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Sep 4 2006 // No ‘pixie dust’ for reform, Texas work comp chief says With that statement Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts introduced his message to a crowd of insurance professionals attending...

Sep 4 2006 // People RISC, based in Dallas, promoted Beth Winstead to senior vice president in its Brokerage Department. Winstead joined RISC in 1997 as a casualty broker and has been one of its most consistent performers since that...

New Markets

Sep 4 2006 // Insurance Agents E&O Nuts & Bolts: London American Professional Liability LLC, a program administrator and MGA, introduced a new professional liability program for insurance agencies. The program is designed for...

Texas A&M finds disaster preparedness lacking

Sep 4 2006 // Five years after 9/11 and one year after Hurricane Katrina, most companies have some form of disaster response plan in place; however, one out of four professionals responsible for corporate disaster preparedness efforts...

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...