Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workers’ Comp Seminar to be Offered in San Angelo, Texas
Apr 7 2006 // Workforce Solutions and the Angelo State University Small Business Development Center will sponsor a one-day educational seminar on Workers’ Compensation 101 and Return To Work presented by the Texas Department of...
Texas Producer Awarded Central Insurance Companies Scholarship
Apr 6 2006 // Kendall Ewan, vice president of Marketing for Evans, Ewan and Brady Insurance Agency Inc., of Georgetown, Texas, was recently awarded one of 10 scholarships from Central Insurance Companies. The national award is part of...
Okla. Among ‘Moderate States’ When it Comes to Lawsuit Liability
Apr 5 2006 // Oklahoma’s civil justice system ranks No. 33 among states in a national survey of lawyers representing insurance companies and public corporations and was judged better than some nearby states that have restricted...
Texas Gov.: State and Local Officials Best in Responding to Disaster
Apr 4 2006 // With the start of the hurricane season just two months away, Gov. Rick Perry said recent recommendations that the federal government assume primary control of disaster response is the wrong approach to take, the...
TDI’s Selden explains department’s high tech, high touch approach
Apr 3 2006 // Texas Department of Insurance Senior Associate Commis-sioner for Consumer Affairs Audrey Selden had a good news/bad news story for the insurance industry when she spoke at the Austin Insurance Day, sponsored in early March...
Kristin Wall
Apr 3 2006 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation named Kristin Wall, president and chief operating officer, to replace Steve Cavanaugh as chief executive officer. Cavanaugh tendered his resignation at the March 16 Board...
Case Law Watch
Apr 3 2006 // Auto-Liability Fields v. American Central Insurance Co. (La. App., 2nd Dist., March 8, 2006) Undated named driver exclusion endorsement sufficient to defeat coverage: Lensing was involved in a June 18, 2003, auto accident...
Texas insurers see profits despite Hurricane Rita
Apr 3 2006 // Texas home insurers turned substantial profits last year despite Hurricane Rita’s destruction, prompting state regulators to question whether some companies’ rates are too high, the Associated Press...
Louisiana, Texas look to bonds for cat funding
Apr 3 2006 // With record hurricane losses in back to back seasons, states along the U.S. Gulf Coast are aiming to boost reserves for their insurers of last resort through the issuance of catastrophe bonds. Louisiana is hard at work...
News Currents
Apr 3 2006 // TDI’s Selden explains department’s high tech, high touch approach And tells a good news/bad news story along the way Texas Department of Insurance Senior Associate Commis-sioner for Consumer Affairs Audrey...
Homeowners – Texas
Apr 3 2006 // New Markets Nuts & Bolts: Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc., based in San Diego, Calif., is rolling out a new homeowners program in Texas. Coverage highlights in-clude: Specified additional amount of...
Texas Businesses Studying Governor’s Proposed Tax Structure
Mar 31 2006 // As the owner of his family’s 28-year-old company, Kurt Summers is one of the few Texas businessmen that pay state business taxes. The roughly $8,000-a-year that he pays on Austin Generator Service is a tax that Gov....
Bass Underwriters’ Texas Office Offers Online Program for Small Contractors
Mar 31 2006 // Bass Underwriters’ Texas office announced the launch of a new online program to assist agents in placing small artisan contractors, including those working on home construction. The company said the easy-to-use...
PIA Texas Expresses Support for Windstorm Bonds
Mar 31 2006 // The Texas Insurance Professionals (PIA Texas) association reported that it has addressed a letter to Texas Gov. Rick Perry in support of the proposal that the state authorize the sale of $800 million in bonds in order to...
Texas Mutual Launches Workers’ Comp Health Care Network
Mar 31 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that the Texas Department of Insurance certified its Texas Star Network option on March 29, 2006. The company will begin offering the network option to eligible workers’...
Galveston, Texas, Schools Boost Insurance to Brace for Storms
Mar 31 2006 // The Galveston, Texas, school board voted to triple its insurance payments to keep up with higher rates for windstorm coverage. With hurricane season approaching, the coastal district will pay $1.3 million in premiums to...
Texas Joint Committee on Windstorm Coverage Selected
Mar 30 2006 // Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst and Speaker Tom Craddick recently released the names of Senate and House of Representatives appointees to the Joint Select Committee on Windstorm Coverage. The Joint Select...
Texas Mutual Introduces Online Wage Reporting Tool
Mar 30 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company introduced its newest tool at texasmutual.com: DWC-3 Employers’ Wage Statement reporting. The tool reduces cumbersome paperwork and helps ensure that injured workers receive timely,...
Loftis Named Head of Governmental Affairs at IIAT
Mar 29 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced that H. Lee Loftis has been named director of governmental affairs. Loftis will be responsible for representing the interests of the statewide association in both the...
New Officers Elected for Texas Windstorm Association, FAIR Plan
Mar 29 2006 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and Texas FAIR Plan Association have elected new officers for 2006. Elected were: chairman, James Elbert, owner of Elbert Insurance Agency in Lake Jackson, Texas; vice chairman,...
