Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas Oil & Gas Assoc. Earns $4.5M Texas Mutual Dividend
Jul 7 2009 // The Texas Oil & Gas Association (TxOGA) workers’ compensation purchasing group has earned a $4.5 million dividend from Texas Mutual Insurance Company. This marks the largest group dividend in Texas...
Insurance Department to Stay Open as Texas Special Session Closes
Jul 6 2009 // The Texas Legislature wrapped up a two-day special session on July 2, passing bills to keep open five state agencies but failing to address a measure favored by the governor that would have allowed the state to continue...
Farmers Insurance Offers Green Homeowners Product in Texas
Jul 6 2009 // Los Angeles-based The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is offering a new eco-friendly product for its Texas customers wishing to ‘go green”. Called “Eco-Rebuild”, the new endorsement will...
Declarations
Jul 6 2009 // Issues Addressed “This legislation addresses a number of issues that have made it tough for insurance companies to remain engaged along the Texas coast, making it difficult for citizens to get the windstorm coverage...
Business Moves
Jul 6 2009 // TWFG General Agency, Universal North America, Lincoln General The Woodlands, Texas-based TWFG General Agency has entered into an agreement with Universal North America Insurance Co. to offer renewal policies to Lincoln...
IIAT Installs New Leadership, Names Award-Winners
Jul 6 2009 // At the recent Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) 112th Annual Trade Show & Conference in San Antonio, the group installed new officers and directors, and presented membership service awards. Bryan Shofner,...
People
Jul 6 2009 // Houston-based insurance agency Bowen, Miclette & Britt named Dan Persha director of environmental risk management. With 30 years of commercial insurance brokerage experience, Persha specializes in heavy casualty,...
New Markets
Jul 6 2009 // 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. Fire & Water Restoration...
Hermes Joins Higginbotham & Associates
Jul 1 2009 // Texas-based independent insurance brokerage Higginbotham & Associates has appointed Michael J. Hermes as senior vice president at its Austin office. Hermes, a fixture in Austin’s insurance marketplace, will...
Texas-based The Woodlands Financial Group Opens 6 New Locations
Jun 30 2009 // The Woodlands, Texas-based retail and managing general insurance agency, The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), has opened 6 new branch locations. Shawn Thomas has opened a new branch in Houston. Thomas comes to TWFG...
Medical Liability Insurer Dropping Rates by 11% in Texas
Jun 30 2009 // Austin, Texas-based medical professional liability insurer, Medicus Insurance Company (Medicus) has announced an overall 11 percent rate decrease for its insureds in Texas. The Texas Department of Insurance approved the...
Cancer Allegations Against Railway Company in Texas to Continue
Jun 29 2009 // Although two juries have sided with BNSF Railway Co. in separate lawsuits claiming chemicals in a railroad tie plant in Central Texas caused cancer, dozens of similar lawsuits will go forward, an attorney said. Jurors...
Texas Special Legislative Session to Convene July 1
Jun 26 2009 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry has called a special session of the Texas Legislature that will begin July 1. One of the primary issues lawmakers will consider is continuing the operations of five state agencies, including the Texas...
Texas Court Allows Legal Expense Claim in Asbestos Case to Continue
Jun 26 2009 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (FFIC) has been denied a motion in a Texas state court that would have established that the company could control whether or not it would pay legal expenses in an asbestos-related...
Daniel Named Texas Independent Agents’ ACSR of the Year
Jun 25 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has awarded Patricia Ann Daniel, assistant vice president and insurance consultant with Extraco Banks N.A. dba: Extraco Insurance in Waco,Texas, with its Accredited Customer...
South Texas Brokers Charged with Multi-Million Dollar Insurance Fraud
Jun 25 2009 // Two licensed insurance brokers with offices in the Brownsville, Texas, area have been charged with conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud in a multi-million dollar scheme, according to U.S. Attorney Tim Johnson. The U.S....
Texas Mutual Adds New Members to Board of Directors
Jun 25 2009 // Two new members have been elected to Texas Mutual Insurance Company’s Board of Directors – Bernie Francis of Carrollton, Texas, and Eric Oliver of Abilene. Francis is owner and CEO of Addison-based Business...
Henry Honored with Texas Agents’ Political Action Award
Jun 24 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has named Bill Henry, CEO of Dallas-based McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP, winner of the Paige Eiland Award for Voluntary Political Action. As a regional vice president for...
Texas Approves 8 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp
Jun 24 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved the renewal of the Certificates of Authority for eight companies to self-insure for workers’ compensation claims for a...
Houston Agency Names Persha Dir. of Environmental Risk Management
Jun 23 2009 // Houston-based insurance agency Bowen, Miclette & Britt has named Dan Persha as director of Environmental Risk Management. With 30 years of commercial insurance brokerage experience, Persha specializes in heavy...
