Texas / South Central News for June 2007 La. Theriot: Auditors Now Have Access to La. Citizens’ Records Texas Attorney General: Beware of Scams in Flooding Aftermath Texas Hill Country Hardest Hit by Torrential Rains, Flooding Okla. Commissioner Testifies before Congressional Panel on Medicare La. Proposal Would Create State-chartered Bank for Hurricane Recovery Cahill Joins Colemont–Texas as Broker La. Senate Adds Homeowner Tax Breaks to $100M Insurance Plan La. House Agrees to Raise Minimum Car Insurance Rates Texas Announces Work Comp Discount, Interest Rate for Q3 2007 Soybean Crop Disease Found in La. Parishes Avoyelles and Rapides WSS Texas Introduces New Tavern, Bar and Night Club Program Former Ark. Agent Gets Jail Time for Second Fraud Conviction Altered, La. Gov.’s $100 Million Insurance Plan Moves Forward Auditor: Probe of La. Citizens Insurance Corp. Has Been Blocked State Senate Approves Minor Changes to Louisiana’s Building Code XL Insurance Houston Office to Focus on Marine, Offshore Energy Business Donaldsonville, La., Insurance Agent on National Advisory Board Delta Opens Medical Malpractice, Professional Liability Division RIMS Dallas-Fort Worth Gives Scholarship to Spencer Ed. Foundation Ark. Court Reverses Woman’s Arson for Insurance Conviction La. Commissioner Wants 100% Participation in Flood Insurance Program Texas Delays System to Crackdown on Uninsured Drivers Social Services Agencies Earn $360K Dividend from Texas Mutual Strait Joins Swingle Collins & Assoc. Keller Named Executive Vice President of Colemont-Texas Central Oklahoma CPCU Chapter Elects New Leaders La.’s FARA Enters Limited Health Plan Market Judge Sides with Okla. AG on Legal Challenges to Poultry Suit La. Senate Panel Alters Statewide Building Code Legislation Despite Lack of Flood Coverage, Agent Helps Okla. Bar Owner Mop up Okla. Commissioner’s Testimony Prompts Suspension of Plan Sales Major Issues not ‘There for Insurance’ in Texas Legislative Session Texas Approves 14 Companies to Self Insure for Workers’ Comp Claims La. Insurance Rating Commission One Step Closer to Extinction Brooke, Siddons and Watkins Elected Directors at IIAT Conference Oak Grove, La., Woman Sentenced in Crop Fraud Case Former Mass. Inspector General to be Watchdog as New Orleans Rebuilds Texas Will Change Workers’ Comp Disability Management Requirements LWCC Reminds Employers to Help Workers Avoid Heat-Related Injuries Markel Global Marine & Energy Expands Onshore Property Products Prospective Review of Texas Medical Care Rule to be Repealed Texas Mid-Year Property/Casualty Symposium Set for July 12 La. State Police Arrest 7 for Various Insurance Fraud Schemes Fla. and La. Taking Different Paths on Insurance Woes Does Reform Matter? Look at Texas Texas School Officials Plead Innocent in Corruption Case La. Judge: Fed. Prosecutors Should Get Involved in Whistle-Blower Case Ark. Company Recalling 40,000 Pounds of Ground Beef Sold in 12 States 17 Okla. Counties Named In Federal Disaster Declaration IIAT Introduces Officers, Award Winners at Annual Conference U.S. Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Katrina Levee Lawsuits La. State Police Charge 2 with Insurance Fraud in Big Rig Wreck Former La. Agent Arrested for Alleged Felony Theft, Fined $10K IIAT Names Arn and Flores ACSR, Young Agent of the Year, Respectively Plans to Shrink La. Citizens Insurance Move to House Floor School Officials in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Face Corruption Charges La. Appeals Court to Take on Katrina Levee Breach Lawsuits Salonen Promoted in Burns & Wilcox’s Houston Office Progressive, Asi Lloyds Partner to Offer Discounts in Texas La. Senate Backs Tax Break for Property Insurance Increases House Approves Abolishing La.’s Rating Commission Okla. Gov. Signs Bill to Expand Health Coverage for Small Business La. House OKs Plan to Ease Insurance Rates in Hard Hit Parishes Texas to Host Southern Workers’ Comp Administrators Meeting New Corps Chief Says He’s Committed to Rebuilding New Orleans L.A. Governor: Up to $700 Million in State Money Found for Damaged Homes Texas’ April Enforcement Actions Result in Nearly $1M in Fines, Restitution Texas Agent Group: RIMS Contingent Commission Proposal Off the Mark U.S. Attorney in La. Won’t Intervene in Suit Against Insurers Nonfarm Job Growth Continues in La. Arkansas Program for Storm Protection Proving Popular Trump Steams Ahead but Most New Orleans High-Rises on Hold Hamm Joins PWIB Texas as Accounting Manager Texas / South Central News Archives