Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Does Reform Matter? Look at Texas
Jun 11 2007 // Do policy changes like deregulation and tort reform really matter? Some people wonder because the costs of over regulation or a legal system run amok are largely hidden. They are no less real than the costs of taxation, of...
Texas School Officials Plead Innocent in Corruption Case
Jun 11 2007 // Six people, including a Pharr-San Juan-Alamo (Texas) schools superintendent and two school board members, pleaded innocent on June 8 to a sweeping federal indictment alleging cash, trips, and gifts were swapped for votes...
IIAT Introduces Officers, Award Winners at Annual Conference
Jun 8 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas introduced its new officers for the coming year at its 110th Annual Conference & Trade Show, held recently in San Antonio. The organization also recognized the winners of two...
School Officials in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Face Corruption Charges
Jun 7 2007 // The superintendent of a Rio Grande Valley (Texas) school district, several school board members and others face charges alleging they accepted more than $600,000 in bribes to steer contracts to certain businesses, federal...
Progressive, Asi Lloyds Partner to Offer Discounts in Texas
Jun 6 2007 // Progressive County Mutual, a member of the Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, and ASI Lloyds announced they will each offer discounts on their products to Texans who buy both through a local independent insurance...
Texas to Host Southern Workers’ Comp Administrators Meeting
Jun 5 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance and Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts are hosting the 59th Annual Southern Association of Workers’ Compensation Administrators (SAWCA) Convention on July...
Texas AG cracks down on lender for ID theft exposure
Jun 4 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says Ohio-based CNG Financial Corporation and subsidiaries Check ‘n Go of Texas Inc. and Southwestern & Pacific Specialty Finance Inc. have been systematically exposing their...
People and Places
Jun 4 2007 // National Insurance Partners Inc. (NIP), a Texas-based risk management and financial solutions firm, has appointed William E. Harrison, Jr. as president. Harrison brings 16 years of experience in the insurance industry to...
Declarations
Jun 4 2007 // Declarations If they can do it “Forty-nine other states feel comfortable with their departments of insurance regulating ratemaking.” — Louisiana Sen. Julie Quinn, R-Metairie. The Senate passed a...
People
Jun 4 2007 // National Insurance Partners Inc. (NIP), a Texas-based risk management and financial solutions firm, has appointed William E. Harrison, Jr. as president. Harrison brings 16 years of experience in the insurance industry to...
Texas AG cracks down on lender for ID theft exposure
Jun 4 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says Ohio-based CNG Financial Corporation and subsidiaries Check ‘n Go of Texas Inc. and Southwestern & Pacific Specialty Finance Inc. have been systematically exposing their...
Personal Lines Leaders
Jun 4 2007 // Agency Name 2006 Personal Personal Total 2006 Main Office Main Office Web site Lines Lines P/C Premiums City State Premium Revenue Written 1 Keystone Insurers Group $316.0 million $39.5 million $790.0...
Hamm Joins PWIB Texas as Accounting Manager
Jun 1 2007 // PWIB Texas announced that Teresa Hamm has joined the company as accounting manager. In this capacity she will be in charge of accounting and related activities for the firm’s Dallas and San Antonio offices. Hamm has...
Texas Workers’ Comp Medical Billing, Payment Data Available
May 31 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation announced the availability of public use data files (PUDFs) for workers’ compensation medical charges and payments. Data sets for both...
Texas Mutual to Pay $125M in Dividends
May 31 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced it would distribute approximately $125 million in individual policyholder dividends, a record for the company. The plan still requires Texas Department of Insurance approval. Texas...
Texas Alerts Agents About Investigation Into Nontraditional Product
May 30 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance issued an alert to agents and consumers concerning a nontraditional insurance product offering it is investigating. The bulletin advised Texas insurance agents to exercise caution with...
Law Enforcement to be First Users of Texas’ Financial Responsibility System
May 29 2007 // A statewide system to verify that drivers in Texas have insured their vehicles to the extent required by law is in the process of being developed and is expected to go online in early 2008, according to one individual...
Texas Legislature Passes Bill to Protect Ports from Lawsuits
May 29 2007 // The Texas Legislature unanimously passed House Bill 1602, by Rep. Corbin Van Arsdale (Tomball). The legislation is designed to protect Texas ports against frivolous lawsuits that threaten the state’s economy,...
Nationwide and Germania Donate to Texas Arson Hotline
May 29 2007 // Two insurers, Nationwide and Germania, have made donations to the Texas Arson Hotline, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. Each donated $1,000. The Arson Hotline has been responsible for more than two dozen arrests on...
Texas Regulators Order Company to Cease ‘Business of Insurance’
May 29 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has issued a cease and desist order to the National Foundation of America (NFOA) for engaging in the business of insurance without a license. According to TDI, NFOA, based in...
