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Texas Commissioner Appoints 3 to Surplus Lines Stamping Office Board
Apr 10 2015 // Texas Commissioner of Insurance David Mattax has appointed Michael Berry of Cedar Park and Evelyn Miller of Baytown, and reappointed Jennifer Hoff of Cedar Park to serve on the Surplus Lines Stamping Office Board of...
More People Sickened by Listeria Linked to Blue Bell Ice Cream
Apr 10 2015 // An outbreak of a food-borne illness linked to some ice cream products made by Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries has grown to include three people in Texas who became ill, according to federal health authorities. Carol...
Texas Takes Up Comprehensive Ridesharing Bill
Apr 10 2015 // Ridesharing giants Lyft and Uber left San Antonio in their rearview mirror after the nation’s seventh largest city restricted their operations, instead shifting their focus — and money — on convincing Texas...
Scruggs Named CEO of Texas-Based AmWINS Specialty Auto
Apr 9 2015 // AmWINS Group Inc. appointed David Scruggs as chief executive officer of AmWINS Specialty Auto (ASA), based in Richardson, Texas. Scruggs previously served as president of ASA. In his new role, Scruggs will be responsible...
Liberty Mutual to Bring 5K Jobs to North Texas Campus
Apr 9 2015 // Liberty Mutual Insurance expects to have 5,000 employees working at its new campus in the Dallas suburb of Plano by the end of 2017. The nation’s third-largest insurer told employees Tuesday about the new campus, the...
Bell, Smith Top Allstate’s Stormiest Counties in Texas List
Apr 9 2015 // Allstate has tallied the top 25 Texas counties affected by severe weather; identifying areas with highest frequencies of wind and hail, and lightning related homeowner property damage claims from 2010 through 2014. Storms...
Higginbotham Adds Homeowners Association Insurance Practice Group
Apr 8 2015 // A group of five commercial property/casualty insurance professionals led by broker Mark Conner has joined Higginbotham in Houston. The group specializes in homeowners association (HOA) insurance and loss control, serving...
Texas-Based Energy MGAs Partner with Wild Well Control for Pollution Control
Apr 8 2015 // Houston-based upstream oil and gas energy managing general agent (MGA), J.H. Blades & Co. Inc., Swett & Crawford’s Dallas energy team and the recently-acquired Burke Daniels Inc., have joined forces with Wild...
Texas Commissioner Elected Chair of Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission
Apr 7 2015 // Texas Insurance Commissioner David Mattax was elected chairman of the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission (IIPRC) in Phoenix, Ariz. Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jacqueline K. Cunningham was elected as...
MHBT Adds Lemons as Commercial P/C Account Executive in Lubbock
Apr 7 2015 // Stacey Miller Lemons has joined Dallas-based insurance broker MHBT Inc. as a commercial property/casualty account executive. Stacey Lemons Lemons, who is based in Lubbock, Texas, has more than 25 years of risk management...
Soil Shifts Lead to Speed Bumps on 85 mph Highway in Central Texas
Apr 7 2015 // Some speed bumps have surfaced on America’s fastest highway, prompting suggestions that drivers along stretches of Central Texas’ 85 mph toll road might want to ease back to a pokey 75 mph. About two years...
North Texas Man Awarded Nearly $34M in Skylight Lawsuit
Apr 7 2015 // A Tarrant County, Texas, jury has awarded a man almost $34 million for injuries he sustained after falling through a skylight while working on a roof. Attorneys representing 31-year-old Steven Landers had sought a $15...
Texas Grocery Chain, H-E-B, Others Pull Blue Bell Products
Apr 7 2015 // Texas grocery chain H-E-B is pulling all Blue Bell Ice Cream from store shelves as a precaution after a recall of some of the ice cream maker’s products that were connected to three deaths in Kansas. San...
Texas Hospital Seeks Dismissal Of Ebola Nurse’s Lawsuit
Apr 6 2015 // The operator of a Dallas, Texas hospital has denied allegations of poor training and seeks dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for a patient. The Dallas Morning News reported Texas...
Medical Marijuana Discussion Comes to the Texas Capitol
Apr 6 2015 // Calling it “an historic moment” medical marijuana advocates praised the filing of what has been deemed comprehensive medical marijuana legislation in the Texas House. Introducing the legislation at a press...
Texas Windstorm Insurer: Private Carrier, UPC, Interested in 60K Policies
Apr 6 2015 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) announced that a carrier participating in its depopulation program has signaled an interest in taking over around 60,000 TWIA policies. TWIA is the property insurer of last...
Insurance Agent One of 4 Democrats Vying for Vacant Texas House Seat
Apr 1 2015 // Voters in western San Antonio are choosing a successor for state Rep. Jose Menendez, who left office in February to become a Texas senator. Four Democratic candidates squaring off are former San Antonio City Council member...
Ratings of Texas-Based National Lloyds, American Summit Affirmed
Mar 31 2015 // A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Texas-based National Lloyds Insurance Co. (National Lloyds), and its affiliate, American...
Medical Marijuana Discussion Comes to the Texas Legislature
Mar 30 2015 // Calling it “an historic moment” medical marijuana advocates praised the filing of what has been deemed comprehensive medical marijuana legislation in the Texas House. Introducing the legislation at a press...
No Proper Permit for Texas Truck in I35 Bridge Accident
Mar 30 2015 // Regulators say an oversized load did not have the proper permit when the rig snagged an Interstate 35 bridge beam in a deadly Central Texas wreck. The tractor-trailer lacked the proper permit, the Texas Department of Motor...
