Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas High Court Won’t Require Attorney Liability Insurance Disclosure
May 3 2010 // The Supreme Court of Texas has decided against requiring attorneys in the state to disclose whether they have professional liability insurance. “As with any complex issue, good arguments were presented in favor of...
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...
Windstorm Claims Adding Up in Texas After Weekend Storms
Apr 27 2010 // Violent thunderstorms packing winds up to 90 miles per hour struck a six-county area southeast of Dallas early on April 24 causing thousands of windstorm claims, the Insurance Council of Texas reports. One fatality...
The Woodlands Financial Group Opens Beaumont, Texas, Office
Apr 26 2010 // The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), a retail and managing general insurance agency, has opened a new branch location in Beaumont, Texas. Bobby Counts manages the new location. He joins TWFG with more than 20 years...
Fiesta Auto Insurance Opens 20 Locations Nationwide
Apr 23 2010 // Huntington Beach, Calif.-based Fiesta Auto Insurance, a franchise system to combine insurance and tax preparation under one roof, announced it has opened 20 new locations during the past 90 days. The company’s...
Five UT Pan American Students Awarded Insurance Scholarships
Apr 22 2010 // Five outstanding business degree majors at the University of Texas Pan American in Edinburg, Texas, have been awarded academic scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT). The students, many of them first...
Texas High Court Won’t Require Attorney Liability Insurance Disclosure
Apr 21 2010 // The Supreme Court of Texas has decided against a proposal that would have required attorneys in the state to disclose whether they have professional liability insurance. In a recent letter to State Bar President Roland...
CAA Members See Uptick in D&O, E&O and EPLI Policies
Apr 21 2010 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) members see a growing appetite among businesses and non-profits for directors and officers liability insurance (D&O), error and omissions insurance (E&O),...
State Farm Sues TDI; Files to Increase Homeowners Rates in Louisiana
Apr 19 2010 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Insurance after the state agency took the unprecedented move of publicizing on its Web site recent rate hike proposals by the...
My New Markets
Apr 19 2010 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Surgery Centers Market Detail: hci provides...
Business Moves
Apr 19 2010 // Texas Mutual, AgriComp Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has launched a new workers’ compensation purchasing group for the agriculture industry, AgriComp. Any licensed Texas agent can submit qualifying clients for...
People
Apr 19 2010 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP (MHBT), recently named Fred Pecina and Jeremy Sandusky partners in the agency. Pecina is based in the firm’s Ft. Worth office, and Sandusky works in MHBT’s Dallas office. Pecina,...
Judge Says Texas Can’t Post Some State Farm Rate Hike Information
Apr 19 2010 // A judge in Austin has blocked regulators from posting on the Texas Department of Insurance Web site some documents on two rate rate filings by State Farm Insurance Cos. that would increase homeowners insurance premiums for...
AmWINS CEO DeCarlo on Colemont Merger, Texas and Going Global
Apr 14 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...
Allstate Seeking to Appoint 130 Agents in Texas in 2010
Apr 14 2010 // Allstate Insurance Company appointed 122 exclusive agents in Texas in 2009 and is seeking to appoint another 130 agents in the state in 2010. “We see a significant opportunity in the current economy to attract...
The Hartford: Texas Cities Are ‘Drivable’ but Improvements Are Needed
Apr 13 2010 // Despite incidents of road rage and complaints from a core group of heavy drivers, Texas residents generally believe their cities are “drivable,” with at least 60 percent in each of the major cities of Dallas,...
UT San Antonio Students Receive Insurance Council Scholarships
Apr 7 2010 // Five insurance and risk management students at the University of Texas at San Antonio have been awarded $10,000 in scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT). The UTSA scholarship recipients for 2010 are...
A.M. Best Upgrades Texas’ Producers Agriculture Insurance Group
Apr 7 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and issuer credit ratings to “a-” from “bbb” of Producers Agriculture Insurance Group (ProAg) and its...
McQueary Henry Bowles Troy Adds Van Winkle in Austin Office
Apr 7 2010 // Dallas-based insurance and risk management firm, McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP (MHBT), announced that Brad Van Winkle has joined its Austin, Texas, office as senior vice president. Van Winkle brings more than 26 years of...
People
Apr 5 2010 // New York-based USI Holdings Corp. has named Sandra Usleman, former president of USI’s Austin, Texas, operating company in the Southwest region, as senior vice president and chief sales officer. Other changes in...
