Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Congress gets serious about surplus lines insurance reform
Jul 23 2007 // Insurance regulatory reform efforts on Capitol Hill took a giant leap forward with the recent House passage of HR 1065, the Non-Admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2007. Sponsored by Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., and Rep....
Williams Joins The Republic Group as Underwriting Process Manager
Jul 20 2007 // The Republic Group, a regional insurer based in Dallas, announced that Jay C. Williams has joined the company as its new Personal Lines Underwriting Process manager. In this newly created position, Williams will manage the...
Texas Mutual Pays Dividend to Texas Sign Association
Jul 20 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $24,664 dividend to the Texas Sign Association (TSA) Comp Group Inc. purchasing group. The dividend was based largely on the group’s premium volume and loss ratio. TSA is...
Farmers Pulls Plan for Homeowners Rate Hike in Texas
Jul 18 2007 // Farmers Insurance will revise its plan for an increase in homeowners rates because Texas regulators indicated they would turn down its initial proposal, officials said. Farmers, the third largest home insurer in Texas,...
Texas Mutual, Frost Insurance Launch Auto Repair Purchasing Group
Jul 18 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company and Frost Insurance Agency have partnered to launch the Texas Auto Repair purchasing group, Texas Mutual announced. The group offers members a money-saving workers’ compensation...
Emergency Service Organization Group Earns Texas Mutual Dividend
Jul 17 2007 // Workers’ compensation insurance provider Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $77,256 dividend for the Emergency Service Organization (ESO) purchasing group. The group’s sixth consecutive dividend was...
Republic Group Donates to Texas Arson Hotline
Jul 17 2007 // The Republic Group, celebrating over 100 years of service in Texas, has donated $1,000 to the Texas Arson Hotline. The Arson Hotline has been responsible for more than two dozen arrests on charges of arson since its...
Deputy Commerce Secretary Sampson Named President, CEO of PCI
Jul 17 2007 // The Board of Governors of the Ill.-based Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive...
Texas Attorney Honored with ICT’s Raymond Mauk Award
Jul 13 2007 // Richard S. “Dick” Geiger, general counsel of the law firm of Thompson, Coe, Cousins and Irons, was presented the Raymond Mauk Leadership Award Thursday, July 12 in Austin, at the 15th Annual Mid-Year Property...
Scott Joins PWIB Texas as Broker/Underwriter
Jul 13 2007 // Chris Scott has joined Dallas-based PWIB Texas as broker/underwriter, the company announced. Scott has been a broker since 2002 and previously was associated with other leading insurance wholesalers in the Dallas...
Texas Approves $1 Billion in Reinsurance for Windstorm Pool
Jul 13 2007 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) in early June submitted a proposal to the Texas Department of Insurance for the purchase of $1.5 billion in reinsurance under a three-tiered program. On July 11, Texas...
Texas Can Pay Back Small Employers for Some Workplace Alterations
Jul 12 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) can reimburse small, non-public employers for up to $2,500 in expenses for special equipment, furniture and other workplace modifications that allow an injured employee to return to...
Texas to Host Free Workers’ Comp Network Workshops in August
Jul 11 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance will host two workshops on workers’ compensation health care networks in August in Dallas. A workshop for employers will be held on August 24 and a workshop for health care providers...
Texas Oil and Gas Contracting Firm Indicted for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jul 10 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County grand jury indicted ZIPCO Services Inc. and its owner, Jerry Don Calicutt, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The indictments allege that...
Agents Question Receiver on Texas Select Unearned Commissions Policy
Jul 10 2007 // The Special Deputy Receiver for Texas Select Lloyds, in response to a request from the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas for clarification on unearned commission billing of former Texas Select agents, has offered the...
South Texas Counties at Odds with FEMA Over Flood Maps
Jul 6 2007 // Hidalgo County, Texas, officials are moving to block the release of an updated Rio Grande flood plain map that would force property owners to buy flood insurance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency plans to release...
Texas Mutual Pays $1.7M Dividend to TxOGA
Jul 6 2007 // Workers compensation carrier Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $1,752,338 dividend for the Texas Oil & Gas Association (TxOGA) purchasing group. TxOGA is the state’s largest association representing the...
Engle Martin & Associates’ Texas Offices Relocating
Jul 6 2007 // Engle Martin & Associates Inc., a national claims service provider, is moving its Dallas and Houston, Texas, offices, the company announced The Dallas office is moving to 17304 Preston Road, Suite 740, Dallas, Texas...
Texas Residents Watch Brazos River in Anticipation of More Flooding
Jul 2 2007 // Texas officials expected the Brazos River to rise above flood level, a cause of concern for residents who evacuated once already last week. The Brazos was expected to swell to around 26 feet, a foot above flood stage,...
Taking care of trash
Jul 2 2007 // Take care of what you throw in the trash. Some RadioShack employees in Texas have allegedly committed an egregious error, showing a careless disregard for protecting sensitive customer data. According to Texas Attorney...
