Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Bowles, Nutt Receive Awards at IIAT Convention
Jun 25 2004 // Donald E. Bowles, Jr., president of McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP in Dallas, won the Drex Foreman Award and Rowdy Nutt, a producer with Bosworth & Associates in Tyler, was named IIAT Young Agent of the Year for 2004...
Texas Mutual Holds Policyholder Meeting
Jun 24 2004 // At the recently held Texas Mutual Insurance Company annual policyholder meeting Chairman Martin H. Young Jr. took the opportunity to credit the company’s success to the board of directors, management and all of the...
Bland Named IIAT’s ACSR of the Year
Jun 24 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas named Cherrie Bland of the Grimes Insurance Agency, Lubbock, the IIAT ACSR of the Year during the IIAT Annual Convention held recently in Dallas. Liz Patterson of Myron F. Steves...
21st Century Chooses Lewisville for Texas Call Center
Jun 23 2004 // California auto insurer 21st Century Insurance plans to open a call center in Lewisville, Texas, that could introduce hundreds of new jobs over the next five years. The company said site construction and training is...
High Court Says ERISA Preempts State Lawsuits
Jun 22 2004 // In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that patients cannot sue their health maintenance organization under state law for refusing to pay for medical treatment recommended under a doctor’s...
GM TRUCKS TOP TEXAS’ STOLEN VEHICLES LIST:
Jun 21 2004 // Stressing that auto theft worries increase during summer, the Texas Department of Public Safety released its annual list of the most stolen vehicles. General Motors pickups top the list. Auto thieves don’t take a...
Gaining Wisdom Through Non-Subscription’s Choices and Challenges
Jun 21 2004 // Non-subscription. It’s been around for over 90 years, and has come into its own since the late 1980’s. We’ve seen that non-subscription provides Texas businesses with a choice that saved many employers...
Regional Focus
Jun 21 2004 // Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill was attributed with the comment that “all politics are local.” The same could be said for the insurance industry—insurance coverage is definitely local. In...
Network Care for Workers’ Comp Woes
Jun 21 2004 // Texas/South Central • May 7, 2004 “Florida took chiropractors out of the system some time back and saw that there was no true effect on the problem. The costs of care were not lowered as anticipated. It is not...
The Truth About Texas’ Homeowners Insurance Industry
Jun 21 2004 // Due to recent reforms the Texas insurance market is stabilizing and loss ratios in Texas are better. But while things are better, conditions are far from first-rate for insurance companies. There have been no real signs of...
Texas Lt. Governor Says Rates Should Fall Faster
Jun 17 2004 // Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst has reportedly taken State Farm and Farmers to task for not lowering their homeowners rates in the state at a faster pace and contesting the decreases in court. A report in the Houston...
Barnes Joins American Underwriting Managers
Jun 15 2004 // Texas-based American Underwriting Managers announced that Phyllis K. Barnes has joined the company as marketing director. Barnes has more than 10 years of experience in the surplus lines field. She was previously...
Wetzel Joins Heath’s Houston Office as Assistant VP
Jun 14 2004 // Independent wholesale insurance broker Heath Insurance Brokers of Texas LP announced that David Wetzel has joined its Houston office as an assistant vice president. “David’s talents will bring added depth to...
ANICO to Pay $3 Million in Additional Benefits for Policyholders Affected by Race-Based Pricing
Jun 14 2004 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor announced that Texas-based American National Insurance Company (ANICO) has agreed to provide an estimated $3.2 million to $3.5 million in additional benefits to African-American...
CAA Elects 2004 Management Committee
Jun 9 2004 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC announced its 2004 management committee, elected to serve two-year terms by CAA’s board of members. The new committee is as follows: Chairman of the Board –...
Network Care for Workers’ Comp Woes
Jun 7 2004 // Texas/South Central • May 7, 2004 “Florida took chiropractors out of the system some time back and saw that there was no true effect on the problem. The costs of care were not lowered as anticipated. It is not...
PCI CALLS FOR TWCC REFORMS:
Jun 7 2004 // Testifying before the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) asserted that substantial changes are needed to address problems with the Texas Workers’...
BURGLARIES ON THE RISE IN TEXAS:
Jun 7 2004 // An insurance industry trade group reported that many Texas cities experienced a noticeable increase in the number of burglaries in 2003 as compared to 2002. Jerry Johns, president of Southwestern Insurance Information...
TEXAS OKAYS ISO COMM. AUTO TOOLS:
Jun 7 2004 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has cleared the way for insurers to make filings immediately using Insurance Services Office Inc.’s (ISO) commercial auto advisory information. According to ISO, its advisory...
The End of Extrinsic Evidence’
Jun 7 2004 // For years, a debate has existed as to whether, and under what circumstances, an insurer or insured can introduce evidence outside of the policy and pleadings (the “eight corners”) to seek a determination of the...
