Latest Texas Headlines
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New Markets
Sep 4 2006 // Security Risks Nuts & Bolts: AI Risk, Lexington Insurance’s Middle Market Unit, has selected Brownyard Programs Ltd. to bring AIG’s GuardSecure product to small- and intermediate-sized private security...
New Markets
Sep 4 2006 // Security Risks Nuts & Bolts: AI Risk, Lexington Insurance’s Middle Market Unit, has selected Brownyard Programs Ltd. to bring AIG’s GuardSecure product to small- and intermediate-sized private security...
Roach Howard Smith & Hunter, L.T. Barton Insurance Now Have One Name
Sep 1 2006 // Roach Howard Smith & Hunter and L.T. Barton Insurance, one company since 1998, announced they will now operate under the same name, Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB). The two firms merged in 1998, bringing...
Texas Supreme Court Upholds Mold Exclusion in Homeowners Policy
Sep 1 2006 // Asked by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to clarify whether a homeowners insurance policy that contains language excluding mold provides coverage for mold contamination caused by water damage that...
Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association Elects Officers
Aug 31 2006 // The Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association recently elected officers for 2006-2007. Elected chairman of the governing committee was Terry Mack, consultant property and casualty underwriting operations, State Farm...
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Seeks Solutions
Aug 31 2006 // With an ever-increasing number of policyholders, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association is considerably under-funded in the event a major hurricane makes landfall in Galveston or Corpus Christi, according to Jerry...
Seibert Joins PWIB Texas
Aug 31 2006 // Molly Seibert has joined PWIB Texas as associate underwriter/broker. She will work out of the firm’s Dallas office. Seibert previously was associated with other insurance wholesalers in Texas and has 27 years’...
Texas Agents’ Group Testifies Before Committee on Windstorm Coverage
Aug 31 2006 // Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced it has proposed a set of guiding principles before the Texas Legislature’s Joint Committee on Windstorm Coverage and Budget Impact during a public hearing in Corpus...
CIGNA HealthCare of Texas Adds Schornick as VP – Network Operations
Aug 29 2006 // CIGNA HealthCare of Texas announced is has hired Amy Schornick as vice president of network operations for its North Texas and Oklahoma markets. Schornick brings extensive contracting, provider relations and consultative...
Texas Sen. Robert Duncan Honored by AMERIGROUP Foundation
Aug 29 2006 // The AMERIGROUP Foundation reported that state Senator Robert Duncan of Lubbock, Texas, has been honored with its “Champion for Children” award. The award is part of the AMERIGROUP Foundation’s national...
Texas Arson Hotline Call Results in Arrests and Reward
Aug 29 2006 // An anonymous phone call to the state’s Arson Hotline resulted in the arrests of two men in Brady, Texas. The Texas Advisory Council on Arson (ATAC) reported that the suspects were charged with burglary with intent to...
Texas Insurers Say They Learned Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
Aug 29 2006 // Texas insurers were thankful that Hurricane Katrina avoided the state’s coastal property, but the storm provided the industry valuable lessons in dealing with future catastrophes. Hurricane Katrina forced companies...
In Advance of Windstorm Hearing, AIA Provides Input for Texas Legislators
Aug 29 2006 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced it has submitted information regarding residual insurance markets and natural catastrophes to the Texas Joint Committee on Windstorm Coverage and Budgetary Impact for its...
Texas Agent Group Urges Lawmakers to Address Windstorm Problems
Aug 29 2006 // At its Board of Directors meeting in Austin on Aug. 25 and 26, the Texas Insurance Professionals (PIA Texas) discussed the current situation facing the Texas insurance market as it relates to the Texas Windstorm Insurance...
Texas Agent Honored by National Republican Congressional Committee
Aug 29 2006 // Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced that Kenneth Threlkeld, a long-time member of IIAT and founder of Threlkeld & Company Insurance in Tyler, Texas, was named the 2006 Republican of the Year from Texas by...
Ahrens Named Health Care Provider Ombudsman for Texas DOI
Aug 27 2006 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin appointed Jennifer Ahrens as Health Care Provider Ombudsman for the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI). Ahrens, formerly general counsel and Advisor for the Governor’s...
Intracorp Workers’ Comp HCN Certified by Texas Department of Insurance
Aug 24 2006 // Philadelphia, Pa.-based Intracorp announced that the Texas Department of Insurance has certified it as a workers’ compensation health care network (WCHCN). So far, the department has approved nine networks, including...
Texas Agent Group to Hold 2nd Annual Small Agency Conference in Oct.
Aug 23 2006 // Independent insurance agency principals, key personnel and leading industry vendors will gather in Waco, Texas, in mid-October for the second annual Small Agency Conference sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of...
Annual Texas Workers’ Comp Conference Set for December 4-5
Aug 23 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold its annual Workers’ Compensation Conference on December 4-5, 2006 in Austin. The conference will be held at the Doubletree...
MHBT, Fireman’s Fund Award $13K to Texas Fire Department
Aug 22 2006 // Dallas-based independent insurance agency McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT) and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company awarded the Fairview (Texas) Fire Department a $13,370 grant to purchase a specialized air...
