Latest Texas Headlines
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2008 a Rough Year for Texas Insurers
Oct 28 2008 // Insured losses in Texas lead all other states by a wide margin as claims from the state’s hurricanes continue to pour in, the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) reported. Insured losses from the first three quarters of...
Texas Lawmakers Critical of Federal Response to Hurricane
Oct 28 2008 // Lawmakers in Texas praised the state’s response to Hurricane Ike but some blasted the efforts of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at a recent meeting of the state Senate’s Transportation and...
Texas Windstorm Insurance Pool’s Mobile Claim Office Closing Nov. 5
Oct 28 2008 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) reported that adjusters have now made contact with all policyholders except those who have recently reported claims. As a result TWIA will close its mobile catastrophe claim...
Texas EMT Sentenced in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Oct 27 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Michael J. Rosenberg of McAllen, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Rosenberg’s sentence included two...
RMS Estimates Ike Insured Losses Now in $13B to $21B Range
Oct 24 2008 // California-based Risk Management Solutions (RMS) updated its estimate for U.S. onshore and offshore insured losses from Hurricane Ike to $13 billion to $21 billion, of which $10 billion to – $15 billion is estimated...
2,000 Texas Families Moving to FEMA Trailers
Oct 24 2008 // Texas state officials are working to locate housing for 400 Hurricane Ike victims living in a Red Cross shelter scheduled to close Oct. 26, according to a newspaper report. Meanwhile, 2,000 people, primarily in Galveston...
Texas Exec Named to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Board
Oct 23 2008 // Tom Hughston, executive vice president of North Texas-based Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB), has been named to the board of directors of The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers, a trade association...
Texas Monitoring for Fairness in Treatment of Ike-Affected Policyholders
Oct 23 2008 // In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) reported it has received complaints from consumers indicating that through the words, tone, demeanor or actions of their insurance adjusters, they...
Spilman Named Governmental Affairs Manager for Texas Agents Group
Oct 22 2008 // With the 81st Texas Legislative Session just around the corner, the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) and its Trusted Choice agencies have appointed Annie Spilman as governmental affairs manager. Spilman will...
Meurer and Grimsley Join Texas Security General in San Antonio
Oct 22 2008 // San Antonio-based Texas Security General Insurance Agency Inc. announced the addition of Andy Meurer as senior broker and Debbie Grimsley as commercial underwriter in its Commercial Brokerage/Underwriting...
Hospital Group Earns First Texas Mutual Dividend
Oct 21 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $105,500 dividend to the Hospitals of Texas (HOTComp) workers’ compensation purchasing group. It is the group’s first dividend. The group dividend was based largely on...
Texas Supreme Court Revisits Workplace Injury Case
Oct 20 2008 // The Supreme Court of Texas recently held a rare rehearing of a unanimous decision listening to arguments about whether it erred last year in ruling that a contract employee who suffered on-the-job injuries couldn’t...
Annual Survey Lists Top 10 Ease of Doing Business P/C Insurers
Oct 20 2008 // West Bend Mutual Insurance Company of Wisconsin (No. 1), Central Mutual Insurance (No. 2), Safety Insurance (No. 3), Frankenmuth Insurance (No. 4), and Selective Insurance (No. 5) earned the top five spots when it comes to...
Business Moves
Oct 20 2008 // Wells Fargo, Wachovia Wells Fargo & Co. has won the bidding for Wachovia Corp., beating out Citicorp. Citicorp, while stepping aside, said it plans to pursue damages for interference with the deal it had worked out...
Wanted: Florida Agencies Focusing on Hispanic Market
Oct 20 2008 // Sunshine State High on List of States for Agency Acquisitions by Consolidators Behind Confie Seguros The movers behind the insurance agency consolidation firm Confie Seguros say they are well-positioned to meet their goal...
Hurricanes, Credit Crunch Hit Louisiana, Texas Agriculture
Oct 20 2008 // Like farmers and ranchers across the United States, agriculture producers in Texas and Louisiana have been impacted by rising fuel and fertilizer costs, and they fear the credit squeeze gripping the nation will make it...
TWIA Claims From Ike May be Less Than Expected
Oct 20 2008 // Two weeks after Hurricane Ike hit Galveston, Texas, on Sept. 13, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association — the state’s insurer of last resort for wind coverage along the coast — was fielding many thousands of...
Assessment of Ike’s Environmental Damage Begins
Oct 20 2008 // Hurricane Ike’s winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines. The environmental damage is now becoming apparent: At least a half million gallons of crude oil spilled...
Texas Insured Driver Database in Effect Statewide
Oct 20 2008 // TexasSure, the vehicle insurance verification database designed to reduce the number of uninsured motorists in Texas, is now available to law enforcement statewide, the Texas Department of Public Safety reported. The...
