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Texas Mutual Pays $220K Dividend to Social Services Agencies of Texas

Jul 6 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $220,430 dividend for the Social Services Agencies of Texas (SSA) purchasing group. The group dividend is separate from the approximately $100 million in individual dividends that...

Texas AG Shuts Down Unlawful El Paso Air Conditioning Business

Jul 6 2006 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has obtained a temporary restraining order against the owner of an El Paso, Texas, air conditioning business whose faulty installation of residential air conditioning units without a...

Texas Places Vesta Fire Insurance Corp. and Affiliates Into Rehabilitation

Jul 5 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) filed for and obtained an Agreed Order of Rehabilitation and Permanent Injunction from the 126th Judicial Court in Travis County on June 28, 2006, placing Vesta Fire Insurance...

The Logistics Trust of Texas Now Open for Business

Jul 5 2006 // The Logistics Trust of Texas, a workers’ compensation self-insurance group administered by First Cardinal of Texas Ltd, has received approval from the Texas Department of Insurance to begin offering coverage, First...

Jul 3 2006 // People Dallas-based Colemont Insurance Brokers – Texas announced the promotions of Su Young to assistant vice president and Amy Rosso-Leiker to the position of broker. Young joined Colemont in 2001 as a financial...

Chevron to help prevent tobacco sales to minors

Jul 3 2006 // Under an agreement signed with the state of Texas, 27 other states and the District of Columbia, Chevron Products Co. will take a leading role in preventing the sale of tobacco to minors, according to the Texas Attorney...

Business Moves

Jul 3 2006 // Homeowners of America Insurance Co. A new property and casualty insurer, Homeowners of America Insurance Com-pany, announced it has opened for business in Irving, Texas. Homeowners specializes in protecting residential...

New officers, award presentations among highlights of IIAT conference

Jul 3 2006 // Robert W. Hempkins, founding principal of Hempkins Insurance, Denison, was sworn in as president for 2006-2007 of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas at the association’s 109th Annual Conference and Trade Show,...

Texas Windstorm Building Code Advisory Committee Meets July 12

Jun 30 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that the Windstorm Building Code Advisory Committee on Specifications and Maintenance will hold a meeting of the advisory committee on July 12, 2006, at 1:00 p.m. in Room 102 of...

Texas Enforcement Actions in May Result in More than $224K in Fines

Jun 30 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during May. The actions include eight license revocations and fines and restitution totaling...

Texas Department of Insruance Announces April Enforcement Actions

Jun 28 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during April. The actions include four license revocations, three license denials and fines and...

TSLA Supports Surplus Lines Reform; Urges Members to Act

Jun 27 2006 // The Texas Surplus Lines Association announced their support of House Bill 5637, a new federal bill to reform surplus lines regulation. The bill, sponsored by Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Fla. and Dennis Moore D-Kan., and...

Hearing on Texas Medical Dispute Resolution Rules Planned for July 26

Jun 27 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold a public hearing on July 26, 2006, in the Tippy Foster Room of the Division’s Central Office located at 7551 Metro Center...

Texas Workers’ Comp Q3 Discount Rate and Interest Rate Announced

Jun 27 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has determined that any interest or discount provided for in the Act shall be at the rate of 8.68 percent. This rate is computed by using the...

CPCU Society’s Central Texas Chapter Elects 2006-2007 Officers

Jun 26 2006 // The Central Texas Chapter of the CPCU Society (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters) announced the newly elected officers for 2006-2007. The new officers include: President-Staci Scott, operations team manager of State...

CAA Adds LKL Insurance Group

Jun 26 2006 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), based in Austin, Texas, announced that Lynn, Kiecke, Lackey Insurance Group Inc. in Bellville has joined the organization as its 35th member agency. “LKL Insurance is located in...

Awards, New Officers Featured at Texas Big ‘I’ Conference

Jun 26 2006 // Among the highlights of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ 109th Annual Conference and Trade Show held recently in Houston were the election of new officers and the presentation of awards to outstanding...

Texas Agents Group Elects Hempkins President for 2006-07

Jun 23 2006 // Robert W. Hempkins, founding principal of Hempkins Insurance, Denison, Texas, was elected president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas for 2006-2007 and sworn in during IIAT’s 109th Annual Conference and...

Texas Farm Bureau Appoints Gerik Head of Texas Insurance Operations

Jun 23 2006 // Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies named Mike Gerik as head of its Texas insurance operations. Gerik was promoted to executive vice president of the Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company and vice president/state...

Hoffman Joins McQueary Henry Bowles Troy as Senior VP

Jun 22 2006 // Privately owned insurance and risk management firm McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT), announced that Chuck Hoffmann has re-joined the firm’s Dallas office as senior vice president of Personal Insurance...