Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
SIIS to Hold Insurance Educational Conference in June
May 25 2007 // Southwestern Insurance Information Service announced their 54th Annual Educational Conference will be held June 26-27, 2007 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Addison, Texas. Kicking off the meeting at a dinner the evening of...
IIAT 110th Annual Conference Set for June 3 – 5 in San Antonio
May 25 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) announced its 110th Conference & Trade Show June 3-5 in San Antonio. Nearly 200 exhibitors are registered for the three-day trade show to be held at the San Antonio...
Brady Named Texas Personal Lines Underwriting Manager at Burns & Wilcox
May 23 2007 // Burns & Wilcox reported that Matthew Brady has joined the company as personal lines underwriting manager with responsibility for both its Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston offices. Brady will be based at Burns &...
Randio Joins U.S. Risk in Texas as Senior Underwriter
May 22 2007 // Wholesale broker and managing general agent U.S. Risk Insurance Group announced that Tonya Randio has joined the company as a senior underwriter in the Healthcare Division of its U.S. Risk Underwriters subsidiary. She will...
My New Markets
May 21 2007 // Allied Medical Organizations PL/GL Nuts & Bolts: Travis-Pedersen Associates Inc. is now offering a policy that covers a broad range of medical malpractice and general liability exposures. Allied health care facilities...
News Currents
May 21 2007 // Law enforcement to be first users of Texas’ financial responsibility system Event based process to be implemented first, ongoing verification to start later A statewide system to verify that drivers in Texas have...
Figures
May 21 2007 // 37 The number of new homeowners insurance companies entering Texas since 2003, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. In addition, the state has gained 28 new auto insurance providers during that time. The ICT said...
Okla. doctor: Lawmakers against tort reform can go to Texas for care
May 21 2007 // An Oklahoma surgeon said he will not treat legislators who voted against a bill to curb malpractice insurance rates and suggested they go to Texas for surgical procedures. Unless it is an emergency, Dr. Peter S. Hedberg...
2007 Property/Casualty State Specialist Insurers
May 21 2007 // 1 Brickstreet Mutual Insurance Co. WV 765,963 2 Texas Mutual Insurance Co. TX 743,095 3 Old American Cty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. TX 491,641 4 SAIF Corp. OR 449,794 5 Universal Property & Casualty...
Declarations
May 21 2007 // Rates going down “Consumers are clearly benefiting from what has turned into a very competitive insurance market. … When it seems like the price of everything else is going up, to hear insurance rates are going...
