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Richardson, Texas, Steps Up Automobile Crime Prevention Efforts
Apr 25 2014 // The Richardson Police Department will soon be distributing automobile crime prevention signs throughout the city with the assistance of the Insurance Council of Texas and State Farm. The signs read “Secure your...
AT&T Licensed for Captive Insurance Operations in Texas
Apr 25 2014 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has licensed Gateway Rivers Insurance Co., the captive insurance subsidiary of AT&T Inc. Gateway Rivers is based in Dallas. “We’re very pleased to have this business...
Texas Couple Awarded $3M in Drilling Lawsuit
Apr 25 2014 // A Dallas jury has awarded $3 million to a North Texas couple who sued a drilling company over alleged contamination. The Dallas Morning News reports that the jury returned its verdict y in favor of Bob and Lisa Parr of...
Vaughn Joins FrankCrum as Broker Manager in Texas
Apr 24 2014 // FrankCrum, a national professional employer organization, added Rodney Vaughn as a broker manager, responsible for increasing the company’s presence in Texas and forging relationships with insurance agents and...
Safety Laws Still Lacking a Year After Texas Plant Blast
Apr 23 2014 // It has been a year since a fire caused a huge explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant that killed 15 people, yet companies in the state can still store hazardous chemicals in flammable wooden containers in buildings without...
Workers’ Comp Commissioner Says Claims on Decline in Texas
Apr 23 2014 // Declining workplace injuries and fewer claims for workers’ compensation benefits are leading to lower costs for employers, Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Rod Bordelon told lawmakers in testimony...
Texas-Based All-Star Insurance Group Acquires Hogue Insurance Agency
Apr 22 2014 // All-Star Insurance Group Inc. has acquired Hogue Insurance Agency in Quitman, Texas. Hogue Insurance Agency is now known as All-Star Insurance Group and has moved all operations to an office inside Wood County National...
People – South Central
Apr 21 2014 // Shawn FaborsDallas, Texas – based RISC named Shawn O. Fabors president of the company upon the retirement of William D. Staub, Jr. The transition was effective Apr. 1. Staub joined RISC as president in January 2003...
On Anniversary of Texas Fertilizer Explosion, Families Seek Balance
Apr 17 2014 // Families of the 15 people killed in a massive explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant have spent the year since the blast navigating the difficult balance between moving forward and digging for answers from the past. Many of...
Students at 5 Texas Universities Receive Insurance Council Scholarships
Apr 17 2014 // Twenty four insurance and risk management students at five Texas universities were recently awarded academic scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation. The students attend Huston-Tillotson...
Texas Agent Faces 10 Years in Prison for Insurance Fraud Conviction
Apr 17 2014 // A Fort Worth man faces ten years in federal prison following a conviction for insurance fraud, the Insurance Department of Texas reported. Caleb Deason, an insurance agent for Transamerica Life Insurance Co., was convicted...
GM Bankruptcy Shield from Claims May Cut Payouts by Billions
Apr 17 2014 // General Motors Co.’s move to freeze ignition-defect lawsuits in California and Texas has solid legal precedent behind it and could help slash customer demands for compensation by billions of dollars. GM asked federal...
Industry Pushing Back in Texas Against Fertilizer Plant Safety Requirements
Apr 17 2014 // The state fire marshal wants 46 facilities that store ammonium nitrate in Texas to make safety improvements following the deadly West fertilizer plant explosion last year. State Fire Marshal Chris Connealy proposed new...
Multiple Twisters Hit South Central States, Cause Minor Damage
Apr 16 2014 // Tornadoes that hit the South Central states of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas over the past weekend caused minimal damage but with them Oklahoma saw the end of its eight-month twister-less streak. Surveys by National Weather...
Texas Windstorm Insurer Opens 24-Hour Claims Call Center
Apr 15 2014 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the Texas coast, reported it has established a Claims Call Center that is open 24 hours, seven days a week. TWIA is encouraging...
Specialty Insurance Managers Launches High Value Homeowners Program
Apr 14 2014 // Specialty Insurance Managers Inc., a managing general agent based in Austin, Texas, has begun offering a new high value homeowners insurance program in Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas, with plans...
Texas Jury Awards $4.6M in Suit Over Fatal Crash
Apr 14 2014 // A jury has awarded a West Texas family $4.6 million in a lawsuit it had filed against three trucking companies related to a 2010 crash that killed two men. The El Paso Times reports the jury found the companies were...
Family of Texas ‘Affluenza’ Teen to Pay Only Fraction of Rehab Fee
Apr 14 2014 // The family of a Texas teenager sentenced to probation after killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck will pay for just a fraction of his court-ordered treatment, a court official testified. Ethan Couch’s...
Washington Insurance Commissioner Fines Insurance Producers
Apr 10 2014 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued fines totaling $23,050 against insurance companies, agents and brokers who violated state insurance regulations. The disciplinary actions and fines were levied from...
Texas Regulators OK Formation, Redomestication of Captive Insurers
Apr 10 2014 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) announced the formation of a new captive insurer and the redomestication of two other captive entities have been approved under new rules adopted to implement Senate Bill (SB)...
