Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas AG Cites RadioShack for Failing to Protect Customers from ID Theft
Apr 3 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has taken legal action against Fort Worth-based RadioShack Corporation for exposing its customers to identity theft. According to documents filed by the AG on April 2, 2007, RadioShack...
Texas Storms Damage Dozens of Homes
Apr 2 2007 // Thunderstorms hammered parts of Texas early on March 31, blacking out thousands of customers and spinning out tornadoes. The same group of storms sent a twister through a small town west of Waco late on March 30 and caused...
Ohio State Auto Completes Purchase of Beacon Insurance Group
Mar 29 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...
Texas Arson Council Honors Fire Investigators
Mar 28 2007 // A Texas Advisory Council on Arson (ATAC) reported it has honored two fire investigators for their work in education and law enforcement. The awards were presented March 22 at the 52nd Annual Texas Fire & Arson...
Swiss Re Launches Workers’ Comp Plan in Texas
Mar 27 2007 // Swiss Re’s Commercial Insurance introduced its workers’ compensation coverage for small business owners in Texas to be delivered via its exclusive CyberComp platform. According to the company’s...
TWIA and Texas FAIR Plan Elect Officers
Mar 27 2007 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and the Texas FAIR Plan Association Board of Directors announced the election of new officers for both organizations. James Langford, vice president of Texas Farm Bureau Insurance...
Texas Advisory Council on Arson Elects Officers
Mar 27 2007 // A Texas Advisory Council on Arson (ATAC) has elected new officers for 2007. David Mitchell, property claims supervisor for the Republic Groups, has been elected president. Stacy Singleton, director of emergency operations...
Texas orders homeowners carriers to justify rates
Mar 26 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance said on Mar. 9, 2007, it will require homeowner insurance carriers to file and justify their current rates in the coming months. The department said 2006 loss ratios, recent changes in the...
Teen drinking – a survey
Mar 26 2007 // The Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse conducts a Texas School Survey every two years that examines alcohol and drug use among students. The following are highlights from the 2003 survey: • In 2002, alcohol...
People
Mar 26 2007 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) hired William B. Bangs IV as vice president of agency relations. In this position, Bangs will plan, direct and coordinate agency relations with insurance agents...
Agents group and Texas PTA team up to fight teen drinking
Mar 26 2007 // The “Party 101: Consequences” development team involved teens in the creation, production and taping of the program. News Currents With Texas leading the nation in alcohol related deaths among young people, the...
Teen drinking – South Central states
Mar 26 2007 // According to the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation costs to states generated by underage drinking include medical care, work loss, and pain and suffering associated with the multiple problems caused by the use...
Agents group and Texas PTA team up to fight teen drinking
Mar 26 2007 // With Texas leading the nation in alcohol related deaths among young people, the Texas PTA and the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas have launched a statewide campaign designed to prevent underage drinking. The campaign...
Vanek promoted to CEO of NLASCO
Mar 26 2007 // Affordable Residential Communities closes acquisition of Texas-based insurer Affordable Residential Communities Inc. of Englewood, Colo., closed its previously announced acquisition of Waco, Texas-based NLASCO Inc., a...
U.S. Study Finds Majority of Medical Malpractice Claims Close Without Payment
Mar 26 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)...
With Acquisition, North Texas Agency has Second Location
Mar 26 2007 // Powter Insurance Agency Inc. of McKinney, Texas, announced it purchased Arlington, Texas-based Anchor Insurance Agency Inc. from Ron Brown. The Arlington location will be Powter Insurance Agency’s second...
TEEN DRINKING — SOUTH CENTRAL STATES
Mar 26 2007 // According to the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation costs to states generated by underage drinking include medical care, work loss, and pain and suffering associated with the multiple problems caused by the use...
Teen drinking — a survey
Mar 26 2007 // The Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse conducts a Texas School Survey every two years that examines alcohol and drug use among students. The following are highlights from the 2003 survey: In 2002, alcohol was...
People and Places
Mar 26 2007 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) hired William B. Bangs IV as vice president of agency relations. In this position, Bangs will plan, direct and coordinate agency relations with insurance agents...
Workers’ Comp, Identity Theft Bills Pass Texas House
Mar 23 2007 // Texas State Rep. Helen Giddings announced that four bills she sponsored that deal with workers’ compensation and identity theft passed the House of Representatives and will proceed to the Senate. The first of the...
