Texas Surplus Lines Association (TSLA) News

TSLA Announces Election of Officers & Directors

The Texas Surplus Lines Association (TSLA) announced the election of officers and directors at its 67th annual meeting in Austin on November 14. TSLA elected Tiffany Way, senior vice president, branch manager at RT Specialty as its next president. Kimmi …

Texas Surplus Lines Association Names New Executive Leadership

The Texas Surplus Lines Association announced the election of Justin Kotrla as its new president following the group’s annual meeting held in Austin earlier in November. Kotrla is senior vice president, Property & Inland Marine Amwins, based in Dallas. Tiffany …

Texas House Honors TSLA’s Patterson for 40 Years of Service

In 2006, when Jean Patterson, executive director of the Texas Surplus Lines Association, was marking her 25 years with the organization, she said her relationships with the “wonderful members” of TSLA are what keeps her “coming to work each and …

Hine Elected President of Texas Surplus Lines Association

Amicia Hine, executive vice president with Worldwide Facilities LLC, MHI-MGA Division, in San Antonio, has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. Justin Kotrla, senior vice president, Property, at AmWINS Group in Dallas will serve as vice …

Texas Surplus Lines Association Warns of Fake Email

The Texas Surplus Lines Association is warning its members of a fake email that has been sent out under the name of TSLA President Jennifer Mier. TSLA is urging members not to respond to the email. In an emailed message, …

Mier Named President of Texas Surplus Lines Association

Jennifer Mier, executive vice president with AmWINS Group in Dallas, has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association. Other officers elected at the group’s 64th Annual Meeting on Nov. 11 in Austin are: Vice President Amicia Hine, executive …

Texas Surplus Lines Premium Up 6% for the Year

Texas has recorded $4.6 billion in surplus lines premium through the end of October 2017, a 6 percent increase over 2016, according to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX). Providing an update at the annual meeting of the …

Brinson Elected President of Texas Surplus Lines Association

Teri Brinson, executive vice president of M.D. Jensvold & Co. Inc. in Houston, has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association (TSLA). Brinson was installed at TSLA’s 61st Annual Meeting held November 14 in Austin. Brinson took over …

Ace Westchester’s Rubel: Future Trends and the Insurance Industry

What will the insurance industry be like in 15 years? The future will arrive whether the industry is ready or not. And while even so-called experts are no better than the average person in predicting it, what’s most important about …

Texas Insurance Wholesalers Wary of Retail Agent Association MGA

In mid-November 2014, Texas’ largest association of independent retail insurance agents took the unprecedented step of acquiring a managing general agency as a way of providing its members greater access to non-admitted commercial insurance markets. In announcing the acquisition, the …