Latest Texas Headlines
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States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers
Oct 5 2009 // Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly...
People
Oct 5 2009 // David Daniel was named chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”). He will lead the organization as chairman for the 2009-2010 term. Daniel is president of Daniel &...
Gulf Coast Construction Deemed ‘Woefully Inadequate’ for Storm Surge
Oct 5 2009 // Government minimum flood elevation requirements for properties vulnerable to storm surge throughout the Gulf Coast region are “woefully inadequate,” according to a new study of property damage caused by...
It Figures
Oct 5 2009 // $135.4 Million Texas plans to spend an estimated $135.4 million to mitigate beach erosion along the Texas Gulf Coast from South Padre Island to McFaddin Beach. According to Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, who...
Business Moves
Oct 5 2009 // TWFG The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), a retail and managing general agency based in The Woodlands, Texas, has opened three new branch locations. Steve Lovecchio opened a new branch in New Orleans, La. Lovecchio...
States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers
Oct 5 2009 // Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly...
Declarations
Oct 5 2009 // They Could Have Been Fixed “The people could have fixed their homes if they had money. But they (state officials) are so scared that somebody’s going to get a dime they shouldn’t have gotten, nobody gets...
Texas Publishes 3rd Annual Workers’ Comp Network Report Card
Oct 1 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Workers’ Compensation Research and Evaluation Group has published an annual report card on the performance of Workers’ Compensation Health Care Networks as required by...
Six Texas Cities to Receive Smoke Alarms
Sep 30 2009 // Firefighters in six Texas cities will be installing smoke alarms into the homes of low income and elderly residents thanks to this year’s “We’re Out to Alarm Texas” smoke alarm campaign. The program...
Texas Apartment Association Program Earns $395K Comp Dividend
Sep 30 2009 // The Texas Apartment Association Workers’ Compensation Program has earned a 14 percent, or $395,000, dividend from Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Program administrators Michael Whorton and Charles Garner of Whorton...
Texas Sets Workers’ Comp Discount, Interest Rate for 4th Quarter
Sep 29 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation has set the rate for any interest or discount provided for in state workers’ comp statutes at 3.88 percent for the period effective Oct. 1,...
4 Years Later, Texas Housing Agency Says Rita Aid Pace Picking Up
Sep 28 2009 // Hundreds of southeast Texans displaced by Hurricane Rita four years ago are still waiting for new federally funded homes to be built while a state agency tries to spend the housing construction money it has a little...
Damage From El Paso, Texas, Hail Storm Tops $150M
Sep 25 2009 // The east side of El Paso, Texas, was pounded by a violent hailstorm Sept 16, racking up insured losses of more than $150 million, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. The fast-moving storm struck in the late afternoon...
Texas-based Aggressive Insurance Unveils New Aircraft Program
Sep 25 2009 // Aggressive Insurance, based in Irving, Texas, has announced a new aircraft insurance program. Aggressive is initially introducing the program in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas. The program...
The Woodlands Financial Group Opens 3 New Offices
Sep 24 2009 // The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), a retail and managing general agency based in The Woodlands, Texas, has opened three new branch locations. Steve Lovecchio has opened a new branch in New Orleans, La. Lovecchio...
Texas Sets Workers’ Comp Weekly Benefit Rates
Sep 22 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance has announced the weekly benefit rates for workers’ compensation insurance for Oct. 1, 2009, through Sept. 30, 2010. In accordance with the Texas Labor Code (TLC) §408.047, the...
States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers
Sep 21 2009 // Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly...
People
Sep 21 2009 // Louisiana-based insurance wholesaler, Specialty Risk Associates Inc., announced several changes to its management team. Thomas Garland was named chief operating officer. Garland joined Specialty Risk in 2004 as vice...
Passing the Halfway Mark
Sep 21 2009 // By the time this issue of Insurance Journal reaches your desk, we will be well over halfway through hurricane season for 2009. Though it’s too early to breathe a sigh of relief — hurricane Rita struck Southeast...
New Markets
Sep 21 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. Misc. Medical Malpractice Market Detail:...
