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Damage From Tropical Storm Edouard Minimal
Aug 6 2008 // Tropical Storm Edouard hit the Texas Gulf coast east of Galveston Aug. 5 with strong winds and heavy rain, but did little more than soak the travelers who came to relax on the tourist town’s beaches. The National...
Social Service Agencies Group Receives $300K Texas Mutual Dividend
Aug 5 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported a $304,515 dividend to the Social Services Agencies of Texas purchasing group. The dividend rewards the group for preventing workplace accidents and controlling claim...
Edouard Brings Rain, High Winds to Southeast Texas
Aug 5 2008 // Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall in Southeast Texas this morning between High Island, just east of Galveston, and Port Arthur, near the Louisiana border. The National Hurricane Center had expected the rapidly...
Tropical Storm Edouard Heads for Texas/Louisiana Coast
Aug 4 2008 // A swiftly developing Tropical Storm Edouard is expected to make landfall very near the upper Texas coast or the coast of southwestern Louisiana by Tuesday, Aug. 5, the National Hurricane Center reported. As of Monday...
Storm Edouard Shuts Gulf Coast Oil Port, Disrupts Shipping
Aug 4 2008 // Tropical Storm Edouard forced shut a huge U.S. offshore oil port, a refinery, some oil production and disrupted shipping as the storm raced toward the Texas-Louisiana coast Monday. Energy companies evacuated staff from...
Insurers, Agents Urge Coastal Wind Policy from Texas to Maine
Aug 4 2008 // Travelers, Nationwide Mutual and two leading national insurance producer organizations are supporting a plan they say will make private windstorm insurance more affordable and available in coastal areas. Federal...
Speak Up if You Care …
Aug 4 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.”...
Damage Costs from Hurricane Dolly May Reach $750M
Aug 4 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 World-wide estimates damages between...
Funding for Texas Wind Pool a Top Issue for Insurance Industry
Aug 4 2008 // Funding, funding, funding. Those are three most important issues for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association in advance of the 2009 legislative session, according to one industry lobbyist and advisor. There are other...
Case Watch
Aug 4 2008 // Exclusions Yates Carpet Inc. v. The Travelers Lloyds Insurance Co. Texas Appeals 7th Circuit, June 19, 2008 Breach of contract exclusion precludes coverage for all claims bearing even an incidental relationship to alleged...
People
Aug 4 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...
Verification Test Finds Many Drivers Not Insured
Aug 4 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance has estimated that between 15 percent and 20 percent of drivers in Texas are uninsured, but a pilot program testing a new auto insurance verification system — TexasSure — found that...
Agents Weigh Independence, Commissions, Markets When Choosing Agency Networks
Aug 4 2008 // Rising Costs, Soft Market Cause Agents to Consider Network Options Maintaining their independence while gaining access to resources and markets are what independent agents consider when deciding whether to join an...
The Case for Risk Management and Insurance Education
Aug 1 2008 // 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.” Not that there’s anything wrong with that, mind...
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...