Latest Texas Headlines
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Arrowhead Hires Ball to Lead Texas Commercial Division Office
Aug 15 2007 // San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. announced that Charles R. Ball was appointed vice president and general manager of its Commercial Division’s Texas office. In this position, Ball will...
GAINSCO Sells E&S Writer General Agents Insurance Co. to Montpelier Re
Aug 14 2007 // Dallas-based GAINSCO, Inc. and its insurance subsidiary MGA Insurance Co. Inc. have agreed to sell their affiliate General Agents Insurance Co. of America, Inc. to Montpelier Re U.S. Holdings Ltd. for $4.75 million. The...
Interest in Texas Independent Agents’ Small Agency Conference Growing
Aug 14 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas will hold its third annual Small Agency Conference in Waco on Sept. 23 and 24 at the Waco Convention Center and the association expects continuing growth in attendance at the...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Assesses $153K in Fines in June, July
Aug 14 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced final disciplinary actions taken by Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts during June and July 2007. The final...
Chubb Introduces New Flood Product in Texas
Aug 14 2007 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies announced it has introduced its admitted excess flood insurance policy in Texas. With the inclusion of Texas, Chubb has launched its flood insurance products in 27 states and the...
Gov. Signs Texas Agents’ Resolution Opposing Federal Regulation
Aug 13 2007 // Gov. Rick Perry recently signed a joint Senate and House resolution passed during the 80th Texas Legislature affirming support for continued state regulation of the insurance industry, the Independent Insurance Agents of...
Texas’ Combined Group and Affiliates Acquired by Brown & Brown
Aug 13 2007 // Fla.-based Brown & Brown Inc. and the Combined Group Companies, of Carrollton, Texas, announced the asset acquisition of the Combined Group by a Brown & Brown subsidiary. The acquisition includes Combined Group...
Texas Agency and Fireman’s Fund Donate $5K to Dallas Fire Station
Aug 13 2007 // Dallas-based Swingle Collins & Associates announced that the agency, in conjunction with Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company’s Heritage program, presented a $5,229 grant to Dallas Fire Rescue Station #20. The...
Medicus Insurance Co. New Player in Ill. Medical Malpractice Market
Aug 10 2007 // Austin, Texas-based Medicus Insurance Co. recently announced its entry into the professional medical liability insurance market in Illinois. Supporters of more companies entering the Illinois market credit the passage of...
Texas Company Voluntarily Recalls Possibly Tainted Sandwiches
Aug 10 2007 // A Longview company has voluntarily recalled more than 4,200 Cloud’s tuna salad and egg salad sandwiches – some of them distributed in Arkansas – because of the possibility they could be contaminated with...
National Atlantic to Enter Texas Standard Auto Market
Aug 9 2007 // New Jersey-based National Atlantic Holdings Corporation announced plans to enter the standard and preferred auto insurance market in Texas in late 2007. National Atlantic will offer its auto coverage in conjunction with an...
Kemper Introduces New High Value Homeowner Product in Texas
Aug 9 2007 // Kemper announced it has introduced INFINITY, an enhanced homeowners program designed for homes in Texas valued from $400,000 to $1.5 million. According to the company’s announcement, INFINITY features three primary...
Texas-based Brokerage Acquired by HUB Transportation Unit
Aug 7 2007 // Hub International Transportation Insurance Services Inc. (HUB Transportation) acquired Templeton Southwest Insurance Agency Inc. and Templeton Southwest of Houston Insurance Agency Inc. (Templeton), according to an...
Texas AG Says Health Spa Chain Exposed Customer Records to ID Theft
Aug 7 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott cited Minnesota-based Lifetime Fitness and subsidiaries LTF Club Management Company L.L.C. and LTF Club Operations Company Inc., for systematically exposing its customers to identity...
People and Places
Aug 6 2007 // Dallas-based wholesaler Heartland Marketing Group named Jim Bishop as president. He will be responsible for Heartland’s wholesale and excess and surplus insurance operations. Bishop joins the operation from The...
Farmers rethinks homeowners rate hike in Texas
Aug 6 2007 // Texas regulators indicated they would turn down a proposal by Farmers Insurance for a 6.6 percent statewide increase in homeowners rates, so in late July 2007, the company said it will revise its plan. Ben Gonzales, a...
People and Places
Aug 6 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson take over the reins of PCI on...
People
Aug 6 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson take over the reins of PCI on...
People
Aug 6 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson takes over the reins of PCI...
People
Aug 6 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson take over the reins of PCI on...
