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TWFG Expanding From Coast-to-Coast

Oct 10 2012 // Texas-based The Woodlands Financial Group (TWFG) has 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...

13 Texas Cities to Receive Smoke Alarms

Oct 9 2012 // Firefighters in 13 Texas cities will be installing smoke alarms into the homes of low income and elderly residents thanks to this year’s We’re Out to Alarm Texas smoke alarm campaign. The program now in its...

New Texas MGA to Focus on Residential Properties

Oct 9 2012 // 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 the backing of San Diego,...

ThyssenKrupp Airport Systems Fined $172K for Hazards at Texas Site

Oct 8 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited ThyssenKrupp Airport Systems Inc. with 28 serious safety violations at its Fort Worth, Texas, work site for exposing workers to...

Business Moves – South Central

Oct 8 2012 // Texas Wholesale Insurance Coalition A group of Texas-based managing general agents/brokers has formed the Texas Wholesale Insurance Coalition (TWIC) with the goal of enhancing their markets, attracting Texas retail agency...

People – South Central

Oct 8 2012 // Workers’ compensation insurance provider, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has hired Timothy Osmond as claims manager in Dallas, where he will oversee a staff of 36 claims professionals. Osmond has more than 24 years of...

TWIA Study Recommends Lowering Agent Commissions

Oct 8 2012 // Among the top recommendations made by a consulting firm hired by Texas insurance regulators to investigate and report on ways to restructure the state’s property insurer of last resort in coastal areas is to reduce...

Studies: More Than 2 M California Homes Exposed To Wildfires; Hundreds of Thousands in West at ‘Very High Risk’

Oct 8 2012 // More than 2 million homes in California face “extreme wildfire hazards,” over 400,000 of which are in Los Angeles County, according to a study from an insurance industry group. A separate study shows at least...

Texas Supreme Court Takes Up Contractual Liability Issue, Again

Oct 8 2012 // Justices to Consider Questions Posed in Ewing Construction v. Amerisure One of the most fascinating aspects of writing the Legal Beat Column is that often issues that we discuss here seem to be “finally”...

Worksite Death Leads to $189K Fine for Texas O&G Service Company

Oct 4 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Halcon Resources Corp. for two willful and seven serious safety violations following a fatality at the company’s work site...