Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fertilizer Explosion Response Team Includes Texas Insurance Department
Apr 18 2013 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) reports it is working in conjunction with other public agencies in responding to the April 17 fire and explosion at a fertilizer facility in West, Texas, which resulted in...
Texting While Driving Ban Advances in Texas House
Apr 18 2013 // A renewed push to make texting while driving illegal in Texas stayed afloat on April 17, but only after narrowly defeating bipartisan resistance to an outright ban over concerns that ranged from racial profiling to...
PCI: Too Early for Insurance Implications of Deadly Texas Fertilizer Blast
Apr 18 2013 // A fertilizer facility exploded in the small Central Texas town of West on Wednesday night, killing an estimated 15 people, injuring more than 150 and damaging dozens of homes, according to a report in the Austin American...
Texas Mutual to Host AASCIF Annual Conference in Austin
Apr 18 2013 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. will host the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds (AASCIF) Annual Conference. The 2013 AASCIF Annual Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Texas, from...
Fire at Exxon Texas Refinery Injures 12
Apr 18 2013 // Twelve contract workers were hurt on Wednesday morning when a fire broke out at a unit undergoing repairs at Exxon Mobil Corp.’s 344,500 barrel per day (bpd) Beaumont, Texas, refinery, a company spokeswoman said. The...
Louisiana Lawmakers Seek Better Oversight of Salt Mines
Apr 16 2013 // Lawmakers in Lousiana are looking to prevent a repeat of the massive Assumption Parish sinkhole that officials say was caused by a collapsed underground salt cavern – and make sure prospective property owners know what...
Texas Mutual: 3rd Provider Sentenced in Fraud Scheme
Apr 15 2013 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Michael T. Douglas of Denton, Texas, pleaded guilty to charges of perjury in a workers’ compensation fraud-related case. A Travis County district court sentenced Douglas to...
New Partners Named at Texas-Based Insurance Staffing Firms
Apr 12 2013 // Questpro Consultants and Q TEMPS have named new partners for the Dallas-based insurance recruiting and staffing firms, the companies announced. At Questpro, Johnny Park and Jason Simmons have been named the second and...
U.S. Risk Acquires Texas Brokers’ Staffing/Employee Leasing Business
Apr 12 2013 // Dallas-based U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. announced it has acquired the renewal rights to the book of staffing and employee leasing accounts of CIC Insurance Brokers LLC, based in Abilene, Texas. This business will be...
Ratings Recap: National Lloyds, Tar Heel Re, World Insurance, Kentucky Growers
Apr 10 2013 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a” from “a+” and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) of National Lloyds Insurance Company as...
FEMA Awards More Than $31.2M to Texas for Firefighting Costs
Apr 10 2013 // More than $31.2 million was recently awarded to the state of Texas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for reimbursement of costs to fight wildfires in Bastrop, Cass, Coke, Grimes, Jeff Davis, Kimble, King,...
IIAT Launches New Texas Independent Insurance Adviser Designation
Apr 8 2013 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has launched the Texas Independent Insurance Adviser (TIIA) designation in personal and commercial lines. IIAT created the TIIA designation program to address the challenges...
The Right Career Choice for the Next Generation
Apr 8 2013 // The road to becoming a successful independent insurance agent is not always easy. The economy and often volatile property/casualty insurance market cycle are just two of the potholes agents must maneuver. Young agents in...
Declarations
Apr 8 2013 // Privilege, Not Right “Driving is not a right, but a privilege.” —University of Missouri senior Nina Bolka, whose older sister was killed in an accident caused by an elderly driver, spoke in support of...
Business Moves
Apr 8 2013 // MMIC Minneapolis-based medical malpractice insurer MMIC is conducting business in Indiana. This brings the total number of states in MMIC’s core territory to nine. MMIC President and CEO Bill McDonough said the...
Texas Senate OKs Tougher Punishment for Fleeing an Accident
Apr 5 2013 // The Texas Senate has has passed a bill that toughens the punishment for leaving an accident that causes an injury. The measure by Austin Democratic Sen. Kirk Watson passed unanimously. Senate Bill 275 makes fleeing the...
Central Texas Hit with Damaging Hail
Apr 3 2013 // Heavy rain and hail fell throughout the Central Texas area this week but it appears Marble Falls received the brunt of the storm. Golf ball size hail damaged more than 1,000 vehicles, pounding roofs and breaking windows in...
State Intelligence Report Highlights Threats to Texas
Apr 2 2013 // While organized crime is seen as the most significant public safety threat in Texas, drunk driving, natural disasters, terrorism, industrial accidents and cyber security also are among the major threats that keep lawmakers...
Nearly 40% of Texans Admit Being Scared by Texas Weather: Survey
Apr 2 2013 // Thirty-seven percent of Texans say Lone Star State spring storms scare them, and more than a third say they feel the weather is getting worse year after year, according to a new survey by Allstate Insurance Co. The number...
Questionable Arson Investigation Leads to New Trial for Texas Man
Mar 29 2013 // A Texas man convicted of setting a fire that killed his two stepsons was granted a new trial by the state’s highest criminal court, which sided with experts who question the fire investigation used to convict him. Ed...