Latest Texas Headlines

Law repealing surplus lines bond in effect

Feb 20 2006 // A law eliminating the surplus lines bond that Texas surplus agents formerly had to carry became effective Jan. 1, 2006, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) has reported. The Texas Legislature in 2005 passed...

Agents allege red-lining by ANPAC in Texas court case

Feb 20 2006 // A group of agents recently won a round in a Texas court in their fight to have documents released. Deemed “trade secrets” by American National Property & Casualty Co., they were made available to the...

News Briefs

Feb 19 2006 // Three Texas agencies make ’50 Best Companies’ list Three independent insurance agencies were among the “50 Best Companies to Work for in Texas” honored at a luncheon hosted by the Texas Association...

New Markets

Feb 19 2006 // New Markets Enhanced Partial Loss Settlement Nuts & Bolts: National Lloyds Insurance Company and American Summit Insurance Company have a new enhanced partial loss endorsement for the HO-8 homeowners form. It provides...

Feb 19 2006 // Catastrophe funding big on the radar screen for 2006 Some 60 to 70 percent of the estimated $4.7 billion in insured losses caused by Hurricane Rita in September 2005 occurred in Texas. The state experienced 188,000 claims,...

News Currents

Feb 19 2006 // Agents allege red-lining by ANPAC in Texas court case A group of agents recently won a round in a Texas court in their fight to have documents released. Deemed “trade secrets” by American National Property...

Hallmark, Texas General Agency

Feb 19 2006 // Hallmark, Texas General Agency Hallmark Financial Services Inc. completed its previously disclosed acquisition of Texas General Agency Inc. and certain affiliates. TGA is a managing general agency involved in the marketing...

Pair Sentenced in Texas in Unlicensed Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme

Feb 16 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance Special Prosecutor, working in conjunction with the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, secured a criminal conviction against David Alton Brabandt and Barbara Del Aguila of...

Texas Schools Group Earns $34K Dividend from Texas Mutual

Feb 15 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $34,280 purchasing group dividend for the Texas Schools Group (TSG). The TSG group dividend is separate from the approximately $50 million in individual dividends that Texas...

André Juneau, Past President of IIAT, Dead at 47

Feb 15 2006 // André P. Juneau, senior vice president of Nieman Hanks Puryear, a division of Frost Insurance Agency Inc., Austin, and former president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas, died early Feb. 14 in Austin. He was...

Central Texas All Industry Day to Take Place March 1

Feb 14 2006 // The Central Texas Chapter of CPCU Society and the Austin Association of Insurance Professionals will host the 2006 All Insurance Industry Day March 1 at the Doubletree Hotel in Austin. The schedule of events...

Liability Law Blocks Federally Insured Doctors from Helping in Disasters

Feb 13 2006 // Dozens of federally insured medical providers have been blocked from helping the Gulf Coast recover from Hurricane Katrina because their medical liability protection doesn’t apply outside their own states. Doctors...

Workers’ Comp 101 and Return to Work Seminar to be Held in Corpus Christi

Feb 13 2006 // Del Mar College Small Business Development Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, will sponsor a one-day educational seminar on Workers’ Compensation 101 and Return To Work presented by the Texas Department of Insurance...

Crist Appointed Field Vice President of Allstate’s Texas Region

Feb 10 2006 // Richard C. Crist, Jr., previously field vice president and president of Allstate New Jersey, was recently appointed to the position of field vice president (FVP) of Allstate’s Texas Region, headquartered in...

UniCare Launches New Options for Uninsured in Texas

Feb 8 2006 // UniCare Life & Health Insurance Company unveiled an innovative health insurance plan for Texas called Sound, which caters to the unique needs of adults between the ages of 19 and 29. There are an estimated 1.2 million...

McQueary Henry Bowles Troy Named One of the Best Companies in Texas

Feb 8 2006 // Dallas-based McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT), one of the largest privately owned insurance and risk management firms in the U.S., has secured the 27th spot on the first annual “50 Best Companies to Work for...

Return-to-Work Pilot Program Created for Small Employers in Texas

Feb 8 2006 // To encourage small employers to find ways to return their employees to the job sooner after a workplace injury, Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts has signed and submitted to the Texas Register...

Agents Win Round in Texas Courts Over Insurer’s Claim of ‘Trade Secrets’

Feb 7 2006 // A group of agents recently won a round in a Texas court in their fight to have documents that an insurance company has claimed were trade secrets unsealed and made available to the public. Travis County District Judge...

Texas DWC Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Rules

Feb 7 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting public comment on proposed rules. All proposed rules may be viewed on the TDI Web site at www.tdi.state.tx.us/wc/indexwc.html...

The big one

Feb 6 2006 // Is this the year Texas will be hit by the “big one?” Last year, Louisiana and Mississippi got hammered, Alabama and Florida, too, along with the year before. The big one, of course, is a hurricane–a...