Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
People & Places
Feb 6 2006 // Dianne Morris of Austin, Texas, has been elected president of the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT) for 2006-2007. Morris is president of the Association Casualty Insurance Company. She succeeds...
Court sides with Allstate in Rita evacuee expenses case
Feb 6 2006 // A state district judge in Austin, Texas, has ruled Allstate will not have to cover the living expenses of evacuees displaced from their homes by Hurricane Rita if thier homes were not damaged, the Houston Chronicle and the...
Insurers seek bond measures for Texas catastrophe fund
Feb 6 2006 // Taking a cue from the Scout motto “Be Prepared,” a group of insurers is recommending legislation that would allow for generating funds to help pay for the reconstruction of the Texas coast should a powerful...
Baylor University endowed professorship honors Texas agent
Feb 6 2006 // Bill Bailey, founder of Bailey Insurance & Financial Services in Waco, Texas, was honored recently with the establishment of the Bill Bailey Endowed Professorship of Insurance & Risk Management in Baylor...
Spitzer probe brought bad practices to light, panel says
Feb 6 2006 // That the investigation of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer into compensation practices of the nation’s insurance brokers and carriers brought to light the unethical behavior of some bad industry apples was a...
Baylor University endowed professorship honors Texas agent
Feb 5 2006 // Presentation of scholarship endowment to Baylor University. Pictured from left to right: Dr. Terry Maness, Dean of the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University; Bill Bailey, Founder of Bailey Insurance &...
News Currents
Feb 5 2006 // Court sides with Allstate in Rita evacuee expenses case A state district judge in Austin, Texas, has ruled Allstate will not have to cover the living expenses of evacuees displaced from their homes by Hurricane Rita if...
News Currents
Feb 5 2006 // Insurers seek bond measures for Texas catastrophe fund Taking a cue from the Scout motto “Be Prepared,” a group of insurers is recommending legislation that would allow for generating funds to help pay for the...
Editor’s Note:
Feb 5 2006 // The insurance industry is expected to pay out a record $56.8 billion for 2005 insured residential and business property losses. Is this the year Texas will be hit by the “big one?” Last year, Louisiana and...
People
Feb 5 2006 // Dianne Morris of Austin, Texas, has been elected president of the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT) for 2006-2007. Morris is president of the Association Casualty Insurance Company. She succeeds...
Business Moves
Feb 5 2006 // The Austin, Texas-based National Alliance Research Academy has developed a long-term advisory task force on insurance producer leadership. The Producer Leadership Council, a group of six insurance industry leaders, meets...
Spitzer probe brought bad practices to light, panel says
Feb 5 2006 // That the investigation of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer into compensation practices of the nation’s insurance brokers and carriers brought to light the unethical behavior of some bad industry apples was a...
San Antonio Agents to Hold Workers’ Comp Class
Feb 3 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio will hold a workshop on the Texas workers’ compensation on March 9, 2006, in San Antonio. “Workers’ Comp: Navigating the Texas Experience Rating,”...
