Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
National Advantage Insurance Services Now Writing in Texas
May 24 2005 // Clifford Mapes, president and CEO of Tustin, Calif.-based National Advantage Insurance Services Inc., announced that he has been appointed and approved for writing several insurance products in the state of Texas. The line...
Allstate, SIIS and Others Launch Flood Safety Campaign
May 23 2005 // Just in time for the Memorial Day weekend, public and private sector partners, including the Allstate Foundation and Southwestern Insurance Information Service, are joining forces to expand flood safety awareness in Texas...
TRCC: THIRD-PARTY WARRANTY PROVIDERS MUST REGISTER
May 23 2005 // Third-party warranty companies that provide services for Texas homeowners on behalf of builders/remodelers must now register with the Texas Residential Construction Commission. The companies must adopt the...
TWCC Approves COAs to Self-Insure for Seven Companies
May 23 2005 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission approved the reapplications for Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure for a one-year period by seven private employers during a public meeting on May 19. Texas law allows...
High-Value Autos in Texas
May 23 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: AIG Private Client Group, a division of the personal lines property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group Inc., has launched its enhanced AIG Private Client Group Auto...
People & Places
May 23 2005 // C. Jeff Pan U.S.I. Holdings Corp. appointed C. Jeff Pan senior vice president – Business Transformation. Pan, who will be based in Dallas, is responsible for transforming the company’s business processes from a...
TRCC: Third-Party Warranty Providers Must Register
May 23 2005 // Third-party warranty companies that provide services for Texas homeowners on behalf of builders/remodelers must now register with the Texas Residential Construction Commission. The companies must adopt the...
New Markets
May 23 2005 // Staffing Firms Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer and Company launched SpecialtyOne, an errors and omissions insurance program for management consultants and staffing firms. Target risks for the program include a...
People
May 23 2005 // U.S.I. Holdings Corp. appointed C. Jeff Pan senior vice president – Business Transformation. Pan, who will be based in Dallas, is responsible for transforming the company’s business processes from a...
Ballinger Describes Texas Stamping Office Operations to AAMGA University
May 23 2005 // Structural similarities and differences between stamping and service offices in the 15 stamping offices across the U.S. and how their markets differ were discussed by Phil Ballinger, executive director of the Surplus Lines...
Business Moves
May 23 2005 // Republic Republic Companies Group Inc., based in Dallas, filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of up to $115,000,000 of newly...
Ballinger Describes Texas Stamping Office Operations to AAMGA University
May 23 2005 // Structural similarities and differences between stamping and service offices in the 15 stamping offices across the U.S. and how their markets differ were discussed by Phil Ballinger, executive director of the Surplus Lines...
News Briefs
May 23 2005 // Louisiana Producer Arrested, Issued C&D A Caddo Parish, La., insurance producer was arrested and issued a cease and desist order for allegedly misappropriating insurance funds, according to the Louisiana Depart-ment...
To Subscribe or Not Subscribe That is the Workers’ Comp Question
May 23 2005 // As Texans, we pride ourselves on our rugged independence and our determination to forge our own path. That is certainly what Texas has done in the area of workers’ compensation, the state-regulated insurance program...
Number One in Q1 Catastrophes
May 23 2005 // The Insurance Council of Texas reported that a series of thunderstorms that pummeled portions of the Hill Country and central Texas in late March resulted in Texas leading the nation in insured losses during the first...
CAA Reports $304M in Production in 2004, Elects 2005 Management Team
May 20 2005 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC reported its members achieved over $304 million in production for 2004. The newly elected 2005 management committee was also announced, including CAA’s new chairman...
Texas Workers Reminded to Use Safety Belts While Out on the Road
May 20 2005 // For pickup truck drivers and passengers, wearing a safety belt can mean the difference between making a safe trip and ending up seriously injured or killed, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
AIA: Texas Med-Mal Reforms Showing Excellent Results
May 18 2005 // Recent news from the American Medical Association offered more evidence that the medical malpractice insurance reforms that took effect in Texas in 2003, are working, the American Insurance Association announced. The...
So. Texas TV Outlets Air Hurricane Awareness Series
May 18 2005 // Television stations in Corpus Christi and Harlingen have begun airing a series of news reports on hurricane awareness, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. The impetus to focus on what homeowners along the Texas coast...
Higginbotham & Associates Adds VP to Specialty Energy Division
May 17 2005 // Higginbotham & Associates, a privately held insurance brokerage firm based in Fort Worth, Texas, named commercial property and casualty broker Scott Fitzgerald as vice president to reflect his increased 2004 sales...
