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Insurance Council of Texas Offers Disability Management Training
Apr 11 2007 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) announced it has teamed up with the TDI Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC), American Insurance Association, and Property Casualty Insurers Association of America to provide...
Texas Arson Hotline Nets Three Arrests in Store Fire
Apr 10 2007 // A call to the Texas Arson Hotline resulted in the arrest of three Sul Ross State University students following a fire in an Alpine, Texas, convenience store, according to A Texas Advisory Council on Arson (ATAC), which...
Klimek to Head Up Sales and Marketing for WSS in Calif., Texas
Apr 10 2007 // Richard L. Polizzi, president/CEO of Pasadena, Calif.-based Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc. (WSS) and Kyle Stevens, chief operating officer, in Dallas, Texas, announced personnel changes following their...
Texas DWC Changes Effective Date for Required Treatment Planning
Apr 10 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has submitted to the Texas Register an emergency rule to change the date on which treating doctors in the workers’ compensation system are...
Majority of medical malpractice claims close without payment
Apr 9 2007 // The majority of medical malpractice claims in a study of seven states were closed without any compensation paid to those claiming a medical injury, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...
My New Markets
Apr 9 2007 // Logging and Lumbering Nuts & Bolts: O’Donovan & Associates’ Timber Harvester Program is designed to provide customized coverage for the contractor who harvests and hauls timber and related products....
Majority of medical malpractice claims close without payment
Apr 9 2007 // The majority of medical malpractice claims in a study of seven states were closed without any compensation paid to those claiming a medical injury, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...
Mentoring process is at the core of new producer development
Apr 9 2007 // Most high performance, high growth independent agencies have a lot in common when it comes to finding, hiring and mentoring new producers: They dedicate the necessary time for their mentoring program and couple the...
State Auto completes purchase of Beacon Insurance Group in Texas
Apr 9 2007 // Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. has completed the purchase of the Beacon Insurance Group of Wichita Falls, Texas. With the acquisition, Texas becomes State Auto’s 29th state of operation, according...
My New Markets
Apr 9 2007 // BOP, Beauty, Nail Salons Nuts & Bolts: Bass Underwriters has a new admitted program for BOPs targeting a varied selection of risks. The program will entertain such businesses as beauty and nail salons, clothing...
Mentoring process is at the core of new producer development
Apr 9 2007 // Most high performance, high growth independent agencies have a lot in common when it comes to finding, hiring and mentoring new producers: They dedicate the necessary time for their mentoring program and couple the...
My New Markets
Apr 9 2007 // Commercial Auto Nuts & Bolts: Texas Specialty Risk Programs is offering coverage on commercial auto fleets, 1-20 power units. Lowest pricing available. Same day quotes if requested. No loss info required. Submission...
Business Moves
Apr 9 2007 // Argonaut, PXRE Argonaut Group Inc., a specialty underwriter headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, and PXRE Group Ltd., a Bermuda-based property reinsurer, agreed to a merger under which the combined entity will do business...
People
Apr 9 2007 // Dallas-based KMC Insurance Services promoted Warren Lee to vice president of its commercial lines department. Lee focuses on large commercial accounts, specializing in the home building, roofing, real estate development,...
Editor’s Note: Take care of yourself and others
Apr 9 2007 // It could be argued that the RadioShack employees (if the charges prove to be true) were acting out of ignorance or they just didn’t care. It sounds like that argument would not apply to the insurance company, which...
Editor’s Note: Take care of yourself and others
Apr 9 2007 // It could be argued that the RadioShack employees (if the charges prove to be true) were acting out of ignorance or they just didn’t care. It sounds like that argument would not apply to the insurance company, which...
Texas Workers’ Comp Claimant Works 3 Jobs After Reporting Injury
Apr 6 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Leonard Cano of Houston has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Cano worked for three different employers while collecting workers’ comp...
Wall Named Assistant VP and Associate Legal Counsel at Colemont
Apr 5 2007 // Dallas-based Colemont announced the addition of Catherine L. Wall as assistant vice president and associate legal counsel. In this newly created role, Wall will assist in overseeing the company’s overall domestic...
Fla.-based Brown & Brown Buys Houston’s United Employers
Apr 4 2007 // Brown & Brown Insurance Services of Texas Inc., a subsidiary of Fla.-based Brown & Brown Inc., acquired the assets of Houston-based United Employers Insurance Agency Inc. United Employers Insurance Agency, is a...
Donated Smoke Alarms Save Elderly Texas Couple
Apr 4 2007 // Smoke alarms interrupted the afternoon nap of an elderly couple in New Braunfels, Texas, on April 1 and firefighters say it saved their lives. Firefighters in New Braunfels say a fire started in the home’s attic...
