Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Employee Benefits Analyst Joins Texas Associates Team
Jan 20 2011 // Texas Associates Insurors has added Grace Jaen as its newest Employee Benefits analyst. Jaen focuses on developing and implementing solutions that help businesses attract and retain the right employees. “With...
Ryan Specialty Intros New CAT/Construction Risk Facility in Texas
Jan 20 2011 // Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) has launched Technical Risk Underwriters (TRU), a specialty managing general underwriter (MGU) focused on providing best in class underwriting for complex construction and...
Agents Notified of TWIA, Texas Fair Plan Information Requests
Jan 19 2011 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) and Texas FAIR Plan Association (TFPA) recently notified insurance agents that the organizations have received a formal request to inspect or copy some of their files. The...
Texas Lawmaker Proposes Bill Aimed at Reducing Drunk Driving
Jan 19 2011 // Texas state Rep. Bill Callegari (District 132, Katy) has introduced House Bill 506 to require that all persons convicted of driving while intoxicated have an ignition interlock device installed in their vehicle. The bill...
Texas Work Comp December Enforcements Include Fines Up to $78K
Jan 18 2011 // Final enforcement actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) for December 2010 include fines of up to $78,000. Division of Workers’ Compensationfinal...
Texas Governor Calls for Expanded Lawsuit Reform
Jan 14 2011 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry is urging state lawmakers to further expand the lawsuit reforms that the state has enacted in recent years. Texas lawmakers meet every two years. The 82nd Legislature Regular Session convened earlier...
Sleeper Sewell Adds Dabboussi as VP
Jan 13 2011 // Sleeper Sewell Insurance Services Inc., an independent insurance agency with nearly 50 years serving the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, has added Nader Dabboussi as vice president. Dabboussi performs risk management,...
Construction Supply Group Receives $179K Dividend from Texas Mutual
Jan 12 2011 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced a $179,106 dividend to the Texas Construction Supply (TCS) workers’ compensation purchasing group. The dividend was based largely on the group’s overall loss ratio. Last...
Combined Agents of America Expands with Agencies in Texas, Kansas
Jan 11 2011 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America, LLC (CAA) announced it has added two new agency members, one located in Kansas and one in North Texas. With the addition of the two new members of the group — Elliott...
It Figures
Jan 10 2011 // $21 Million A federal appeals court rejected a $21 million settlement of Hurricane Katrina damage claims that some insureds complained was unfair, and that one group said would have entitled homeowners and businesses to as...
Business Moves
Jan 10 2011 // AmWINS Brokerage of Texas The Texas operations of Colemont Insurance Brokers was officially renamed AmWINS Brokerage of Texas effective Dec. 1, 2010. AmWINS and Colemont announced a planned merger in April 2010. Combined,...
Federal Audit Rips Spending for Texas’ Hurricane Ike Cleanup
Jan 10 2011 // A scathing audit by the federal Department of Homeland Security questions whether some $45 million in public money was properly spent to remove debris in the cleanup of Chambers County, one of the Southeast Texas counties...
People
Jan 10 2011 // Todd Teitell, executive vice president and branch leader of AmWINS Brokerage of Texas in Dallas, has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. Other elected TSLA officers for the coming year...
2011 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory
Jan 10 2011 // Welcome to Insurance Journal’s 2011 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Texas Insurer Alleges Vendetta by Florida Regulator McCarty
Jan 10 2011 // A Texas insurance company and its owner are suing Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty, accusing him of being vindictive and defamatory in his efforts to ban the company from writing workers’ compensation...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Approves 12 Companies to Self-Insure
Jan 10 2011 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved the renewals of the Certificates of Authority for 12 companies to self-insure their workers’ compensation claims for a...
Texas-Based Insurer GAINSCO to De-list Its Common Stock
Jan 10 2011 // GAINSCO Inc. (NYSE Amex: GAN), an insurance holding company headquartered in Dallas, has announced it will voluntarily suspend trading of its common stock. The company reports there are fewer than 300 holders of its common...
Wholesale Brokerage R-T Specialty Opens Dallas, Texas Office
Jan 7 2011 // R-T Specialty, LLC (RT), the wholesale brokerage arm of Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) has opened a new office in Dallas, Texas. Rajan Shah will direct the office as president. Shah brings more than 17 years of experience...
Texas Mutual Returns $2.1M Dividend to Texas Restaurant Assoc.
Jan 6 2011 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $2,130,561 dividend to the Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) workers’ compensation purchasing group. The dividend was based largely on the group’s overall loss...
Southeast Texas County Defends Hurricane Ike Spending
Jan 5 2011 // Chambers County officials are defending their spending of tens of millions of federal dollars for cleanup from Hurricane Ike after a federal audit questioned whether the money was properly used in the Southeast Texas...
