Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Medical Liability Carrier Announces Rate Cut
Sep 7 2007 // Medical liability insurer Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) recently approved a 6.5 percent rate reduction for all medical specialties and classes effective Jan. 1, 2008, the third straight rate reduction/dividend for...
Texas Workers’ Comp Conference to Focus on Continuing Reform
Sep 7 2007 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) will host its 2007 Workers’ Compensation Conference on Sept. 19, at the Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark in Austin, Texas. Joe Anderson, a veteran workers’ compensation...
7 Texas Cities to Receive Smoke Alarms
Sep 6 2007 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), the State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO), Travelers Insurance Company and First Alert have joined together to place smoke alarms into the homes of limited income and elderly...
Texas Uninsured Drivers Targeted Under New $6 Million Program
Sep 5 2007 // Texans driving without insurance may have a harder time dodging a ticket when the state unveils a $6 million database in January that will give police immediate access to updated coverage information. The Texas Financial...
Texas Dispute Resolution Officers Moved to OIEC on Sept. 1
Sep 5 2007 // As directed by the 80th Texas Legislature, changes in the administration of dispute resolution services for injured employees in the state’s workers’ compensation system were effective Sept. 1,...
Arrowhead Introduces Specialty Contractors Program in Texas
Sep 5 2007 // San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. announced the expansion of their Texas product portfolio to include a specialty contractors program offering monoline general liability coverages. The company...
New Law Allows Texas Drivers Flexibility on Paying Penalty Surcharges
Sep 4 2007 // A new state law enables the Texas Department of Public Safety to offer more flexibility for the nearly 775,000 drivers who haven’t paid state surcharges for driving violations. The law, which took effect Saturday, is...
Texas Bond Proposal Would Fund Training for Troopers
Sep 4 2007 // A proposed $49.7 million training facility would help prepare state troopers for the driving conditions they face on the job, including high-speed chases and off-road driving, a Texas Department of Public Safety official...
News Currents
Sep 3 2007 // Feds release data on drunken driving fatalities Texas led the nation with 1,354 drunken driving fatalities in 2006 and was among the states to record the largest increase in such deaths, federal transportation officials...
My New Markets
Sep 3 2007 // Nurseries and Tree Farms Nuts & Bolts: Advanced AFT insures trees, plants and shrubs both in the ground and in containers for property insurance excluding crops (wheat, corn etc.). Dollars: $250,000 to $10...
People and Places
Sep 3 2007 // Jeffrey M. Mohr of Lewis Mohr Real Estate and Insurance Agency LLC in Baton Rouge, La., was named president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana. Mohr previously served as president-elect and...
Case Watch
Sep 3 2007 // Bad Faith Pickett v. Texas Mut. Ins. Co. Tex.App., Austin, July 26, 2007 Requirement that insured exhaust workers” compensation administrative procedures prior to bad faith suit sustains constitutional...
Allstate says it will raise rates in Texas despite state’s opposition
Sep 3 2007 // Allstate will raise its homeowners’ insurance rates despite a state order not to and a request by the state’s consumer advocate to fine the company for each policy it renews at the new rate. “We continue...
Business Moves
Sep 3 2007 // Citi, BISYS Citi completed its previously announced acquisition of The BISYS Group Inc. for approximately $1.44 billion in an all-cash transaction. In the transaction BISYS shareholders will receive merger consideration of...
My New Markets
Sep 3 2007 // Nurseries and Tree Farms Nuts & Bolts: Advanced AFT insures trees, plants and shrubs both in the ground and in containers for property insurance excluding crops (wheat, corn etc.). Dollars: $250,000 to $10...
Case Watch
Sep 3 2007 // Bad Faith Pickett v. Texas Mut. Ins. Co. Tex.App., Austin, July 26, 2007 Requirement that insured exhaust workers” compensation administrative procedures prior to bad faith suit sustains constitutional...
News Currents
Sep 3 2007 // Allstate says it will raise rates in Texas despite state’s opposition Allstate will raise its homeowners’ insurance rates despite a state order not to and a request by the state’s consumer advocate to...
People
Sep 3 2007 // Jeffrey M. Mohr of Lewis Mohr Real Estate and Insurance Agency LLC in Baton Rouge, La., was named president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana. Mohr previously served as president-elect and...
Networked Insurance Agents Appoints Feemster VP in Texas
Aug 31 2007 // California-based Networked Insurance Agents announced it has appointed Stevan Feemster as territorial sales vice president for Northern Texas. Feemster comes to Networked from Crump Insurance Services Inc. where he was a...
Texas’ July Enforcement Actions Result in $1.2M in Fines, Restitution
Aug 30 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during July. The actions include seven license revocations, a license denial and fines and restitution...
