Latest Texas Headlines
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Gadfly Texas Lawyer Takes on BP Again
May 28 2010 // Dealing with the worst oil disaster in U.S. history could be BP Plc’s biggest nightmare, and Texas lawyer Brent Coon intends to make it haunt them for a very long time. The 50-year-old Southeast Texan plays guitar in...
Texas Mutual Board Approves $100M Policyholder Dividend Plan
May 28 2010 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company’s board of directors approved the company’s plan to distribute $100 million in workers’ compensation dividends. Dividends reward loyal policyholders who share Texas...
Delta General Agency Opens Branch Office in Plano, Texas
May 27 2010 // Delta General Agency announced it is opening a branch office in Plano to serve independent insurance agents in North Texas. Wes Bowers, the new branch manager for the North Texas office, is adding additional underwriting...
Pronto Introduces Auto Insurance Discount Rate Program in Texas
May 27 2010 // Brownsville, Texas-based Pronto Insurance has announced it is now offering auto insurance discounts to Texas customers who insure multiple vehicles, implement an automatic withdrawal payment plan (EFT) or pay six months in...
TDI Files Rule Banning Discretionary Clauses in Insurance Policies
May 26 2010 // The Texas Department of Insurance has filed a proposed rule that would prohibit the use of discretionary clauses in life, accident, and health insurance policy forms. The proposed rule was filed as a result of an October...
Insurance Agent Appointed to Texas Sunset Advisory Commission
May 24 2010 // Texas House Speaker Joe Straus of San Antonio has appointed Rep. Larry Taylor, an insurance agent from Friendswood, to the state’s Sunset Advisory Commission. Taylor, who serves on the House Committee on Insurance...
Builder Agent Network Endorsed by the Texas Association of Builders
May 19 2010 // The Builder Agent Network, a Dallas-based provider of insurance programs for home builders, has been endorsed by the Texas Association of Builders (TAB) as its preferred member service provider for property and liability...
Automotive Group Earns First Texas Mutual Dividend
May 19 2010 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced a $178,267 dividend to the Texas Automotive Purchasing Group (TAPG), the group’s first from the insurer. The dividend was based largely on TAPG’s loss ratio. By committing...
Lawsuits Seek to Curb Deep Wells in Gulf of Mexico
May 19 2010 // Environmentalists seeking to curb oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico have filed federal lawsuits to shut down a major BP platform and close a government loophole for new oil and gas exploration. The lawsuits, filed in...
Irwin Siegel Agency Opens Houston, Texas, Office
May 18 2010 // National insurance and risk management provider, Irwin Siegel Agency Inc., (ISA) has opened a new office facility in Houston, Texas. ISA also welcomed a new business development director, Curt Beytebiere, whose expertise...
Transocean Punished for Legal Tactics in Old Spill
May 18 2010 // A U.S. judge has taken the unusual step of sanctioning a unit of Transocean Ltd, owner of the rig in the Gulf of Mexico spill, for “vexatious” tactics in fighting liability from a decades-old oil well spill in...
Insurance Council of Texas, HailWatch to Offer Storm Profiles
May 17 2010 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has teamed with HailWatch to provide a detailed look at geographic locations that may have been impacted by severe hail caused by violent thunderstorms. ICT news releases on storms...
Business Moves
May 17 2010 // Fiesta Auto Huntington Beach, Calif.-based Fiesta Auto Insurance, a franchise system that combines insurance and tax preparation under one roof, recently opened 20 new offices in various locations, increasing its presence...
Report: Residents of North Texas Town not at More Risk for Cancer
May 14 2010 // Despite concerns about natural gas drilling, residents in one small Texas town don’t have higher levels of cancer-causing contaminants in their blood than the rest of the nation, state health officials have...
Work Comp Prescription Drug Costs in Texas 30% Higher than Median
May 11 2010 // The payment per claim for prescription drugs used to treat injured workers in Texas was nearly one-third higher than in most study states, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The...
Specialty Insurer to Offer High Value Property Lines in Texas
May 11 2010 // PURE Risk Management LLC, based in White Plains, N.Y., is expanding its Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), a member-owned reciprocal insurer, to offer comprehensive, customized property and casualty...
Cell Phones Raise Teen Nighttime Driving Risks in Texas, Nationally
May 7 2010 // Nighttime driving is becoming more hazardous for American teenagers and the likely cause is talking and texting on cell phones while operating a vehicle, according to a study released May 6. The report by the Texas...
Texas’ Tom Stewart Insurance Joins ISU International Network
May 6 2010 // San Francisco, Calif.-based agency network ISU International has expanded into Texas with the addition of ISU Tom Stewart Insurance located in Katy, Texas. As a member of the ISU Network, ISU Tom Stewart Insurance Agency...
Business Moves
May 3 2010 // Fiesta Auto Insurance Huntington Beach, Calif.-based Fiesta Auto Insurance, a franchise system to combine insurance and tax preparation under one roof, opened 20 new locations. The company’s growth phase has...
AmWINS CEO DeCarlo on Colemont Merger, Texas and Going Global
May 3 2010 // The acquisition of wholesale insurance broker Colemont Insurance Brokers by its competitor AmWINS Group gives AmWINS entry into international markets for the first time and a bigger presence in Texas, where Colemont is...
