Yearly Archives: 2004

HALLIBURTON ASBESTOS DEAL OK’D:

Houston’s Halliburton announced that settlement agreements involving asbestos claims were approved on Nov. 18, 2004, and Nov. 29, 2004. The...

LA. PRODUCER CHARGED WITH FRAUD:

A Lake Charles, La., insurance producer was issued a cease and desist order and a summary suspension of his insurance...

FORMER OKLA. AGENTS GET TIME:

A former Shawnee, Okla., insurance agent and his son were recently sentenced to lengthy stays in federal prison for allegedly...

IIAT SAYS HOMEOWNERS RATES DOWN:

Homeowners who buy insurance from independent insurance agents in Texas should be seeing lower premiums and better coverages, according to...

ELLIS INDICTED IN OKLA.:

A multicounty grand jury in Oklahoma named Opal Ellis in an indictment that charges the former Oklahoma Insurance Department employee...

FORMER LDI EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY:

Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr. reported that Regina Duncan, a former employee with the Louisiana Department of Insurance,...

Texas: The Clash of the Titans

In September 2003, responding to the Legislature’s passage of the insurance regulatory reform measure, Senate Bill 14, the Texas Department...