Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workers’ Comp on the Line
May 17 2004 // It looks like workers’ compensation will be the big insurance issue when the Texas Legislature meets again in 2005. The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission recently came under fire at the Insurance Council...
Gov. Perry Urges Insurers to Bring Business to Texas
May 10 2004 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry recently told a group of key insurance company executives that one of his top priorities is working to make Texas a great place for new companies to do business. According to the Independent Insurance...
Networked Care Pushed as a Fix for Texas Workers’ Comp Woes
May 7 2004 // The insurance industry told the Texas Senate Select Interim Committee on Workers’ Compensation that implementing an effective medical network system for the delivery of health care to injured workers will result in...
Speakers Fire Bullets at Workers’ Comp System
May 7 2004 // Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) Executive Director Dick Reynolds was the first speaker at the Insurance Council of Texas 2004 Workers’ Compensation Symposium to say the system wasn’t working...
Texas Becomes a Direct Action State’
May 3 2004 // Got your attention, didn’t I? One of those things every Texas insurance professional knows is that Texas is not a direct action state—simply put, an injured third party cannot sue the tortfeasor’s insurance...
Texas Fraud Committee Gearing Up for Legislative Action
May 3 2004 // Acknowledging that nothing significant would happen until after the Texas Legislature closes out its special session on school finance reform, members of the Texas Committee on Insurance Fraud pushed forward recently on...
TEXAS AG SETTLES WITH INSURERS:
May 3 2004 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott reached a final settlement with two auto insurers that will result in estimated refunds of more than $700,000 to Texas policyholders who paid more on their claims for auto repairs than...
RODRIGUEZ ADMITS COMP FRAUD:
May 3 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Enrique Rodriguez, of Houston, has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. He was sentenced to two years deferred probation and 100 hours of...
GAO Study Finds Unauthorized Health Insurers Piled Up $252M in Unpaid Claims
May 3 2004 // A study conducted by the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO), released at the end of February, found that unauthorized health insurers are costing workers significant amounts in unpaid benefits. The entities surveyed, who...
People and Places
May 3 2004 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) and the Texas FAIR Plan announced the election of new officers. Craig Nadziejka The Association Governing Committee named Craig Nadziejka as chairman of the Board, James...
TDI to Hold Compliance Workshop
May 3 2004 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has scheduled a compliance workshop to assist property and casualty insurers and agents in understanding and meeting Texas´ regulatory requirements. The workshop will be held June...
Supreme Court Allows Discrimination Suit Over Allstate’s Use of Credit Scoring
Apr 28 2004 // Allstate Insurance Co. has lost its bid to squash a class action discrimination suit against it for its use of credit scoring in setting insurance prices. The U.S. Supreme Court this week denied the Northbrook, Ill.-based...
Red River Services Launches in Texas
Apr 28 2004 // Red River Services recently announced the launch of its risk management, loss control and property inspection business in Houston and Dallas, Texas. The organization is up-and-running, ready to help insurance companies,...
The Republic Group Names Howey as VP
Apr 28 2004 // The Republic Group, based in Dallas, announced the appointment of Robert S. Howey as vice president and chief marketing officer. As the senior marketing officer, Howey will manage agency appointments, agency contracts,...
TDI, State Agencies to Hold Business Opportunity Forum
Apr 27 2004 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that it, along with other state agencies including the Secretary of State, State Board for Educator Certification, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and Texas Department...
Texas’ McCain Honored for InsurPac Fundraising Efforts
Apr 23 2004 // Marietta McCain of San Antonio, Texas, has been honored with the Bernard J. Burns Award, bestowed annually upon the agent or broker making the most significant impact on fundraising efforts for InsurPac, the political...
Rodriguez Admits Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 23 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Enrique Rodriguez of Houston has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The 390th District Court of Travis County sentenced Rodriguez to two years...
Texas AG Settles Refund Agreement with Auto Insurers
Apr 21 2004 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s final settlement with two auto insurers will result in estimated refunds of more than $700,000 to Texas policyholders who paid more on their claims for auto repairs than their...
High Houston Crash Rate Drives Up Insurance Costs
Apr 20 2004 // The Houston area far exceeds the national average in the number of serious traffic collisions, contributing to skyrocketing medical costs and giving Harris County the most expensive auto insurance rates in Texas, according...
DOZE CONSTRUCTION PLEADS GUILTY:
Apr 19 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Doze Construction Co. Inc. of Gun Barrel City, Texas pleaded guilty in a Travis County District Court to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The company was...
