Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Obituary Billy Earl Hibbs
Dec 4 2005 // Billy Earl Hibbs, founder of Tyler, Texas-based Heartland Security Insurance Group, died from the effects of Alzheimer’s disease on Nov. 5. Hibbs, who was born in Quitman, Texas, in 1938, moved to Tyler in the 1960s...
A New Home for Lower Value Dwellings
Dec 4 2005 // Heartland Marketing Group Inc. recently introduced a new market for lower valued homes, including mobile/manufactured home, travel trailer and stand-alone dwelling fire risks. Offered through Aegis Security Insurance...
The Four C’s of Risk Management for Oil and Gas Operator – Managing Contracts
Dec 4 2005 // Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on risk management for oil and gas operators. The first article appeared in the Aug. 22, 2005, issue of Insurance Journal West region edition on page 66. In the...
Smaller and Regional Programs: Proven Exercises
Dec 4 2005 // Pumped for profit Robin C. Brennan knows fuel dealers. She’s been handling their insurance needs since 1998. Brennan is a vice president with the Managing Agency Group in Hartford, Conn., a subsidiary of Hilb Rogal...
Texas Health Care Networks: A New Approach for Workers’ Compensation
Dec 2 2005 // House Bill 7 enacted sweeping workers’ compensation reforms. One of those reforms was the establishment of health care provider networks. After receiving much thoughtful input from system participants, I am proud to...
Consumer Advocates and Insurance Groups Urge Texans to Cash in on Competition
Dec 1 2005 // Consumer advocates and insurance groups announced the launch of a public education campaign to encourage Texans to shop around for insurance. The campaign marks the one-year anniversary on Dec. 1 of the implementation of...
IIAT Survey Shows Improved Conditions in Texas Homeowners, Auto Markets
Dec 1 2005 // Independent insurance agents in Texas report improved homeowners insurance coverage and lower premium prices for both homeowners and auto insurance as the year comes to an end. A survey of more than 1,800 member agencies...
FEMA to Hold Briefing on the Progress of Assisting Evacuees in Texas Toward Long-Term Recovery
Nov 30 2005 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced it will hold a teleconference on Wed., Nov. 30, 11:30 a.m. to discuss the progress of moving evacuees in Texas toward independence. FEMA had launched a massive...
Texas Recovering from Hurricane Rita
Nov 25 2005 // Most insurance agents in Texas have never faced the damage caused by a catastrophic storm. Thankfully, massive hailstorms, tornadoes and hurricanes have been few and far between in our state. But, Hurricane Rita changed...
More Help on the Way for Hurricane Evacuees in Texas
Nov 24 2005 // Evacuees from hurricanes Katrina and Rita living in Texas now have another way to help themselves move toward recovery through the Housing, Employment, Location, and Placement (HELP) Program, which is available from the...
ICT Joins Mesquite Police on Crime Prevention Program
Nov 23 2005 // The Insurance Council of Texas and the Mesquite (Texas) Police Department have joined together in a crime prevention program aimed at reducing automobile burglaries. The program involves the creation and implementation of...
The Four C’s of Risk Management for the Oil and Gas Operator – Contracts
Nov 21 2005 // (Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles on risk management for oil and gas operators. The first appeared in the Aug. 22, 2005, issue of Insurance Journal–Texas/South Central.) In the first...
Hurricane Rita Claims Expected to Hit $4.7 Billion
Nov 21 2005 // Majority of losses sustained in Louisiana, Texas. The Insurances Services Office expects property and casualty losses from Hurricane Rita to hit $4.7 billion, with the majority of losses occurring in Texas and Louisiana....
News Currents
Nov 20 2005 // Hurricane Rita Claims Expected to Hit $4.7 Billion Majority of losses sustained in Louisiana, Texas. The Insurances Services Office expects property and casualty losses from Hurricane Rita to hit $4.7 billion, with the...
Business Moves
Nov 20 2005 // Nationwide Nationwide Insurance is reducing homeowner rates for Nationwide Lloyds customers in Texas effective Jan. 7, 2006. The average decrease will be 10.75 percent for renewing Texas policyholders. Additionally,...
News Briefs
Nov 20 2005 // Arkansas Mobile Home Lawsuit Dismissed The Arkansas Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit filed by Nationwide Mutu-al Fire Insurance Co. over payment of a claim after a mobile home caught fire in Beebe, Ark. The Associated...
No Rate Change for TWIA; Texas Insurer Groups Question Why
Nov 16 2005 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin ordered the rates of homeowners that purchase windstorm coverage from the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) to remain unchanged, while increasing commercial rates five...
Appeals Court Order Has Allstate Payments in Texas on Hold
Nov 15 2005 // An appeals court order has put on hold payments from Allstate Insurance Co. to some victims of Hurricane Rita. A district judge in Austin had ordered Allstate to pay living expenses to customers displaced by the storm, but...
Hallmark Financial Services to Acquire Texas General Agency
Nov 15 2005 // Hallmark Financial Services Inc. announced it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Texas General Agency Inc. and certain affiliates. TGA is a managing general agency involved in the marketing and servicing of...
Superior Access Insurance Adds South Central Region Director
Nov 10 2005 // Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. President Mike Mayo has announced that Gail Bowlin has joined the firm as director of the south central region, which includes Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. Bowlin will be...
