Latest Texas Headlines
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Insurance Industry Hurricane Tour of Texas Coast to Begin Aug. 18
Aug 4 2014 // The insurance industry wants Texas coastal residents to know about hurricane preparedness and insurance coverage for future hurricanes. The information is offered by a contingent of catastrophic weather experts recruited...
Texas Jury Enters $27M Verdict Against McDonald’s
Aug 4 2014 // McDonald’s Corp. lost a $27 million jury verdict in Texas over a claim that lax security at one of its restaurants led to the deaths of two teenagers, an award litigators say is unlikely to survive appeal. The...
Business Moves
Aug 4 2014 // Aon, National Flood Services Aon Affinity, the consumer, association and program business of Aon Risk Solutions, has completed its acquisition of StoneRiver National Flood Services Inc. and related entities from StoneRiver...
Fertilizer Makers Place Blame on City in West, Texas, Explosion
Aug 4 2014 // Two fertilizer companies that sued following a deadly Texas explosion are claiming the small town deserves blame for failing to properly train volunteer firefighters and first responders, who made up most of the 15 people...
Rebates, Referrals and Rewards in Texas – What’s OK and What’s Not?
Aug 4 2014 // What are the rules governing insurance agents in Texas on rebates, referrals and rewards, and why do they matter? For starters, at a minimum, agents could lose their license for violating rules regarding such activities....
People – South Central
Aug 4 2014 // Rick Gentry, former executive director of the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), was presented with the Raymond Mauk Leadership Award at the ICT’s Mid-Year Property and Casualty Symposium in Austin. Gentry led the ICT...
6.5 Million Homes from Maine to Texas at Risk for Storm Surge: CoreLogic
Aug 4 2014 // More than 6.5 million homes along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of storm surge inundation, representing nearly $1.5 trillion in total potential reconstruction costs. More than $986 billion of that risk is...
Chemcial Plants with Terrroism Risk ‘Effectively Unregulated,’ Says Senate Report
Jul 31 2014 // The government has failed to inspect virtually all of the chemical facilities that it considers to be at a higher risk for a terror attack and has underestimated the threat to densely populated cities, congressional...
IICF Names Conway Executive Director of Texas/Southeast Division
Jul 30 2014 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) has named Sarah Conway executive director of its Texas/Southeast Division, headquartered in Dallas. Conway will be responsible for leading the IICF’s charitable and...
Arguing With Wife, Texas Man Drives Car Into Home
Jul 30 2014 // Police in North Texas say they’ve arrested a man who became upset with his wife and drove his car into their home, trapping the woman in the rubble. Firefighters in the Dallas suburb of Cedar Hill worked early on...
Worldwide Facilities Adds Burns in Texas
Jul 30 2014 // Wholesale insurance broker and managing general agent, Worldwide Facilities Inc., announced that Rick Burns has joined its Houston, Texas, office as senior vice president and product development officer. Worldwide’s...
Brannan Appointed New Texas Workers’ Comp Commissioner
Jul 29 2014 // Gov. Rick Perry appointed Ryan Brannan of Austin as commissioner of Workers’ Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), effective Aug. 1, 2014, for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2015. Brannan replaces Rod...
Important Facts about Texas Fertilizer Blast May Be Sealed in Lawsuits
Jul 28 2014 // Valuable health and safety information about the 2013 fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, could be hidden from the public forever because a judge has approved confidentiality agreements for more than a dozen...
Fertilizer Makers Place Blame on City in West, Texas, Explosion
Jul 28 2014 // Two fertilizer companies sued following a deadly Texas explosion are claiming the small town deserves blame for failing to properly train volunteer firefighters and first responders, who made up most of the 15 people...
Fees Plus Commissions Allowed for Retail Insurance Agents in Texas
Jul 25 2014 // Retail insurance agents in Texas are allowed to charge certain fees in addition to a commission in relation to selling an insurance policy, but those fees must be disclosed to the customer. “Texas is one of the few...
Texas Jury Awards Municipal Utility $30M in Overcharge Case
Jul 24 2014 // A Central Texas jury has delivered a nearly $30 million verdict against the Lower Colorado River Authority. A Comal County jury returned the verdict in favor of New Braunfels Utilities. The Austin-based river authority...
Texas Homebuilder Workers’ Comp Group Distributing $500K to Members
Jul 23 2014 // Texas Homebuilder Workers’ Compensation Group (THB) announced that 2014 dividend payments to policyholders will total more than $500,000. The program is available only to homebuilders in Texas. Founded in 2004 by...
Texas Man to Pay $42.1K Restitution for Home Repair Fraud in Oklahoma
Jul 22 2014 // After a four-year pursuit, the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office says it has secured $42,158 in restitution from a Texas man for Oklahoma victims of home repair fraud. The office said that Randy Leroy Madewell of...
Greater Texas Insurance Managers and Agency Merges with BKCW Insurance
Jul 21 2014 // Independent insurance agency BKCW L.P. of Killeen, Texas, and Greater Texas Insurance Managers and Agency of Austin merged operations effective July 1, 2014. Greater Texas Insurance Managers and Agency will continue to do...
Rebates, Referrals and Rewards in Texas – What’s OK and What’s Not?
Jul 21 2014 // What are the rules governing insurance agents in Texas on rebates, referrals and rewards, and why do they matter? For starters, at a minimum, an agent could lose their license for violating rules regarding such activities....
