Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kerpon Joins Swett & Crawford’s Transportation Team in Texas
May 30 2013 // Swett & Crawford has added Dallas, Texas-based Gina Kerpon as a transportation underwriter to its transportation practice group. She joins the company from Union Standard Insurance Co., also in Dallas, where she was a...
Rathgeber Appointed Texas Insurance Commissioner as Kitzman Exits
May 29 2013 // On the same day that Eleanor Kitzman exited her post as state insurance commissioner, Texas Gov. Rick Perry appointed Julia Rathgeber of Austin to take over leadership at the Texas Department of Insurance. Kitzman,...
Insured Texas Tornadoes Damage Could Reach $250M
May 28 2013 // An industry group says insured damage from recent deadly tornadoes in North Texas could reach $250 million. Mark Hanna with the Insurance Council of Texas says the rough estimate could change as insurers continue to gather...
Report: Texas Insurance Commissioner Stepping Down
May 28 2013 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Eleanor Kitzman says she’s steeping down as head of the state’s insurance regulatory agency. The Austin American Statesman reported that Kitzman told her staff the previous day she...
Safety Board: ATF Blocking Texas Plant Blast Probe
May 23 2013 // Federal agents and the state fire marshal have effectively barred a federal safety panel from the site of a Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people and injured about 200 others, hampering its investigation, the...
Top 10 U.S. Insurers in Tornado-Stricken States: SNL Financial
May 23 2013 // The Moore, Oklahoma tornado, which killed 24 people, was the deadliest to touch down during a nearly weeklong outbreak across the U.S. Midwest. The states hardest hit have been Kansas, Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma,...
Gene Eisenmann, Excess and Surplus Lines Industry Leader, Passes
May 21 2013 // Gene Eisenmann, a leader in the excess and surplus lines industry in Texas and nationally, has passed away after a long battle with a host of illnesses, his family by his side. A giant of E&S lines, Eisenmann built...
Texas Joins Flood of States Suing BP over 2010 Gulf Spill
May 21 2013 // Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history. The complaint, filed Friday in U.S. District Court...
Texas, Oklahoma Battle Opioids With Legislation
May 20 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp In the South Central region, Texas and Oklahoma are two states...
Criminal Investigation Launched into Texas Fertilizer Explosion
May 20 2013 // Texas law enforcement officials said on May 10 that they are beginning a criminal investigation into the fertilizer plant fire and explosion that occurred on April 17 in West, Texas. Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)...
People – South Central
May 20 2013 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) has named Jeremy Johnson as president and chief executive officer of its excess and surplus (E&S) lines unit, Lexington Insurance Co. in Boston. Johnson replaces David...
Homeowners not the Only Line of Insurance Affected by Texas Weather
May 20 2013 // Nature’s Perils Drive Cost of Agent E&O Coverage, Too It’s well known that Texas has some of the highest homeowners premiums in the nation – in large part due to the state’s vulnerability to...
My New Markets
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Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp
May 17 2013 // Prev Next Drug Overdose Death Rates Drug overdose death rates in the U.S. more than tripled since 1990. In 2008, more than 36,000 people died from drug overdoses, and most of the deaths were caused by prescription drugs....
NWS: At Least 16 Tornadoes in Recent North Texas Outbreak
May 17 2013 // At least 16 tornadoes have been confirmed in the outbreak in North Texas on May 15, federal weather officials say. Survey teams were sent to Johnson County, Hood County, Parker County, Ellis County and Montague County, the...
Cause of Texas Fertilizer Fire ‘Undetermined,’ Authorities Say
May 16 2013 // The cause of the fire that triggered the explosions in a fertilizer plant in Texas last month has been deemed “undetermined,” investigators say. Texas State Fire Marshall Chris Connealy said the scene...
Newby Named President, COO at Texas-Based Mullis Newby Hurst
May 16 2013 // Mullis Newby Hurst LP (MNH), based in Addison, Texas, has promoted John W. Newby to president and chief operating officer. John W. Newby Newby began his career with MNH in 2002, as executive vice president and partner....
Tornadoes Spin Through Texas Towns After Dark, Killing Six
May 16 2013 // At least six people were killed and 100 injured when tornadoes ripped through north-central Texas after dark and authorities said the death toll could rise as rescuers search through the rubble of destroyed homes. At least...
Will Supreme Court Enter Climate Change Debate?
May 16 2013 // With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration climate change regulations to the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Chamber of...
Smoke Alarms Provided to Elderly/Disabled in Texas
May 16 2013 // Smoke alarms are on the way for clients who are provided services by H.A.N.D. and Faith in Action Caregivers in Austin, Texas. The donations are courtesy of the Austin Fire Department and the Insurance Council of...
