TAIPA Elects New Officers

The Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association recently announced the election of officers for 2005.

Elected chairman of the governing committee was Brad Duelks, assistant vice president corporate underwriting, The Republic Group, Dallas, Texas. He has served as member of the Governing Committee since 2002 and in 2004 was elected first vice chair.

Also elected were Terry Mack, underwriting consultant residual markets for State Farm Insurance Companies in Bloomington, Ill.; Bill Jeter, president and CEO of Boys and Girls Harbor Inc., Houston, Texas, and Corise Morrison, executive director-residual market underwriting, USAA, San Antonio, Texas, as secretary.

TAIPA was created by statute to provide automobile bodily injury and property insurance required by the Texas Motor Vehicle Responsibility Act available to applicants subject to the rules of the Association.