Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
‘Three-Strikes’ Law Proposed for Nursing Homes in Texas
Aug 18 2014 // Texas nursing homes that thrice commit egregious oversight offenses could be shuttered under a plan proposed by state lawmakers. The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission recommended the crackdown at its recent meeting in...
Fees, Plus Commissions, Allowed for Retail Insurance Agents in Texas
Aug 18 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 Bill Would Delay New Rules on Storing Hazardous Chemicals
Aug 18 2014 // The massive fertilizer plant explosion that killed 15 people last year is unlikely to meaningfully change regulatory or safety rules in Texas until at least 2016 under a bill proposed by lawmakers tasked with scrutinizing...
People – South Central
Aug 18 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection (BHTP) expanded its national sales force by hiring Bill Miller as executive vice president – sales. He is based in Grapevine, Texas. Prior to coming to BHTP, Miller was the senior...
Oil Boom Drawing Teachers Away from Texas School Districts
Aug 14 2014 // A Texas school district is scrambling to prepare for the upcoming school year after the Eagle Ford Shale oil boom led to staffing problems. The Alice Independent School District still has to fill 21 teaching positions...
Texas Plastics Plant Hit with $174K Fine for Safety and Health Violations
Aug 12 2014 // Plastic Systems LLC in El Paso, Texas, was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 21 safety and health violations, including six repeat, for failing to develop...
Davis Named Assoc. Commissioner of Fraud Unit at Texas Insurance Dept.
Aug 11 2014 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) appointed Chris Davis as the new associate commissioner of TDI’s Fraud Unit. Davis is a licensed Texas attorney and peace officer. He was previously employed as a managing...
Florida Firm Adding Jobs at Health Insurance Call Center in Texas
Aug 7 2014 // A Florida call center company plans to add about 400 jobs in Central Texas to assist people seeking federal health insurance coverage. C3/CustomerContactChannels currently employs about 600 workers in McGregor, near...
Texas Bill Would Delay New Rules on Storing Hazardous Chemicals
Aug 7 2014 // The massive fertilizer plant explosion that killed 15 people last year is unlikely to meaningfully change regulatory or safety rules in Texas until at least 2016 under the latest bill offered Aug.5 by lawmakers tasked with...
Confie Seguros Acquires Brokerages in New York, Texas, South Carolina
Aug 6 2014 // Confie Seguros, a Huntington Beach, California-based national provider of personal lines insurance, has acquired three insurance brokerages. Among these additions is Bower Insurance, an agency in Lockport, New York,...
Turner Appointed Managing Partner of Willis of Texas
Aug 5 2014 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, the global risk advisor, insurance and reinsurance broker, has appointed Jeff Turner as managing partner at Willis of Texas Inc. Turner will be responsible for...
Texas State Fire Marshal Receives National Award
Aug 5 2014 // Texas State Fire Marshal Chris Connealy recently was honored with the President’s Award from the National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM). The award was presented at the NASFM conference in St. Pete Beach,...
Miller Joins Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection in Texas
Aug 4 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection (BHTP) expanded its national sales force by hiring Bill Miller as executive vice president – sales. He is based in Grapevine, Texas. In joining BHTP, Miller is reuniting with BHTP...
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...
