Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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,...
People & Places
Nov 22 2004 // Jose Suquet New Orleans-based Pan-American Life Insurance Company announced the election of José S. Suquet as president, chief executive officer and member of the Board of Directors. John J. Kelly, chairman of the Board,...
Turning 35: The National Alliance Looks Back … and Into the Future
Nov 22 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...
Miss. Supreme Court Overturns $80 Million Breach of Contract Verdict
Nov 22 2004 // An $80 million damage award involving a breach of contract lawsuit was thrown out of court on Monday by the Mississippi Supreme Court in Jackson. The justices said the case was erroneously filed in Mississippi and should...
Texas Consumer Groups Want to Make Insurance Reform an Emergency Issue
Nov 18 2004 // Two Texas consumer organizations, AARP Texas and Texas Watch, applauded Lt. Governor David Dewhurst for proposing stronger penalties on insurance companies that refuse to lower their rates. Dewhurst made his comments at a...
Texas Leads Nation in Fatal Crashes with Animals
Nov 18 2004 // Far more people have died in Texas motor vehicle collisions with animals than in any other state. Many of these fatalities could have been prevented if motorists had worn seatbelts or motorcyclists had worn helmets. A new...
