Texas / South Central News for October 2006 IIAT Survey Finds Texas Coastal Insurance Market Tighter; More Costly Gladwell Joins XL Insurance as Gulf Regional Underwriting Manager Western Security Surplus adds Texas Coastal Property Coverage Thompson Coe Attorneys Recognized as ‘Best Lawyers in America 2007′ Unemployment Trust Fund in Okla. at Highest Level Since 1997 Okla. Commissioner Fights Texas Group’s Attack Ads Sharing Power Seen as Option for Evenly Split Oklahoma Senate IIAT and The Republic Group Offering Personal Lines Program Okla.’s North American Group Expands with Calif., Texas Acquisitions Lawmakers: AP’s New Orleans Insurance Analysis Points to Need for Legislation and Outreach Okla. District Attorney Indicted for Embezzlement American National Declares Quarterly Dividend Whitney Named AVP at Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Cos. Texas Occupational Injury, Illness Rate Declines Slightly in 2005 Entergy New Orleans Files Reorganization Plan LWCC Stresses Fire Prevention Safety in the Workplace String of Arsons Concerns Residents of Bexar County, Texas Subdivision Whites Pursued Katrina Insurance Complaints More than Blacks in La. Roach Howard Smith & Barton Launches Elite Client Services Program Capstone Underwriters Adds Kenebrew as Underwriter/Broker TDI Offers Assistance to Beaumont Residents Hit by Recent Flooding Winn Joins Burns & Wilcox Dallas Office as Transportation Assistant GOP Lawmakers’ Petition for Special Session in La. Falls Short Okla. AG Goes After Insurance Commissioner Race Ads Ex-assistant at Okla. DOI Alleges Wrongful Termination Updated Ark. Work Comp Laws and Rules Book Supplement Available Two Arrested in La. for Medicaid Fraud TDI to Hold Windstorm Hearing Oct. 25 Capstone Promotes Good to Underwriting Manager Farmers to Double Coastal Rates in La., Lower Premiums in the North La. Using Bait Cars in Effort to Reduce Auto Insurance Fraud North Texas Agent to Appear on NASCAR Western Security Surplus Texas Office Moves to Plano Texas Mutual Announces Apartment Association Purchasing Group La.’s Donelon Drops Lawsuit Against Former Opponent, State Senator La. Governor Waiting on Special Session for Insurance Relief Former Texas Commissioner Named President of Life Ins. Companies Affirmative Insurance Holdings to Acquire USAgencies GOP Attempt to Call Special Session in La. Faces Hurdles Wildlife Making Texas Highways Hazardous La. Gov. Seizes Upon Popular Proposal for Insurance Bailout La. Gov. Runs Into Opposition for Insurance Rate Relief Plan Health Insurance Program for Small Businesses in Okla. to Expand Truck Driver Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud in Texas Ark. Gov. Blasts Okla. AG La. Agent’s Operations Shut Down Okla. Doctor Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Medicare, Private Insurers Executive Says La. Safety Standards Could Help Attract Insurers La. Court: ConocoPhillips Entitled to Defense Costs as Additional Insured A.M. Best Expects National Lloyds, American Summit Ratings to Remain Stable After Acquisition North Texas Insurance Agent Takes on GEICO ARM Agencies Reflect and Project One Year After Katrina Dallas Risk Management Firm Now Has Two Presidents Texas Green Industry Workers’ Comp Group Gets $297K Dividend La. Motorist Dies in Crash After Fleeing Insurance Checkpoint Votes in La.’s Sept. 30 Election Certified La.’s Gov. Blanco Aims to Send Out Insurance Rate Relief Checks Texas Mutual Launches Group for Machinery and Equipment Dealers Texas Workers’ Comp Rulebook Supplement 2006-05 Available Online ICT Announces Line Up for Workers’ Compensation Seminars La. Producer Arrested for Allegedly Pocketing Premium Payments La.’s Governor Blanco Promises Insurance Rate Relief Former Insurance Company Officers Sentenced to Six Years in Okla. La. State Police Checking for Compliance with Auto Insurance Law Report Says Hurricanes Turned La. Marshland Into Open Water Bus Company, Owner Found Guilty of Safety Violations in Texas Woman Charged With Second-Degree Murder in Okla. Fire Death Man Left Dangling in Air in Okla. After Bungee Cord on Thrill Ride Breaks The Hartford, First Health Group Workers’ Comp Network Approved in Texas Hallmark Prices Stock Offering Gainsco Files with SEC for Shareholder Rights Offering Five Arrested for Theft Related to Contractor Fraud in La. Specialty Risk Services Workers’ Comp Network Certified for Texas TDI to Hold Compliance Conferences Oct. 30 – Nov. 1 TDI Announces August 2006 Enforcement Actions McCreath Joins Cunningham Lindsey U.S. Hall Appointed to LWCC Board MHBT Partner Named President-Elect of Dallas Independent Agent Group WSS Adds Capacity for Wind, Hail Coverage in Texas LWCC Stresses Driver Safety in the “Mobile Workplace” Graziano Joins Homeowners of America Insurance as Marketing Rep Medicus Insurance Offering Malpractice Coverage for Texas Physicians Donelon Narrowly Wins La. Insurance Commissioner Race TSLA to Hold 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting Nov. 12 and 13 Nearly 10,000 Empty FEMA Trailers in Ark. Freed up for Other Uses Texas / South Central News Archives
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