Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas Workers’ Comp Stakeholder Meeting Set for Aug. 1
Jul 25 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced it will hold a stakeholder meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 1, 2007, to allow for comment on informal working draft rules concerning...
Republic Promotes Lawson, Adds Gonzalez
Jul 24 2007 // Dallas-based The Republic Group announced two key personnel appointments. Ron Lawson was promoted to vice president – Personal Lines and Tony Gonzalez joined Republic, succeeding Lawson as assistant vice president,...
Hundreds Turn Out for Asbestos Screening in Dallas
Jul 24 2007 // More than 500 current and former residents of a West Dallas, Texas, neighborhood that was home to a vermiculite plant showed up for a recent asbestos screening, officials said. Parkland Memorial Hospital used a $250,000...
My New Markets
Jul 23 2007 // Truckers, Motor Truck Cargo Nuts & Bolts: Frontline Underwriters Inc., an independently owned and operated wholesale MGA, specializes in the placement of motor truck cargo, and offers physical damage and...
Congress gets serious about surplus lines insurance reform
Jul 23 2007 // Legislation passes House, heads for the Senate; but not all in the industry think it’s the answer as now written Insurance regulatory reform efforts on Capitol Hill took a giant leap forward with the recent House...
My New Markets
Jul 23 2007 // Truckers, Motor Truck Cargo Nuts & Bolts: Frontline Underwriters Inc., an independently owned and operated wholesale MGA, specializes in the placement of motor truck cargo, and offers physical damage and...
Business Moves
Jul 23 2007 // Republic, Southern States General Agency Dallas-based Republic Companies Inc. (Republic) acquired Southern States General Agency Inc. (SSGA) from Unitrin Inc., effective July 9. SSGA President Mickey Slaughter and his team...
News Currents
Jul 23 2007 // Agents question SDR on Texas Select unearned commissions policy The Special Deputy Receiver (SDR) for Texas Select Lloyds, in response to a request from the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas for clarification on the...
South Texas counties at odds with FEMA over maps
Jul 23 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...
News Currents
Jul 23 2007 // Texas approves $1 billion in reinsurance for windstorm pool 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...
People
Jul 23 2007 // Richard S. “Dick” Gieger, general counsel of the law firm of Thompson, Coe, Cousins and Irons, was presented the Raymond Mauk Leadership Award on July 12 in Austin, Texas, at the 15th Annual Mid-Year Property...
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...
