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FEMA Expands Wildfires Declaration to 119 Texas Counties
Dec 16 2011 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has expanded its wildfires disaster declaration area for Texas to include 119 counties. Gov. Rick Perry announced that FEMA has granted the state’s request to increase the...
Test Your Insurance News Knowledge
Dec 16 2011 // Are you an insurance news hound? Test your insurance news IQ and find out. The following questions and answers (see bottom of the page) were developed based on news stories published on InsuranceJournal.com and...
FEMA: Texas Wildfire Survivors Should Consider Flood Insurance
Dec 15 2011 // Flood protection might be the last concern of Texas wildfire survivors these days. Yet Texans — even those who live in areas not rated at high risk of flooding — should consider purchasing a flood insurance policy now,...
Texas Mutual Board Elects New Officers
Dec 15 2011 // Workers’ compensation provider Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that its board of directors has elected two new officers — Linda Foster-Smith of Georgetown and Jay Eisen of Beaumont. Foster-Smith has been...
Texas School May Build Safety Wall After Shooting Injures Students
Dec 15 2011 // Dozens of law enforcement officers trudged through soggy brush near a South Texas middle school on Dec. 13 looking for casings and other evidence to help explain how two boys were shot while they were trying out for the...
Texas Work-Related Injuries, Illnesses Decrease Again in 2010
Dec 14 2011 // Private industry employers in Texas reported a 5.8 percent decrease in nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work during 2010 for a total of 56,720. With the 2010 decrease, Texas has seen a...
Texas Lawmakers Named to Coastal Insurance Study Committee
Dec 12 2011 // A joint committee of state lawmakers over the next year will be looking in to alternatives for providing property insurance along the Texas coast. Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, has announced Texas House...
Insured Losses from Bastrop, Texas, Wildfire Rise to $325M
Dec 8 2011 // More than half of the homeowner insurance claims have been settled in the Bastrop (Texas) Complex Wildfire that occurred over the Labor Day weekend. The final tally for insured losses from the wildfire is projected to hit...
Texas Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Receives National Award
Dec 7 2011 // Kyson Johnson, Texas’ only dedicated insurance fraud prosecutor, has been named 2011 Prosecutor of the Year by the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. Johnson was honored for his successful record in prosecuting...
Great American Insurance Acquires 2 Texas Workers’ Comp Firms
Dec 6 2011 // Great American Insurance Group, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, announced it is acquiring Dallas, Texas-based Employers Comp Associates Inc. (ECA) and Freeman Administrative Solutions Inc. (FAS). ECA and FAS were...
People
Dec 5 2011 // Susan Gropp has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. Gropp is executive vice president of Arcana Insurance Services in Dallas. Other newly elected officers include: Vice President Kathy van...
Haigood to Head Texas Fire and Casualty Insurer Association
Dec 5 2011 // Lyndell Haigood, regional vice president of State Auto Insurance Co., has been elected president of the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT). Haigood was elected during AFACT’s annual meeting...
Land O’Lakes Gives $10K to Texas Volunteer Fire Departments
Dec 5 2011 // Land O’Lakes Inc. Foundation has donated $10,000 to Texas Forest Service’s Volunteer Fire Department assistance fund. Volunteer fire departments served as the first line of defense against wildfires that...
Leading By Creating
Dec 5 2011 // Top 100 Agency Profile Agency Name: Confie Seguros, trading under Freeway Insurance Headquarters: New York, N.Y. Year Founded: 2008 Additional Locations: California, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Texas, New York, New...
State Farm Hikes Homeowner Policy Rates, Deductibles in Texas
Dec 2 2011 // A new insurance commissioner has allowed State Farm to charge higher rates and deductibles in Texas. State Farm Insurance on Dec. 1 was authorized to switch many of its 1.2 million homeowner policies to a higher...
Texas Man Accused of Drowning $1.2M Sports Car for Insurance
Dec 2 2011 // The insurer of a $1.2 million sports car that plunged into a Galveston Bay lagoon two years ago says the owner deliberately drove into the marsh to collect on a $2.2 million insurance policy. No trial date has been set in...
Broadspire Launches Workers’ Comp Health Care Network in Texas
Dec 2 2011 // Broadspire, a third party administrator (TPA) and medical management services provider, announced it has launched its workers’ compensation health care network (HCN) in Texas. The Broadspire workers’...
2 Texas Businesses Cited for Safety Violations
Nov 30 2011 // In separate actions federal workplace regulators have cited two Texas-based companies for employee safety violations. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Congress...
Texas Regulator Abstains from MLR Vote; Says State Requested Waiver
Nov 29 2011 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has adopted a resolution urging Congress to amend the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to ensure...
Land O’Lakes Gives $10K to Texas Volunteer Fire Departments
Nov 28 2011 // Land O’Lakes Inc. Foundation has donated $10,000 to Texas Forest Service’s Volunteer Fire Department assistance fund. Volunteer fire departments served as the first line of defense against wildfires that...
