All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 22 2001 // Liability insurers face three especially difficult litigation problems. One of them arises when an insurance contract provides that an insurer has a duty to defend, and it is not clear from the plaintiff’s petition...
Jan 22 2001 // New surplus lines regulations went into effect in Texas on Dec. 12, 2000, the result of a request by the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas. The changes mark the first update to the regulations in more than 10 years...
Jan 22 2001 // More than 400 of the state’s agency principals and managers are expected to gather for the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ Joe Vincent Management Seminar & Big I Legislative Day on Feb. 4-6 at the...
Jan 22 2001 // Whether it is the dry desert heat of El Paso or the humid sauna of Houston, people who grew up in Texas know that its summers are naturally hot. For people in Dallas, last summer was no exception. After 44 days in the...
Jan 22 2001 // Claiming they are basing their rates on information more current than that used by the Texas Department of Insurance to set benchmark rates, several of Texas’ largest auto insurers are raising their rates. State Farm...
Jan 8 2001 // Texas Associates Insurors and The John A. Barclay Agency, both in Austin, have finalized a merger agreement penned in September, with the Barclay Agency officially doing business from Texas Associates’ offices as of...
Jan 8 2001 // In 1900, Texas independent agents approved a plan to unionize. The plan eventually faltered at the national level, but now, more than a century later, Minnesota agents are floating a similar idea. The board of directors of...
Jan 8 2001 // The American economic scene is characterized by at least three general trends. There may be more.First, many large businesses are cutting back. Almost every day one reads in the paper that some huge, well-known corporation...
Jan 8 2001 // Now that the presidential election saga has come to a close and a new governor and lieutenant governor are in place, the new guard at the Texas capitol has begun making decisions and appointments for the upcoming 77th...
Jan 8 2001 // Rushmore Financial Group Inc. announced its planned acquisition of a group of financial services companies located in Dallas. The companies have signed a letter of intent providing for RFGI to acquire Northstar Financial...
Jan 8 2001 // The demarcation between years always seems to take on a contemplative aspect. We look back to where we’ve been, and then look forward to weigh our expectations. Will the market continue to harden? Will the dot-coms...
Jan 2 2001 // Armida Quiroga, ACSR, of Aon Risk Services of Texas Inc. in Houston, was recently named National ACSR of the Year by the Independent Insurance Agents of America. Quiroga holds the ACSR designation in commercial lines. A...
Dec 8 2000 // The Hawaii Insurance Division has issued a cease and desist order against Darren Larson, the organizer of the insolvent and unauthorized health insurer Hawaii HealthCare Alliance, and owner of Design Benefits Insurance...
Nov 20 2000 // Class Strong Despite construction Defect Litigation, Hardening Market and Slowing economyThe building boom across much of the country resulting from nearly 10 years of economic expansion has also resulted in a business...
Nov 20 2000 // Knowledgeable people think that liability insurance is for accidents. Standardized liability insurance policies-homeowners, auto and commercial general liability-are worded so that the idea of an accident is at the heart...
Nov 20 2000 // Predictions for the 2001 Auto Market?Enforcing Uninsured Driver Laws Should Be A Top Agenda Item What will the Texas auto market look like in 2001? The question is being asked at every professional meeting, on every golf...
Nov 20 2000 // Knowledgeable people think that liability insurance is for accidents. Standardized liability insurance policies-homeowners, auto and commercial general liability-are worded so that the idea of an accident is at the heart...
Nov 20 2000 // Creates New Frontier in Construction Defect Litigation, Definition of PollutionAt the center of what could become one of the fastest growing areas of both construction defect litigation and toxic tort litigation is an...
Nov 6 2000 // Compass Bancshares and one of Texas’ largest independent insurance agencies have signed a definitive agreement for Compass to acquire the agency.Texas Insurance Agency, with offices in San Antonio, Austin, Uvalde and...
Nov 6 2000 // In 1998, the Texas Supreme Court addressed the question of whether the standard Texas homeowners’ policy covered damage to a home’s foundation resulting from a plumbing leak. The court decided that the standard...