Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Eye on Boats and Marinas
Feb 22 2009 // Marine Broker Shares Views on the Current State of the Market The marina and boat industry is a natural fit for John Harvey, founder and president of Voyager Insurance Services in Frisco, Texas. Harvey has been in the...
Oliver to Retire as President of Texas Mutual Insurance Company
Feb 20 2009 // Russell R. Oliver, president of Texas Mutual Insurance Company since 1995, is retiring from the company at the end of August 2009, the company has announced. “I am very proud of Texas Mutual and our accomplishments,...
Texas Mutual Awards $300K in Safety Education Grants
Feb 18 2009 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported it has awarded a combined $300,000 in grants to Kilgore College, Midland College and College of the Mainland in Texas City. The grants will fund free workplace safety courses for...
AAA Texas Unveils Guaranteed Rebuilding Cost Coverage Endorsement
Feb 17 2009 // AAA Texas announced that a new Guaranteed Rebuilding Cost (GRC) optional endorsement is now available for qualifying homeowners from its affiliated carrier, the Auto Club Indemnity Company. The GRC optional endorsement...
Texas Mutual Wins National Employee Wellness Award
Feb 13 2009 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company is one of 10 employers across the country that have won UnitedHealthcare’s Well Deserved Award. The award recognizes employers who demonstrate a commitment to improving their...
Texas Lawmakers Outline Hurricane Mitigation Recommendations
Feb 13 2009 // The state of Texas should require certain businesses like gas stations and nursing homes to have backup power generators to avoid the massive disruptions caused by Hurricane Ike, according to recommendations released by a...
Gallagher Buys Waco Agency
Feb 13 2009 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired Fidelity Benefits & Insurance Services in Waco, Texas. Founded in 2003, Fidelity Benefits & Insurance Services (FBIS) is an employee benefits consultant...
Oklahoma Town Surveying Damage After Twisters Kill 8
Feb 12 2009 // Insurers such as Zurich and Farmers have announced they are sending catastrophe response teams to Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, areas pummeled by severe weather earlier this week. Especially hard hit by a cluster of...
Texas Bill Would Double Fines for Driving With Handheld Devices
Feb 12 2009 // Texas State Rep. Vicki Truitt of Keller has filed HB 1158 which would double fines for drivers guilty of traffic violations while using handheld wireless devices, the Texas House of Representatives...
Western Insurance Agency Joins CAA
Feb 10 2009 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced it has welcomed Tom Boren Insurance Agency Inc., dba Western Insurance Agency of Copperas Cove, Texas, as its 38th member agency. Based in Copperas Cove,...
Texas House Bill Would Require Ignition Interlocks After All DWIs
Feb 10 2009 // Texas State Rep. Bill Callegari of Katy has filed a measure to require all convicted drunk drivers to install ignition interlock devices in their cars, including first offenders. If approved, House Bill 1110 by Callegari...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Dallas-Based PartnerSource
Feb 9 2009 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired retail insurance broker and consultant PartnerSource Inc. in Dallas, Texas, Gallagher announced. Organized in 1994, PartnerSource specializes in the design, implementation and...
People
Feb 8 2009 // Linda Timmons has been promoted to director of communications for the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT). In this position, Timmons will manage the organization’s internal and external communications,...
Business Moves
Feb 8 2009 // Sun Belt, Higginbotham & Associates Sun Belt Insurance & Associates Inc., a Waco, Texas-based commercial and personal insurance and group benefits brokerage firm, and Ft. Worth, Texas-based Higginbotham &...
New Markets
Feb 8 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. High-Value Homeowners’...
Texas Court Says Spouse Can Pursue Workers’ Comp Bad Faith Claim
Feb 6 2009 // The spouse of a workers’ compensation claimant may continue her bad faith complaint against Zurich American Insurance company over the insurers’ refusal to pay compensation benefits, a district court in Travis...
North Texas Agencies, Powter and O’Neal, Join Forces
Feb 5 2009 // Powter Insurance, based in McKinney, Texas, announced it has acquired the O’Neal Insurance Agency of Burleson, Texas. O’Neal Insurance Agency owner Jerita O’Neal will join Powter, bringing many years of...
Farm Bureau County Mutual Insurance Company of Texas Downgraded
Feb 5 2009 // A.M. Best Co. announced it has downgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A- (Excellent) from A+ (Superior) and issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a-” from “aa-” of Farm Bureau County Mutual...
Ike Vendors Still Waiting for Texas to Pay Hurricane Response Bills
Feb 5 2009 // The state of Texas has accrued $134 million in unpaid bills from emergency response to Hurricane Ike – and vendors want their money. Jack Colley, the state’s director of emergency management, told the state...
Texas Governor Calls for Reform of Texas Wind Pool Funding
Feb 4 2009 // Three of the five emergency items that Texas Gov. Rick Perry has outlined for the 2009 legislative session relate to hurricane recovery, including legislation to reform the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) and...
