Latest Texas Headlines
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MedMal Direct Expands into Texas
Aug 7 2013 // Jacksonville-based MedMal Direct Insurance Company (MedMal Direct), now in its fourth year of business, has received its certificate of authority from the Texas Department of Insurance and has officially launched...
Texas-Based LevelFirst Adds Biskup as Senior VP
Aug 7 2013 // LevelFirst, a wholesale broker and managing general agency based in Dallas, Texas, announced that Brett Biskup has joined the firm as senior vice president. Biskup brings more than 21 years of insurance experience, most...
DA: No Evidence Linking Ex-Paramedic to Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast
Aug 7 2013 // The Texas Rangers have turned up no evidence linking a former paramedic from a small Central Texas town to a fire and explosion at a fertilizer plant in the town. The West Fertilizer plant explosion April 17 killed 15...
Texans Asked to Provide Drought Photos Online
Aug 6 2013 // Some state agencies dealing with the lingering Texas drought have invited people to share their original photos online. The coalition on Monday launched an interactive public awareness campaign on how the drought has...
FEMA Approves Aid For Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast
Aug 5 2013 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency reversed its previous decision and approved additional funding to help rebuild the small Texas town where an April fertilizer plant explosion leveled homes, damaged buildings and...
IIAT Conference Highlights New Officers, Award Winners
Aug 5 2013 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas elected new officers and recognized outstanding members at the association’s recent 116th Annual Conference and Trade Show in Dallas. Bill Henry, chairman and CEO of MHBT...
People – South Central
Aug 5 2013 // The Insurance Council of Texas presented Ron Cobb, counsel to the American Insurance Association (AIA), with its Raymond Mauk Leadership Award. The award is the ICT’s highest honor and is intended to bestow...
Fraud Roundup
Aug 5 2013 // Former Oklahoma Insurance Agent Sentenced A former Bixby, Okla., insurance agent has been sentenced to 10 months home confinement after pleading guilty to wire fraud that allowed him to illegally take commissions earned by...
Relationships, Expertise Drive Successful Partnerships in E&S Marketplace
Aug 5 2013 // During the past 20 to 30 years typical business dealings between wholesale insurance brokers and retail agents have evolved from being purely transactional experiences to those that are highly dependent upon relationships...
Social Media: It’s Here to Stay
Aug 5 2013 // The Most Successful Users Know Their Markets The value of social media as a tool for marketing and selling property/casualty insurance may be a matter of debate but one thing is for certain: While the nature of social...
Texas Business Indicted on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Aug 2 2013 // A Travis County, Texas grand jury has indicted Mark Edward Helm and McClanahan Drywall Inc., of Emory, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Helm was an officer of McClanahan Drywall Inc. and...
Hummel and Grove Join SWBC in Texas
Aug 2 2013 // Linda Hummel and Andrew Grove have joined SWBC in San Antonio, Texas. Hummel, a healthcare industry veteran, joins SWBC as CEO of the executive benefits consulting division. She will be responsible for the direction and...
$790K Grant Funds Evaluation of Sea Level Rise in Upper Texas Coast
Aug 2 2013 // The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi has received a $790,000 grant from the Houston Endowment for a ground-breaking project to map and evaluate the...
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Dodd-Frank by 11 States and Texas Bank
Aug 1 2013 // A lawsuit by 11 states and a Texas bank challenging the Dodd-Frank law’s financial regulation overhaul was dismissed by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle in Washington Thursday ruled that the...
August is the Most Dangerous Month for Texas Workers
Aug 1 2013 // August is the most dangerous month of the year when it comes to on-the–job injuries, according to an analysis of claims data in Texas from the past two years by Travelers Companies Inc. Texas employers filed more...
Dean Takes Reins at Dean & Draper in Texas
Jul 31 2013 // Houston, Texas-based Dean & Draper Insurance Agency LP announced that Kyle Dean has taken the helm as president and CEO in the wake of Bob Dean’s death. Kyle Dean was formerly vice president and partner at Dean...
Agency Releasing Funds For Texas City’s Ike Recovery
Jul 31 2013 // A Southeast Texas city still recovering from 2008’s Hurricane Ike has access to more than $21 million in funds previously frozen in a public housing dispute. The Galveston County Daily reported Tuesday that the Texas...
Texas Has not Surveyed Injuries from Plant Blast
Jul 31 2013 // More than three months after a Texas fertilizer plant exploded, killing 15 people and hurting hundreds, the state still has not started surveying blast injuries despite interest from state and federal officials. Those...
Roach Howard Smith & Barton Adds Noble as Sales Executive
Jul 31 2013 // Derek Noble has joined Texas-based independent insurance brokerage, Roach Howard Smith & Barton, as a sales executive in its employee benefits department. Noble began his insurance career in Phoenix, Ariz., working for...
Texas Mutual Pays $175M Policyholder Dividend
Jul 29 2013 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced it has begun distributing $175 million in dividends among approximately 40,000 policyholders. Dividends reward loyal policyholders who share the company’s commitment to preventing...
