All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 24 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) said certain licensing requirements for insurance agents and adjusters will be waived during the state’s response to the COVID-19 health emergency.TDI said the measures will...
Mar 23 2020 // Severe storms, including at least one possible tornado, struck parts of Arkansas on the evening of March 19, damaging homes and causing widespread damage to trees and power lines.Additionally, the National Weather Service...
Mar 23 2020 // Market Detail: Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers LLC (www.wssib.com) has 11 carriers offering: DIC, earthquake, flood, EQSL, replacement cost, competitive deductibles, full limits or loss limits, primary or excess...
Mar 23 2020 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has expanded its insurance offering in the farm and ranch insurance market with a new practice...
Mar 23 2020 // Private passenger auto insurer Windhaven National Insurance Co. (WNIC), a Texas-domiciled subsidiary of Florida-based Windhaven Insurance, has been ordered into liquidation at the request of the Texas Department of...
Mar 23 2020 // AmTrust Financial Services said it will transfer to Liberty Mutual’s Safeco Insurance unit the renewal rights for the personal lines business in six states of Dallas-based Republic Group, an AmTrust company.The deal...
Mar 20 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance has approved various rate changes for the Texas Fair Access to Insurance Requirements Plan Association (FAIR Plan).On Dec. 20, 2019, the FAIR Plan filed residential property insurance...
Mar 20 2020 // At least one unconfirmed tornado tore through part of rural North Texas on Wednesday night, damaging numerous roofs and outbuildings, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Storm spotters reported...
Mar 19 2020 // Its employees are now working remotely but the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reports that all duties and responsibilities, including policy processing and fee collections, continue to be met.SLTX said it...
Mar 19 2020 // A new managing general agent has taken over the policies of Windhaven Insurance Company subsidiary The Hearth Group and will begin writing new business in Florida and Texas in the near future.EG Insurance Agency, based in...
Mar 18 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued an emergency rule aimed at helping doctors across the state to continue treating patients during the crisis created by COVID-19, the disease stemming from the new...
Mar 13 2020 // Texas insurance regulators have adopted stronger building codes for homes and buildings in counties along Gulf Coast.The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) said the new construction standards apply any new building or...
Mar 12 2020 // The return-to-work (RTW) rate for employees in the Texas workers’ compensation system who received temporary income benefits (TIBs) for their injuries increased by 5% over the decade from 2007 to 2017.That’s...
Mar 9 2020 // Texas-based private passenger auto insurer Windhaven National Insurance Co. (WNIC), a subsidiary of Windhaven Insurance, has been ordered into liquidation at the request of the Texas Department of Insurance, which was...
Mar 9 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) said Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) has agreed to repay consumers after a departmental review found delays in handling out-of-network emergency claims and incorrect...
Mar 9 2020 // Texas state Sen. Kelly Hancock (Richland Hills), Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa (McAllen), Charles Schwertner (Georgetown) and Larry Taylor, (Friendswood) have been appointed to the Windstorm Insurance Legislative...
Mar 9 2020 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) said its late filing report, which lists all Texas surplus lines policies that were not timely filed in 2019, will be generated on March 19, 2020.Policies are considered...
Mar 9 2020 // Auto and home insurer Windhaven Insurance has alerted its agents and employees that it is winding down the insurance operations of its entities, including Windhaven National Insurance Co., ClutchAnalytics and The Hearth...
Mar 9 2020 // The wind and hail insurance carrier of last resort for counties along the Texas coast has determined that its 1-in-100 probable maximum loss (1:100 PML) for the 2020 catastrophe year is $4.2 billion.At a quarterly meeting...
Mar 8 2020 // SXSW, the 10-day technology, film and music festival that has taken place in Austin every March since 1987, will not be held this year after Mayor Steve Adler declared a local disaster in response to the spread in Texas of...