Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Stamping Office: ‘Industrial Insured’ Bill Passed by House
Apr 20 2017 // The Texas House of Representatives has approved House Bill 1559, which creates an exemption for entities classified as an “industrial insured,” the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas reported. The measure...
Ford Joins Texas Agents Group as Continuous Improvement Director
Apr 20 2017 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) announced that Angela Ford has joined IIAT as the director of continuous improvement. Ford has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, managing all...
Texas ‘Hailstorm’ Bill Passed by Senate Committee
Apr 20 2017 // Texas’ so-called “hailstorm” bill has passed out of the Texas Senate Business & Commerce Committee, its author reports. Senate Bill 10 by committee Chairman Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, is...
Texas Mutual Board OKs $260M Policyholder Dividend
Apr 20 2017 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that its board of directors voted unanimously to approve a company-record $260 million dividend distribution in 2017. Qualifying policyholder owners across Texas will share the...
Texas Woman Awarded $760K for Oklahoma Skydiving Injury
Apr 19 2017 // Texas woman has been awarded $760,000 after she was badly injured in a skydiving accident in Oklahoma. Mackenzie Wethington was 16 in January 2014 when her parachute malfunctioned and she fell more than 3,000 feet to the...
Surplus Lines Insurance Bills Advance in Texas Legislature
Apr 19 2017 // The Texas legislature has pushed several bills related to the excess and surplus lines industry out of committee, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office announced. The Senate Business and Commerce Committee voted on April 18 to...
Services for Texas Insurance Commissioner Mattax to Begin on April 20
Apr 19 2017 // Funeral services for Texas Insurance Commissioner David Mattax, who passed away on April 13, will begin Thursday, April 20, 2017, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. Mattax, who had served as insurance...
Texas Mutual Insurance Awards $1M in Safety Grants to Community Colleges
Apr 18 2017 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has awarded a combined $1 million in grants to 10 community colleges across Texas. The grants fund workplace safety courses for employers, workers and the...
My New Markets
Apr 17 2017 // Trustees and Officers Market Detail: United Educators (www.ue.org) offers trustees and officers liability coverage, sometimes known as directors and officers (D&O) coverage, through its United Educators’ (UE)...
Aon: Insured Losses Likely to Exceed $2B from March Storms, Wildfires
Apr 17 2017 // Severe weather in March led to significant damage in the central and eastern United States, racking up more than $2 billion in insured losses, according to a report published by Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s...
Texas Insurance Commissioner Mattax Passes after Cancer Battle
Apr 13 2017 // Texas Insurance Commissioner David Mattax has passed away following a battle with cancer, Gov. Greg Abbott announced. Mattax took over as commissioner in 2015 after serving for 23 years in the Texas Attorney...
Texas Stamping Office Notes Changes to Eligible Surplus Lines Insurers List
Apr 13 2017 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) has identified the following changes to the Texas surplus lines insurers list: Effective Jan. 30, 2017, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company of Ohio redomesticated to...
Federal Lawsuit: Texas High School Students Were Hazed, Assaulted
Apr 13 2017 // A federal lawsuit contends football players at a San Antonio-area high school were subjected to hazing, sexual abuse and other mistreatment as part of an initiation that coaches and others failed to stop. The lawsuit was...
Texas Driver Who Collided with Church Bus Had Taken Pills, Records Show
Apr 13 2017 // A 20-year-old man whose pickup collided with a church minibus last month in rural Texas, killing 13 people, told state troopers he had taken prescription medication before driving and had marijuana in his truck, according...
TWFG to Honor Successful Agents at Mexico Resort
Apr 12 2017 // The Woodlands, Texas-based insurance agency, The Woodlands Financial Group (TWFG), is honoring 20-plus members of its TWFG President’s Club and their guests the Dream Resorts Los Cabos Suites Golf Resort and Spa from...
Applicants Sought for Boards of Texas FAIR Plan, Windstorm Association
Apr 11 2017 // The Texas Department of Insurance is looking for people to serve on the board that governs the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan, which provides residential property insurance in underserved areas where...
TAGA, QBE NA Launch Herbicide/Pesticide Insurance Program in Texas
Apr 10 2017 // Tejas American General Agency (TAGA), a Texas based MGA and wholesale brokerage has launched a new herbicide/pesticide program in Texas, underwritten through QBE North America, an operating division of global insurer QBE...
Texas School Bus Crash Sends 23 Children, 1 Adult to Hospitals
Apr 7 2017 // Twenty-four people — 23 of them fourth-graders — were sent to Southeast Texas hospitals after an accident involving their school bus, a pickup truck and an 18-wheeler. The afternoon crash on Wednesday, April 5 happened...
Baylor Scandal Inspires a Slew of Texas Campus Sex Assault Bills
Apr 7 2017 // Texas lawmakers are pushing for tougher sexual assault reporting requirements on college campuses in response to the ongoing investigations into Baylor University’s handling of sexual assault allegations involving...
Texas MGA MD Jensvold Adds Louisiana Office, New Team Members
Apr 6 2017 // Texas-based full service independent managing general agency and surplus lines broker, MD Jensvold & Co. Inc., has opened a location Shreveport, Louisiana, and added three new members to its team. John Hellyer joins...
