Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Vail’s Resurgence: Is Independent Damage Still Required for Bad Faith’
Dec 6 2004 // In the arena of liability coverage, a number of significant, yet unresolved, issues are being considered by the Texas Supreme Court: The insurability of punitive damages is under review; selection of defense counsel is in...
TSLA Gears Up for Legislative Session with New Officers, Political Agenda
Dec 6 2004 // Taking over as the new president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc., Marshall Leicht, executive vice president and marketing manager of Leicht General Agency, told attendees at TSLA’s 48th Annual Meeting...
Alleging Overcharges, TDI Takes Action Against State Farm, Farmers
Dec 6 2004 // In the aftermath of a Texas state district judge’s ruling that tossed out mandated homeowners rate rollbacks for State Farm Lloyds and Farmers Insurance Group, the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) reported it is...
Turning 35: The National Alliance Looks Back … and Into the Future
Dec 6 2004 // Insurance education society has served more than 130,000 participants. 1969. It was the dawning of the age of Aquarius, it was one giant leap for mankind, it was the Summer of Love, it was Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby. And, it...
IIAT Reports Homeowners Rates Down in Texas, Coverage Improved
Dec 3 2004 // Homeowners who buy insurance from independent insurance agents in Texas should be seeing lower premiums and better coverages, according to the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas. The claim is based on results of a...
Texas Wasatch Seeks to Expand its Agency Force
Dec 2 2004 // Colleyville, Texas-based Texas Wasatch Insurance recently announced it is in the final stages of completing a recruitment program to double its Texas agent workforce. Mark E. Jones, Texas Wasatch Group CEO, explained,...
TWCC Schedules Public Hearing on Proposed Rule
Dec 2 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission reported it has scheduled a public hearing for Jan. 6, 2005. The Commission will take testimony on a rule amendment related to guidelines for certain medical payments...
State Farm Lloyds in Search of Legal Ruling; Request Filed for Restraining Order, Injunction Against TDI
Dec 2 2004 // State Farm Lloyds, the Texas property insurance affiliate of State Farm Insurance Companies, has filed an application for a temporary restraining order, temporary and permanent injunction and declaratory relief against the...
TWCC Submits Recommendations to Legislature
Dec 1 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission reported that, as required by the Texas Labor Code, it has recommended changes to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act to be considered by the 79th Texas Legislature...
SIIS to Hold Texas Workers’ Comp Seminar
Dec 1 2004 // Southwestern Insurance Information Service (SIIS) announced it will host a Public Policy Seminar, “Texas Workers’ Compensation Issues,” at a Jan.7, 2005, luncheon beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Red Lion...
NFIB/Construction Gets $82K Dividend from Texas Mutual Insurance
Dec 1 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) workers’ compensation purchasing group for the construction industry earned an $82,184 dividend. It was the...
Murphy Promoted to Sr. VP of Heath Texas
Nov 30 2004 // Heath Insurance Brokers announced that Jerry Murphy has been promoted to senior vice president for the company’s Texas branch. Murphy specializes in worker injury coverages including both workers’ compensation...
Infinity University Expos Scheduled in Texas
Nov 29 2004 // Infinity Insurance Company reported that its Infinity University is presenting Education Expo 2004 for the benefit of Texas agents in early December. The expos will include exhibits highlighting the Infinity University and...
21st Century Holding Company’s Sub Gains Permission to Conduct Business in Texas
Nov 29 2004 // 21st Century Holding Company announced that its subsidiary, American Vehicle Insurance Company, received approval from the Texas Department of Insurance to begin writing General Liability coverage for more than 300...
TWCC Approves Certificates of Authority for Seven Companies to Self-Insure
Nov 23 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission has approved a first-time application for a Certificate of Authority to Self-Insure for one company and also approved the renewal of certificates for six other companies...
TSLA Installs New Officers, Directors at Annual Meeting
Nov 22 2004 // The Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. announced the election of new officers and directors for the coming year at it’s 48th Annual Meeting held Nov. 15, 2004, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas. The new...
1969, Education and Politics
Nov 22 2004 // Where were you in 1969? Hitchhiking to Woodstock? Surviving the jungles of Vietnam? Graduating from high school? Learning the ropes of the insurance industry? Not born yet? If you were in Austin, Texas, in the fall of that...
Texas Judge Strikes Down Rate Rollbacks for State Farm, Farmers
Nov 22 2004 // TDI, Lt. Governor vow to continue efforts on behalf of homeowners. A state district judge in Texas on Nov. 8, 2004, overturned mandated rate rollbacks in homeowners insurance for State Farm and Farmers insurance companies,...
TDI CRACKS DOWN:
Nov 22 2004 // The Texas Depart-ment of Insurance imposed stiff sanctions on a Florida man found to be recruiting and training Texas agents to sell unauthorized health insurance plans. Insurance Commis-sioner José Montemayor signed an...
ICT VIDEO TARGETS TEENS:
Nov 22 2004 // The Insur-ance Council of Texas has teamed up with Texas’ Regional Education Service Centers to provide the state’s teenagers with information about auto insurance. The two groups produced Auto Insurance 101,...
