Latest Texas Headlines
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Anchor Claims Management Expands Client Base
Oct 28 2004 // Carrollton, Texas-based Anchor Anchor Claims Management Inc., (ACM), an affiliate of the Combined Independent Agencies, announced that it is expanding its client base to include certified self-insurers, and self-funded...
IIABA Honors Two CAA members for Best Practices
Oct 26 2004 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America, LLC (CAA) announced two of its member agencies, Bigham-Kliewer-Chapman-Watts and Bosworth & Associates, have been included as part of an elite group of independent...
GOV. WANTS HURRICANE REPORT:
Oct 25 2004 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry has directed state Homeland Security Director Steve McCraw to assess Texas’ ability to handle large-scale evacuations in the event of a catastrophic hurricane, the governor’s office...
TDI SEES IMPROVED LOSS RATIOS:
Oct 25 2004 // The Texas Department of Insurance reported that second quarter 2004 financial results submitted to TDI indicate a number of Texas homeowners insurance providers are improving their loss ratios—a result of efforts to...
Will the Texas Workers’ Comp System Go Under the Knife’
Oct 25 2004 // Employers, employees, medical providers and insurers may not agree on how to fix the Texas workers’ compensation system but all have long complained that it is in dire need of repair. Still, many stakeholders were...
A Class Act: Understanding the Texas Workers’ Comp Classification System
Oct 25 2004 // Workers’ compensation is a very complicated insurance. I know. I’ve worked for Texas Mutual Insurance Company’s premium audit department for 10 years. Prior to that, I was the director of the...
Better State Policy Will Make Better Insurance Policies
Oct 25 2004 // The Texas home and auto insurance market is finally on the mend. Rates have begun to stabilize, and thanks to landmark reforms passed in 2003, companies are even eyeing our state as a place to do business. Competition and...
Take Two: Looking at the Med-Mal Crisis from Both Sides
Oct 25 2004 // National editor Andrea Ortega-Wells recently moderated a “Take Two” debate discussing the hot topic of medical malpractice, and what, if any, reforms are needed. The debate featured Paula Sweeney, partner with...
People and Places
Oct 25 2004 // Connie Hatch The Austin Association of Insurance Professionals (AAIP) installed its officers for the 2004/2005 fiscal year, naming Connie Hatch of PLUS Inc. as president. Hatch has been an insurance professional for more...
TDI Schedules Texas Windstorm/Hail Conference
Oct 22 2004 // The recent experience of Florida, which is recovering from not one or two but four serious storms in a single hurricane season, has underscored the need for Texas officials to reevaluate the state´s potential risks due to...
All Industry Day 2004 Planned for San Antonio
Oct 22 2004 // The Alamo Chapter of CPCU and the South Texas Chapter of RIMS announced their joint All Industry Day 2004 will take place in San Antonio on Nov. 10, 2004. “Insuring Our Future,” featuring seminars and a...
Former TWCC Employee Commissioner O.D. Kenemore Passes Away
Oct 21 2004 // O.D. Kenemore, a former commissioner for the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission, passed away Oct. 18, 2004 at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston. Commissioner Kenemore was appointed as an Employee Commissioner in...
SIIS to Host Pre-Legislative Forum in Dallas
Oct 19 2004 // Southwestern Insurance Information Service announced it will host a Public Policy Forum, “A Preview of the Texas Legislative Session,” Dec. 8, 2004, at an 11:30 a.m. luncheon at the Intercontinental Hotel in...
Judges Uphold TWCC’s Removal of Doctors from ADL
Oct 18 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) reported that a District Court Judge in Ector County has turned down a request for a temporary injunction from a Odessa-area doctor who was denied admission to...
Texas Employers, Medical Providers Join Forces to Fix Workers’ Comp System
Oct 13 2004 // Texas’ workers’ compensation system is one of the worst in the nation with skyrocketing costs, mediocre care and a poor record of getting workers back on the job, according to Texans for Workers’...
Specialty Risk Services Brings Claims Experience to Texas WC System
Oct 13 2004 // Employers opting out of the Texas Workers’ Compensation system now have a new ally in the ongoing battle to manage rising loss costs. Specialty Risk Services, LLC (SRS) is bringing its claim management expertise to...
Newsome Installed as President of IIA San Antonio
Oct 12 2004 // Dennis Newsome of Barnard-Donegan Insurance Agency Inc. was recently installed as the 83rd president of the Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio (IIASA). In addition, IIASA announced that Greg Stevens of Texas...
Evans, Ewan & Brady Honored as a Central Insurance Companies Blue Streak Agency
Oct 12 2004 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) reported that one of its member agencies, Evans, Ewan & Brady Insurance Agency Inc. of Georgetown, Texas, has been appointed a Blue Streak representative for the Central Insurance...
Advisory Commission Thinks Sun Should Set on TWCC
Oct 11 2004 // The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission believes the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commision should be abolished. At a Sept. 15 meeting, the committee recommended dismantling TWCC’s current structure and shifting...
TMLT CUTS RATES AGAIN:
Oct 11 2004 // Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) announced plans to reduce rates by an additional 5 percent for member physicians. The 5 percent reduction is in addition to a 12 percent rate cut the insurer implemented earlier this...
