Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Financial Reports Show Texas Insurers Profitable in 2007
Mar 14 2008 // In 2007, Texas insurers recorded one of their most profitable years of the decade, prompting some consumer advocates to call for tougher state regulation on homeowner rates. Financial reports released by the Texas...
Carpenter Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Fraud in Texas
Mar 13 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County court sentenced Donald Miller of Yoakum on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Miller received one year of probation and was ordered to pay $2,132...
Company Pays $1.9M to Settle Racial Discrimination Case in Texas
Mar 13 2008 // An aviation fueling company with headquarters in New York has agreed to pay nearly $1.9 million to black and Hispanic workers at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport who said they were taunted with hangman’s...
Texas FAIR Plan, Windstorm Association Elect Officers for 2008-2009
Mar 12 2008 // Both the Texas FAIR Plan Association and the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) have elected new officers for 2008-2009. For the Texas FAIR Plan, James Langford, vice president, Texas Farm Bureau Insurance...
Texas Mutual Launches Construction Supply Purchasing Group
Mar 12 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a new workers’ compensation purchasing group: Texas Construction Supply (TCS). The group offers a workers’ comp option for qualifying supply yards, building material...
Windstorm Liability Limits Increased for Certain Property in Texas
Mar 11 2008 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin recently signed an order increasing the maximum limits of liability from $3,390,000 to $4 million for a commercial or government building insured for wind and hail by the Texas...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // 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. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // 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. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // 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. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
People
Mar 10 2008 // Midlands Management Corp. of Oklahoma City named Richard Jonathan Bird as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Bird will assist in leading all aspects of Midlands, including strategic marketing, business...
Two Oklahoma Cities Among 35 Safest in Nation
Mar 10 2008 // Sugarland, Texas, made Top 5 safest list Two Oklahoma cities are among the 35 safest in the nation, according rankings based on the FBI’s uniform crime report. One Texas town, Sugarland, was among the five...
Supreme Court Rejects Allstate Challenge to Texas Repair Shop Law
Mar 10 2008 // The U.S. Supreme Court in late February 2008 rejected Allstate Corp.’s challenge to a Texas law that restricts insurance company ownership of auto collision repair shops. Allstate sought review of its case at the...
Average Homeowners Policy Rate Comparison is Meaningless
Mar 10 2008 // Despite the insurance industry’s traditional reliance on averages, averages don’t always make sense when comparing premiums. In Texas, as elsewhere, individual premiums are subject to so many variables — from...
12 Companies OK’d to Self Insure for Workers’ Comp in Texas
Mar 7 2008 // Twelve companies with approximately 32,500 employees in Texas recently were approved to self-insure for workers’ compensation claims for a one-year period under the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of...
Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association Elects Officers
Mar 7 2008 // The Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association has elected of officers for 2008-2009. Elected chair of the Governing Committee is Corise Morrison, executive director, residual markets, USAA, San Antonio. She previously...
Texas Work Comp Division Accepting Comment on Network Rules
Mar 5 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) is accepting public comment on proposed rules regarding notification to health care providers of contractual agreements with informal...
Texas Home Builders Work Comp Purchasing Group Opens Doors
Mar 4 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that the Texas Home Builders (THB) workers’ compensation purchasing group is now an open program. Any licensed Texas agent can help their clients take advantage of the...
Texas’ Jan. Enforcements Result in Nearly $570K in Fines, Restitution
Mar 4 2008 // Enforcement actions taken by The Texas Department of Insurance that became final during January 2008 include nine license revocations, a license denial and fines and restitution totaling $569,867. Only final orders are...
No Smoke: Texas Boy Scout Helps Elderly with Alarms
Mar 4 2008 // Fourteen-year-old Buck John of Jefferson, Texas, wanted to earn his Eagle Scout award and at the same time, do something good for his community. His letter to Texas State Fire Marshal Paul Maldonado may help him accomplish...
Universal North America Introduces Auto Coverage in Texas
Mar 3 2008 // Universal North America Insurance Company (Universal) announced it has begun offering automobile insurance coverage in Texas. Universal, a multi-regional personal lines carrier, already provides homeowners insurance and...
