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Texas Insurance Complaints Lowest in 7 Years, Trade Group Says

Nov 22 2006 // Information obtained from the Consumer Protection division of the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) shows the number of consumer complaints with insurance companies is the lowest since 1999, the Insurance Council of...

Kaplan Installed as President of Texas Surplus Lines Association

Nov 22 2006 // The Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. announced the election of the following officers and directors at the organizations 50th annual meeting held Nov. 13, 2006, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas: President Len...

Jury Rejects Texas Agent’s Claim that RNC Stole His W’04 Design

Nov 21 2006 // The design of the “W’04” bumper sticker prevalent during President Bush’s re-election campaign was not stolen from a Texas insurance agent, a federal jury in Texarkana, Texas, has ruled. Jurors...

It Figures

Nov 20 2006 // $56 Million The amount returned to Texas insurance consumers over the past year as a result of actions by the Texas Department of Insurance’s Consumer Protec-tion Division, a record amount for the agency. The money...

Vendor picked for verification plan

Nov 20 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance, serving as lead agency in a joint project with the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas Department of Information Resources, reported...

No monumental changes in South Central states from Nov. 7 elections

Nov 20 2006 // Arkansas Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe, a Democrat, won the race for the governor’s office, handily defeating Republican candidate Asa Hutchinson. Beebe, who served 20 years in the state Senate and has been...

People and Places

Nov 20 2006 // Tony Boyd joined Dallas-based McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. as a sales professional in Personal Insurance Professionals, a division of MHBT that serves personal lines clients. Prior to joining MHBT, he was agency owner...

IIAT survey finds coastal insurance market tighter; more expensive

Nov 20 2006 // Property insurance along the Texas coast is getting harder to find plus premiums and deductibles are increasing, according to results from a survey of independent insurance agents. Respondents are members of the...

IIAT survey finds coastal insurance market tighter; more expensive

Nov 19 2006 // Property insurance along the Texas coast is getting harder to find plus premiums and deductibles are increasing, according to results from a survey of independent insurance agents. Respondents are members of the...

Texas

Nov 19 2006 // As expected, incumbent Texas Gov. Rick Perry won re-election in a heavily Republican state, but his victory was by no means a shoo-in. Perry only gathered 39 percent of the votes in a race that was split five ways between...

Nov 19 2006 // People Tony Boyd joined Dallas-based McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. as a sales professional in Personal Insurance Professionals, a division of MHBT that serves personal lines clients. Prior to joining MHBT, he was...

News Currents

Nov 19 2006 // Vendor picked for verification plan The Texas Department of Insurance, serving as lead agency in a joint project with the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas Department...

News Currents

Nov 19 2006 // No monumental changes in South Central states from Nov. 7 elections Arkansas Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe, a Democrat, won the race for the governor’s office, handily defeating Republican candidate Asa...

Figures

Nov 19 2006 // $56 Million The amount returned to Texas insurance consumers over the past year as a result of actions by the Texas Department of Insurance’s Consumer Protec-tion Division, a record amount for the agency. The money...

Business Moves

Nov 19 2006 // North American Group, CIC Insurance Brokers, CTK Insurance Services North American Group, headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla., acquired Abilene, Texas-based CIC Insurance Brokers Inc. and CTK Insurance Services Inc. of...

Texas Court of Appeals: Insurers Must Defend Samsung in EMF Suits

Nov 17 2006 // The law firm of Anderson Kill & Olick P.C., reported that the Texas Court of Appeals has ruled that Samsung Electronics America is entitled to defense coverage for class action lawsuits based upon the alleged harm...

Texas Commissioner Agrees to Windstorm Rate Hikes

Nov 16 2006 // Although not as substantial as those sought by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin signed an order on Nov. 15 giving TWIA rate hikes of 3.7 percent for commercial property...

Smoke Alarm Donated by Texas Coalition Alerts Disabled Homeowner

Nov 16 2006 // A 62 year old Waco, Texas, resident can thank a donated smoke alarm for possibly saving her life and her home recently. Madeline Goff, who is assisted by a walker, was alerted by smoke alarms that she had a potential fire...

TDI Deputy Commissioner Receives National Award

Nov 14 2006 // For the second year in a row the Texas Department of Insurance’s (TDI) Licensing Division has been recognized for its outstanding performance by the Securities and Insurance Licensing Association (SILA). The...

TDI Consumer Protection Division Recovers $56M for Texans

Nov 13 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance reported that more than $56 million was returned to Texas consumers during the past year as a result of actions by TDI’s Consumer Protection Division, a record amount for the...