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Uninsured Driver Legislation Filed in Texas
Mar 14 2005 // State Representative Bill Callegari, Katy, filed House Bill 2573 to establish a motor vehicle financial responsibility program in Texas. According the House Media Services Division, HB 2573 is a version of a similar...
Texas Study Says Malpractice Verdicts Not to Blame for Rising Insurance Premiums
Mar 11 2005 // Large medical malpractice verdicts and settlements were not to blame for a rapid increase in insurance premiums for Texas doctors and hospitals, according to a study by law professors at the University of Texas at Austin...
Texas Insurance Commissioner Signs Emergency Cease and Desist Order
Mar 11 2005 // On March 3, 2005, Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor signed an order to stop unlicensed individuals and their affiliates from selling unauthorized surety bonds to Texas consumers. According to the Texas...
San Antonio Man Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud
Mar 9 2005 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Kevin Savage of San Antonio has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. According to Texas Mutual, the Travis County 147th District Court sentenced...
Texas Workers’ Comp Bill Moves to Senate Floor
Mar 8 2005 // The Texas Senate reported that the Senate State Affairs Committee finished work on Senate Bill 5, which would make drastic changes to the state’s workers’ compensation system. Sen. Todd Staples of Palestine,...
Texas Mutual Launches Provider Referral Line
Mar 8 2005 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced the launch of its health care provider referral service for policyholders. The toll-free phone number, (800) 381-8067, provides a list of network health care providers for...
Central Texas Insurance Day Scheduled for Mar. 9
Mar 8 2005 // The Central Texas Chapter of CPCU and the Austin Association of Insurance Professionals (AAIP) will hold their 34th Annual Insurance Day on Wednesday, March 9, 2005, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel in...
The Credit Score Conundrum
Mar 7 2005 // Is the use of credit histories in insurance rating good, bad or indifferent? In general, insurers favor the practice. They say it makes for more accurate underwriting. Indeed, a number of studies, including an exhaustive...
TDI Orders Unauthorized Health Plans to Cease and Desist in Texas
Mar 7 2005 // On March 2, 2005, Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor signed an order to stop the sale of unauthorized health insurance products to Texas consumers, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. Montemayor signed a...
Heads Up! Employees at Large
Mar 7 2005 // Wal-Mart, Morgan Stanley, Boeing, Texaco, State Farm and Farmers have all been the targets of recent employment practices lawsuits. Wal-Mart was hit with sexual harassment charges. Farmers was sued for wrongful...
ACE USA Launches Product for Texas Non-Subscribers
Mar 4 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, announced the expansion of its Occupational Accident product offering to now include employer liability coverage for Texas employers who have...
Home State Makes Makes Management Changes
Mar 4 2005 // Texas-based Home State Insurance Group Inc. announced the promotion of two executives. Michael G. Toole has assumed the position of chief underwriting officer. Since 1991 Toole has served the company as executive vice...
TWCC to Host Statewide Safety and Health Conference
Mar 3 2005 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced it will host its 9th Annual Safety and Health Conference, the Texas Safety Summit, on May 11 and 12 in Austin at the Omni Austin Hotel Southpark, 4140 Governors...
TDI Issues Bulletin to Insurers Regarding ChoicePoint Inc. Release of Information
Mar 3 2005 // Insurers who use credit scoring in underwriting and rate setting must take into consideration a recent security breach at the data collection company ChoicePoint Inc., according to a bulletin issued by the Texas Department...
Workers’ Comp Bill Substitute Filed in Texas Senate
Mar 2 2005 // The media services division of the Texas Senate reported that State Sen. Todd Staples of Palestine has laid out a substitute for Senate Bill 5, the comprehensive workers’ compensation reform bill. Staples filed the...
Texas Lawmaker Files Bill in Response to ChoicePoint Security Breach
Mar 2 2005 // The Texas House of Representatives reported that on the heels of the revelation of a major security breach at data broker ChoicePoint, State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, Austin, has introduced a measure to give Texas consumers...
Fink Joins Texas Mutual
Mar 2 2005 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that Donna Fink is the new underwriting and marketing manager for its Houston regional office. She will oversee the company’s Houston region underwriting and marketing...
Judge Rules Against TWCC in Insurance Council of Texas Lawsuit
Feb 27 2005 // The Insurance Council of Texas reported that on Feb. 24, 2005, Travis County District Court Judge Suzanne Covington ruled in favor of ICT in its lawsuit against the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission. The court...
The Doctors Co. Reports Rate Decrease for Texas
Feb 25 2005 // The Doctors Company, a physician-owned medical malpractice carrier, will file with the Texas Department of Insurance to decrease its average rate level. Ninety percent of the company’s current Texas insureds will...
Staples Presents Texas Workers’ Comp Bill to State Affairs Committee
Feb 23 2005 // On Jan. 21, Texas State Sen. Todd Staples presented recommendations on reforming the state’s workers’ compensation system to the Senate State Affairs Committee in the form of Senate Bill 5. The legislation...
