Latest Texas Headlines
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A.D. Carlton Rolls Out New Market for Artisan Contractors in Ill., Texas
Sep 9 2008 // Irving, Texas-based A.D. Carlton Insurance, a wholesale broker and MGA specializing in contractors, has introduced a new general liability market for artisan contractors in Texas and Illinois. Program details include: $700...
After Gustav, Will People Be Less Likely to Heed Warnings Next Time?
Sep 4 2008 // Millions fled the Gulf Coast in fear of Hurricane Gustav, billed as the apocalyptic “mother of all storms.” It didn’t deliver. Now, with three other storms lining up in the Atlantic, some fear people...
Gustav only Sideswipes New Orleans
Sep 3 2008 // New Orleans can get back to its comeback. Traumatized after losing their homes when Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters broke through the levees that protect this city, Hurricane Gustav ended up a mere interruption in...
Ballinger Keeps the Beat at the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas
Sep 1 2008 // SLSOT Celebrates its 20th Anniversary This Year Phil Ballinger, executive director of the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas, knows a lot about rhythm. He was a drummer with the Van Wilks Band long before he joined...
State Farm Wins One in Dispute Over Homeowners Rates in Texas
Sep 1 2008 // In a long running dispute between the Texas Department of Insurance and State Farm over homeowners insurance rates, the 3rd Court of Appeals in Austin on Aug. 22 ruled that state regulators did not have the authority to...
Auto Rates Rising for State Farm, Allstate Customers
Sep 1 2008 // Allstate and State Farm are raising their auto rates in Texas. State Farm filed with the Texas Department of Insurance increases of 2.4 percent and 7.3 percent, respectively, for its two auto insurance subsidiaries, State...
Allstate Targets Uninsured in Texas
Sep 1 2008 // A recent test of the Texas Auto Insurance Verification Program (TexasSure) found that 25.5 percent of the vehicles stopped in the test area — Travis County and parts of nearby Hays and Williamson Counties — are...
Business Moves
Sep 1 2008 // Apex Global, Benefit Partners Apex Global Partners Inc. acquired Benefit Partners and subsidiaries BP Life and Health Insurance Agency, Benefit Partners Financial Services, BP Risk Partners Insurance Agency and...
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms: 2 Down, How Many More to Go?
Sep 1 2008 // With hurricane season halfway over for 2008, Louisiana has so far dodged the bullet but Texas has taken on two warning shots with Hurricane Dolly and Tropical Storm Edouard. As such storms go, neither packed a lot of...
People
Sep 1 2008 // Community Financial Insurance Center, Monroe, La., hired Jeanette F. Credo as senior vice president for its new Financial Institutions Division for the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Credo will establish and...
Speak Up if You Care …
Sep 1 2008 // The Case for Risk Management and Insurance Education If you’re like most insurance firms, your workforce is aging. Or, as a friend of mine recently put it, “There’s a lot of gray hair in the room.”...
A Winning Culture
Sep 1 2008 // Lots of companies claim to have a great working environment, but when a company backs up its claim with awards, who can deny it? Insurance Journal Top 100 Agency Profile The IMA Financial Group Inc. RANKING: No....
Dolly Disaster Assistance Tops $24 Million in Texas
Aug 28 2008 // More than $24 million has been approved to help people, businesses and infrastructure affected by Hurricane Dolly after the storm hit the Rio Grande Valley last month, several governmental agencies said on Friday, Aug....
Soft Market Exposes Value of Risk Control for Golf Insurers
Aug 28 2008 // For the golf industry, 2008 business is at best a bogey — probably worse. And for the agents, carriers and program managers who cater to the golf and country club world, that’s made for a rough market,...
Texas Agent William C. Barmore Passes
Aug 27 2008 // Retired Texas independent insurance agent William C. (Bill) Barmore, Jr., age 81, and a resident of Pasadena, Texas, passed away Aug. 23, 2008. Barmore was born Jan. 6, 1927, in Cameron, Texas, to Cecil and Selma (Klatt)...
Texas Environmental Case Against 7 Petrochemical Plants Resolved
Aug 27 2008 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced the resolution of the state’s environmental enforcement action against two Lyondell Chemical Company subsidiaries that operated seven petrochemical plants in Houston and...
Texas Wind Pool Claims Add Up as New Tropical Storm Develops,
Aug 26 2008 // With hurricane season halfway over for 2008, Louisiana has so far dodged the bullet but Texas has taken on two warning shots with Hurricane Dolly and Tropical Storm Edouard. As hurricanes and tropical storms go, neither...
Energy Group Earns $83K Texas Mutual Dividend
Aug 26 2008 // The Lone Star Energy (LSE) workers’ compensation purchasing group has qualified for an $83,503 dividend, Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported. The dividend was based largely on the group’s premium volume and...
State Farm Handed Win in Texas Rate Dispute Case
Aug 25 2008 // A state appeals court ruled Aug. 22 that Texas insurance regulators did not have the authority to issue a disciplinary order against State Farm Lloyds, the state’s largest home insurer, for charging rates it had...
Texas Work Related Death Toll Rose in 2007
Aug 25 2008 // Bucking the national trend toward lower work related deaths, Texas work related fatalities rose to 527 in 2007, an 8 percent increase over 2006, according to the Texas Department of Insurance. The state also saw a 56...
