enormous importance to insurance intermediaries. In Lawrence v. CDB Services Inc., the high court said by a vote of 6-2, that employees could...
Apr 2 2001 // It’s been 10 years since legislation revamp the Texas workers’ comp system. Most insurers, regulators and legislators agree that the system has improved dramatically, but they also say there is still room for...
Apr 2 2001 // Texas workers’ compensation insurance companies are trying to locate nearly 29,000 employers in order to refund a surcharge started in 1992 that will result in an average refund of more than $500 per employer....
Apr 2 2001 // Two Texas medical associations and dozens of individual physicians filed a federal lawsuit last week accusing health care insurers of fraud, racketeering and conspiracy, according to a report by the Dallas Morning News....
Apr 2 2001 // In 1989 the Legislature jettisoned the generations-old Texas hybrid system and substituted a new workers’ comp system.In the mid-19th century it dawned on European social designers that the cost of goods sold should...
Mar 19 2001 // Dallas Fire Insurance Co. agreed to pay $100,000 in penalties for overcharging consumers by adding unapproved policy fees to the price it charged for credit property insurance. In a consent order, Dallas Fire also agreed...
Mar 19 2001 // Flower Mound, Texas, has improved its public protection classification with the Insurance Services Office from a class 5 to a class 2. Fire departments in Texas are classified on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the...
Mar 19 2001 // Two companies made substantial entries into Texas last week. YouZoom.com will offer Texas agents the opportunity to sell insurance products online. Progressive, which up until now only offered auto coverage in Texas,...