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Most Popular Insurance Journal South Central Stories of 2014
Dec 31 2014 // Fraud, higher homeowners rates, fracking, and electronic traffic tickets are topics that drove readers to the following stories on InsuranceJournal.com in 2014. The following 10 stories led as the most popular picks by...
Deadly Texas High-Rise Fire Sends 17 to Hospital
Dec 30 2014 // More than a dozen people were hospitalized following a fire that killed five residents at a senior-living facility near San Antonio, Texas, and officials are trying to track down the whereabouts of dozens of others, a city...
Texas Insurance Professionals’ Food Bank Contribution Doubled by Donation Match
Dec 24 2014 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Austin and the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. once again joined efforts in December to collect food and money for the Capital Area Food Bank located in Austin, Texas. This year,...
Report: Texas Insurance Industry Impacts State Economy in a Big Way
Dec 23 2014 // A new study commissioned by group of state and national trade associations shows that the insurance industry — including both the property/casualty and life/health sectors — positively impacts the Texas economy. For...
Austin, San Antonio Prepare to Enact Behind-the-Wheel Phone Bans
Dec 23 2014 // Two of the biggest cities in Texas are reminding drivers of bans on handheld devices behind the wheel that take effect in Austin and San Antonio come January. Police in both cities won’t start issuing fines until...
10 Companies OK’d to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp in Texas
Dec 23 2014 // The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) approved one new Certificate of Authority to self-insure workers’ compensation claims and renewed nine such certificates. The companies receiving the certificates...
Texans Can Expect More Troopers on Patrol During Holidays
Dec 19 2014 // Texas troopers will increase patrols over the more than two-week holiday period with officers on the lookout for drunken drivers. The Texas Department of Public Safety says expanded patrols begin Dec. 19 and run through...
Work-Related Injuries, Illnesses Requiring Days Off Decreased in Texas in 2013
Dec 19 2014 // Private industry employers in Texas reported 51,890 cases involving days away from work and an incidence rate of 66.6 injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time equivalent employees in 2013, the Texas Department of...
Technology Dominates Texas-Based Group’s Fraud Predictions for 2015
Dec 17 2014 // Technology will give fraudsters an edge in 2015, but it will also provide new tools for organizations and investigators, according to three experts from the Austin, Texas-based Association of Certified Fraud Examiners...
Education a Priority for Outgoing IIAT Executive Director
Dec 16 2014 // Texas’ and the nation’s largest state level independent insurance agents’ association is about to lose its long-time executive director, but David VanDelinder plans to continue working with agents and...
Getting Local with the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation
Dec 15 2014 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), established in 1994, helps communities by uniting the collective strengths of the industry to provide grants, volunteer service and leadership. Since its inception, IICF...
Education a Priority for Outgoing IIAT Executive Director
Dec 15 2014 // Texas’ and the nation’s largest state level independent insurance agents’ association is about to lose its long-time executive director, but David VanDelinder plans to continue working with agents and...
Police: Teens Burglarize 19 Stores Overnight in Central Texas Town
Dec 12 2014 // A pair of Central Texas teenagers has been arrested after authorities say they burglarized 19 businesses overnight. Hays County deputies were called to downtown Wimberley on the morning of Dec. 10 after a dog walker...
Manufacturer Fined Nearly $182K for Safety Violations at Texas Facility
Dec 11 2014 // A federal inspection prompted by employee complaints found workers exposed to amputations and other hazards at D&D Manufacturing Inc. in El Paso, Texas. The company has been cited for 41 safety and health violations,...
San Antonio Goes Too Far with Ridesharing Insurance Requirements
Dec 10 2014 // San Antonio, Texas appears to be on the verge of implementing one of America’s worst laws to regulate transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft. The current San Antonio bill—which has dozens of problems...
Texas Could Face Wet, Early Spring Due to Weak El Nino
Dec 10 2014 // The weather pattern that’s weaker than hoped for but still expected to bring some rain to Texas this winter could persist into early spring, a weather forecaster said. As Texas still tries to recover from its driest...
Juror Witnesses Firsthand What the Hail Is Going on in Texas
Dec 8 2014 // Alejandro Stolarski is a United States citizen who emigrated from Mexico. Stolarski resides in Dallas County. Like hundreds of other Dallas County residents each week, Stolarski received a notice in the mail for jury duty....
Texas Insurance Commissioner Named to Governor-Elect’s Staff
Dec 8 2014 // Texas will have a new insurance commissioner sometime early next year as the current commissioner has been named deputy chief of staff for Gov.-Elect Gregg Abbott. Julia Rathgeber has been leading the Texas Department of...
Rate of Workplace Injury, Illness in Texas Dropped Slightly in 2013
Dec 8 2014 // The Texas incidence rate of nonfatal injuries and illnesses in private industry decreased to 2.6 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers in 2013, down from 2.7 in 2012. The Texas rate is below the national rate of...
Texas Orders Waco Insurer to Pay Nearly $47M
Dec 5 2014 // A Texas-based provider of so-called “life settlements” has been fined nearly $47 million for misleading investors about life insurance policies of terminally ill patients. The Securities and Exchange Commission...
