Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Declares ‘War on Hail’ with Mitigation Symposium
Nov 4 2012 // The Texas Department of Insurance is declaring “War on Hail” with a symposium to be held in Irving on Nov. 27. The department noted that Texas leads the nation in hailstorm damage. In 2011, insured residential...
Former Texas Agent Gets 10 Years, Must Repay $9.3M for Fraud
Nov 2 2012 // A former North Texas insurance salesman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and must repay more than $9.3 million in a fraud case. Federal prosecutors in Dallas say 76-year-old Robert Hague-Rogers of Frisco wrongly...
Texas Lawmaker: Windpool’s Ike Litigation Costs Still Rising
Oct 29 2012 // Texas’ insurer of last resort for coastal property has paid out more than $1.2 billion in individual litigation costs related to Hurricane Ike, which struck in 2008, one state lawmaker says. Information released by...
Waco, Texas-Based Agent Named Trusted Choice Hometown Hero
Oct 26 2012 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has named Wes Bailey, president of Bailey Insurance & Risk Management Inc. in Waco, as its newest Trusted Choice Hometown Hero. The Hometown Hero program recognizes...
85 MPH Texas Highway Opening Today
Oct 24 2012 // With today’s opening of a 40-mile stretch of a Central Texas toll road, officials and residents will be watching to see how fast traffic goes — and whether the state’s drivers can handle the extra speed. The...
West Texas Jury Awards $11M in Oilfield Accident
Oct 24 2012 // A West Texas jury has awarded $11 million to a man who was injured by a pipe casing that fell from an oilfield elevator. The verdict in favor of Eliazar Trevino Jr. was announced Oct. 22 after a week-long civil trial in...
A.M. Best Downgrades Texas-Based Columbia Lloyds, MDOW Insurance
Oct 24 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings to “bbb” from “a-” of Columbia Lloyds Insurance Co. (Columbia Lloyds) and its...
Hummel Named President of Humana’s Employer Group Division in Texas
Oct 23 2012 // Linda T. Hummel has been named president of the Employer Group Division for Humana Inc. in Texas. A 22-year veteran with Humana, Hummel will be responsible for the overall management and strategic planning for...
Texas Billing Patients Ordered to Hospitals by Court
Oct 23 2012 // About a dozen patients a year in Texas are billed by state hospitals for psychiatric care they were ordered to undergo by courts, a practice that has rankled criminal defendants committed to a hospital against their will,...
Social Service Agencies Earns $281K Dividend from Texas Mutual
Oct 23 2012 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co., working in partnership with Care Providers Insurance Services, announced today that the Social Service Agencies of Texas (SSA) safety group has earned a $280,638 dividend. The workers’...
Big Tex Goes Down in Flames; Memorial Springs Up for State Fair Icon
Oct 23 2012 // As the Texas State Fair came to a close Sunday, one big mascot’s absence continues to loom large over the fairgrounds. Big Tex, the towering, cowboy-hat-wearing icon of the State Fair for 60 years, went up in flames...
Powter Acquires Jordan in Texas
Oct 22 2012 // Powter Insurance Inc. has acquired Jordan and Jordan Insurance Group, of Frisco, Texas. Jordan and Jordan Inc., which will continue to operate separately under its current structure, operates both commercial insurance and...
Business Moves – South Central
Oct 22 2012 // Mission Select Insurance Services A new managing general agency — Mission Select Insurance Services LLC — has been formed in Texas with a focus on residential property. Mission Select, based in Argyle, was formed with...
Business Moves – Southeast
Oct 22 2012 // TWFG Texas-based The Woodlands Financial Group (TWFG) announced a substantial expansion of its network, adding new branches in multiple states, from California to Virginia. Many of the new branch managers are former...
Texas Pipeline Builder Sued by Ballplayer Over Ocelot Habitat
Oct 19 2012 // Not even the legal equivalent of a fastball under the chin could stop a Texas pipeline builder from clearing acres of brush that Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett claims is critical habitat for the endangered...
Texas Meat Company Recalling Beef, Pork Products
Oct 19 2012 // Federal health officials say a Dallas, Texas-based meat distributor is recalling about 8,200 pounds of beef and pork products because they weren’t inspected and were improperly labeled. The U.S. Department of...
Texas Landowners Take a Rare Stand Against Big Oil
Oct 18 2012 // Oil has long lived in harmony with farmland and cattle across the Texas landscape, a symbiosis nurtured by generations and built on an unspoken honor code that allowed agriculture to thrive while oil was extracted. Proud...
Correction: Work Comp Premiums in Texas Drop by 49% Since 2005
Oct 17 2012 // Texas employers are seeing a major reduction in workers’ compensation insurance premiums, an insurance trade group reports. The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) says reforms in House Bill 7, passed in 2005, and...
Texas Supreme Court Takes Up Contractual Liability Issue, Again
Oct 14 2012 // One of the most fascinating aspects of writing about insurance litigation is that often issues that we discuss seem to be “finally” decided, only to reappear again. For instance, previously for Insurance...
Texas Mutual Receives Top Ratings from A.M. Best
Oct 10 2012 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced it has received a financial strength rating of “A” (excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a” from A.M. Best Co. A.M. Best also assigned the outlook of...
