Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas Independent Agents Group Names Young Governmental Affairs Manager
Jul 30 2008 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has named Rebecca Young governmental affairs manager to help serve as a liaison between association members and legislators. With more than 15 years’ experience...
Combined Group, North American Capacity Offer CEI Program in Texas
Jul 30 2008 // Dallas-based The Combined Group announced a partnership with Swiss Re’s North American Capacity Insurance Company to offer a Comprehensive Employers Indemnity (CEI) program. The CEI program is designed for employers...
OSHA Issues 3rd Largest Fine Ever Against Texas-Based Imperial Sugar
Jul 29 2008 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on July 25 announced it has proposed penalties totaling $8,777,500 against Houston-based Imperial Sugar Co. and its two affiliates alleging violations at their...
Damages from Hurricane Dolly May Reach $750 Million
Jul 28 2008 // Catastrophe risk specialist RMS says the insurance bill for damage from Hurricane Dolly, which hit Southwest Texas on July 23, may go as high as $750 million, while Boston-based AIR Worldwide estimates damages to come in...
Texas Mutual Pays $150M in Dividends
Jul 28 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company recently began returning $150 million in policyholder dividends. About 38,000 policyholders will receive a dividend based on their premium size, loss ratio and history with Texas Mutual. The...
Threat of Flooding Persists After Dolly Downgrades to Tropical Storm
Jul 25 2008 // Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, July 23 lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph (161 kph) and dumping heavy rain that flooded some low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated...
Coastal Texas Begins Clean-up After Hurricane Dolly
Jul 25 2008 // Residents in south Texas on the coast have begun the tough job of cleaning up at Hurricane Dolly slammed into the coast on Wednesday, July 23. On Thursday power lines were still down, but according to news reports, many...
Flooding Feared Along U.S.-Texas Border from Hurricane Dolly
Jul 24 2008 // After Hurricane Dolly unleashed a fury of damaging winds and wicked rain on the U.S.-Mexico coastline and diminished to a tropical storm, widespread flooding along the populous Rio Grande Valley became the top concern...
Texas-based Grocery Chain Issues Jalapeno Recall
Jul 24 2008 // Grocery chain H-E-B has announced a voluntary recall of products containing fresh jalapenos after government inspectors found a strain of salmonella on a single Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper handled in Texas. The recall...
Texas, Mexico Prepare for Dolly, Residents Board Up, Some Evacuate
Jul 23 2008 // Residents along the Texas-Mexico border kept a watchful eye on Tropical Storm Dolly, stocking up on plywood, generators and flashlights as forecasters predicted the storm would strengthen into a hurricane by later...
Texas Windstorm Pool: No Policies Issued With Hurricane in the Gulf
Jul 22 2008 // With Tropical Storm Dolly roiling it’s way into probable hurricane status, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association issued a reminder to agents that once a “hurricane enters the Gulf of Mexico or is within the...
America’s Safest Drivers Travel the Roads in America’s Heartland
Jul 21 2008 // Residents in Sioux Falls, S.D., continued to top the chart as the safest drivers in the U.S., according to the fourth annual Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report. The average driver in Sioux Falls experiences an...
Tornado Threats Loom Large as Flood Waters Recede
Jul 21 2008 // Much has been written in the last six weeks about the 2008 Midwest Flood. Many are saying the devastation will rival the Great Flood of 1993, and that the crop damage will affect the food supply of this country. While that...
Salmonella Discovery Prompts Food Recall in North Carolina
Jul 21 2008 // North Carolina officials announced a recall of fresh jalapeño peppers and avocados distributed in North Carolina after samples from a food distributor tested positive for salmonella. The N.C. Department of Agriculture and...
Crane Collapses At Houston Refinery — Killing 4, Injuring 7
Jul 21 2008 // As federal investigators converged on a Houston oil refinery July 19 where a crane collapse killed four and injured seven others, the company that owns the 30-story-tall crane released the names of the dead workers. The...
Midwest States High on List for Numbers of Tornadoes
Jul 21 2008 // While a rural area to the northeast of Denver, Colo., tops the nation when it comes to metropolitan areas most prone to tornadoes, Texas leads the states in the average total number of tornadoes per year in the continental...
Forecast: Tropical Storm Dolly to Become Hurricane, Hit Southern Texas
Jul 21 2008 // Tropical Storm Dolly churned toward southern Texas Monday, and forecasters said they expected it to grow into a hurricane before hitting land near the Mexican border later this week. The storm, with sustained winds of...
Tropical Storm Dolly Enters Gulf, Texas May Be Target
Jul 21 2008 // The National Hurricane Center reported at 11 a.m. EDT on July 21 that Tropical Storm Dolly had crossed Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and entered the Gulf of Mexico. A hurricane watch was issued for the Texas coast from...
Reynolds Honored with Raymond Mauk Award at Texas P/C Symposium
Jul 18 2008 // Richard “Dick” Reynolds, former chairman and executive director of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission, was presented the Raymond Mauk Leadership Award at the Insurance Council of Texas’ 16th...
Texas Mutual Pays $51K Dividend to Emergency Service Group
Jul 18 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $51,257 dividend to the Emergency Service Organization (ESO) workers’ compensation purchasing group. The dividend was based on the group’s premium volume and loss...
