Latest Texas Headlines
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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...
Business Moves
Apr 5 2010 // IMA Financial Insurance and risk management services company, IMA Financial Group Inc., has established a contract management practice at its retail insurance brokerage subsidiary, IMA of Texas. The contractual risk...
Texas Law Limiting Contact with Accident Victims Overturned
Apr 5 2010 // A federal judge has overturned a Texas law that bars medical professionals from contacting victims within 30 days of an accident, and lawyers from contacting people within a month of getting arrested. U.S. District Judge...
Insurer’s Study Shows U.S. Refineries Plagued by Deadly Accidents
Apr 5 2010 // U.S. oil refineries have an ongoing problem with accidents that turn deadly, losing four times as much money from such incidents than refineries in the rest of the world, according to an insurance company report obtained...
Schools Group Tops $1.5M Texas Mutual Dividend Mark
Apr 5 2010 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $312,893 dividend to the Texas Schools Group (TSG). The workers’ compensation purchasing group dividend was based largely on TSG’s loss ratio. TSG has earned...
States Take Action Against Health Care Reform
Apr 5 2010 // Many U.S. states are worried that the health care overhaul plan approved by the U.S. House of Representatives will usurp their sovereignty and impose more spending on their already stretched budgets. Republican attorneys...
Arrested Texas Bond Company Owner Cited in Louisiana Case
Apr 2 2010 // A 41-year-old Fort Worth man arrested in March owns the bonding company that cost the New Orleans-based low bidder a contract to build a new $35 million terminal at Monroe Regional Airport. George Douglas Black Sr. was...
Texas African-American Insurance Association Experiencing Many ‘Firsts’
Apr 2 2010 // Officially chartered in 2009, the Texas chapter of a national association of African-American insurance professionals has an ambitious goal of becoming the one of the premier insurance associations in the Dallas-Fort Worth...
IMA of Texas Hires Bailey as VP – Benefits, Property and Casualty
Apr 2 2010 // IMA of Texas Inc., a retail insurance broker and risk management firm, announced that Kyle A. Bailey joined the company as a vice president for employee benefits and property and casualty insurance. Bailey has more than 12...
Texas Agency Awarded Trusted Choice Agency of the Month
Apr 1 2010 // The Hare & Rathke Insurance Group, in Humble, Texas, has been named the Trusted Choice Agency of the Month by Trusted Choice, the consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers. The Hare &...
State Farm Sues Texas Department of Insurance Over Web Postings
Apr 1 2010 // State Farm Insurance has 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 hikes by the company. Texas’ largest...
State Farm Files to Increase Homeowners Rates in Louisiana
Mar 31 2010 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has filed an average 9.9 percent rate increase request for homeowners coverage in Louisiana, according to the Associated Press. State Farm is Louisiana’s largest home insurer with...
Texas Law Limiting Contact with Accident Victims Overturned
Mar 29 2010 // A federal judge has overturned a Texas law that bars medical professionals from contacting victims within 30 days of an accident and lawyers from contacting people within a month of getting arrested. U.S. District Judge...
