Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
MedAlert Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 5 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that MedAlert Inc. pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The Travis County 331st District Court ordered MedAlert to pay $2,842 in restitution to Texas...
Texas Governor Proposes $50 Million Disaster Contingency Fund
Feb 1 2007 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry has proposed the creation of a $50 million Disaster Contingency Fund to help state and local governments respond to public emergencies. “As we have learned from disasters like hurricanes Katrina...
U.S. Risk Brokers Promotes Way
Feb 1 2007 // U.S. Risk Brokers, a subsidiary of U.S. Risk Insurance Group, announced that Tiffany Way has been promoted from associate broker to broker. She is located at U.S. Risk Brokers’ Austin, Texas, office. Way is...
Study Shows Texas Economy Vulnerable to Cat-Sized Coastal Storm
Jan 31 2007 // A study commissioned by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) shows that the economy of the entire state of Texas would be severely impacted if a Category 3-type hurricane were to hit heavily populated areas of...
Washington Commissioner Issues Multiple Fines, Enforcement Actions
Jan 31 2007 // Washington’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner has ordered UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. of Minneapolis to pay a $59,000 fine following an agency investigation into the company’s use of unapproved contracts...
Austin, Texas, Agent Appointed to Encompass Advisory Panel
Jan 31 2007 // Austin, Texas, independent insurance agent Vicky Lindsey has been named to the national board of NorthStar, the agent advisory panel for Encompass Insurance. Her appointment was effective Jan. 1, 2007. NorthStar provides a...
American Physicians Service Group Merger Approved by Texas Regulators
Jan 31 2007 // American Physicians Service Group Inc. announced that the Texas Department of Insurance has approved the merger of American Physicians Insurance Exchange with APS. The merger, announced in June 2006, has been progressing...
Slip slidin’ away: The deterioration of the late notice defense
Jan 29 2007 // Through a series of opinions, courts seem to be gradually chipping away at insurer’s policy defenses based on late notice of claim or suit, or failure to forward suit papers. The new trend started when the Supreme...
TDI Offers Resources on Insurance Careers
Jan 29 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced it has a new interactive resource on the agency’s Web site, http://www.tdi.state.tx.us/commish/careers.html, describing careers available in the insurance industry: from...
Fla. Homeowner Rates may now Edge Texas, Insurer Group Says
Jan 29 2007 // Texas may no longer have the highest homeowner insurance rates in the country, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. For the second year in a row, both homeowners and automobile insurance premiums in Texas have...
People and Places
Jan 29 2007 // Argonaut Group Inc., based in San Antonio, reported that Gregory M. Vezzosi has joined the organization as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Vezzosi will report to Mark E. Watson III, president and...
Windstorm expected to be major insurance issue for Texas lawmakers
Jan 29 2007 // Funding for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Asso-ciation (TWIA) may not be the only insurance issue on lawmakers’ plates during the 2007 session of the Texas Legislature, but it will likely be the most high profile...
Declarations
Jan 29 2007 // More than one first “I’m elated to begin my first full four-year term during Oklahoma’s centennial year. It is indeed an honor. Having restored integrity and public confidence to the office, I am...
Fla. Pols Ready to Lead Lobbying Effort for National Catastrophe Fund
Jan 29 2007 // Now that the Florida Legislature has passed a bill that lawmakers say will address the state’s insurance problems, Gov. Charlie Crist and legislative leaders said Thursday their attention will be on pushing for a...
Slip slidin’ away: The deterioration of the late notice defense
Jan 28 2007 // Through a series of opinions, courts seem to be gradually chipping away at insurer’s policy defenses based on late notice of claim or suit, or failure to forward suit papers. The new trend started when the Supreme...
Windstorm expected to be major insurance issue for Texas lawmakers
Jan 28 2007 // Funding for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Asso-ciation (TWIA) may not be the only insurance issue on lawmakers’ plates during the 2007 session of the Texas Legislature, but it will likely be the most high profile...
Obituary
Jan 28 2007 // Leyton Eric Jeter, oldest son of Eric Freeman and Norma Brady Jeter, June 30, 1962, to January 6, 2007, born in Houston, Texas. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Shannon Wagner Jeter; son, Leyton Eric...
Declarations
Jan 28 2007 // More than one first “I’m elated to begin my first full four-year term during Oklahoma’s centennial year. It is indeed an honor. Having restored integrity and public confidence to the office, I am...
Building Codes Worked During Hurricane Rita, Study Shows
Jan 26 2007 // A study of 9,835 reported claims on residential dwellings damaged in Hurricane Rita conducted by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) shows that building codes work, the association announced. TWIA is the...
Texas Mutual Expands Workers’ Comp Network Service Areas
Jan 25 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that the Texas Department of Insurance approved the expansion of its workers’ compensation health care network option. The new service areas include west Texas cities such as...
