Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
GM Trucks Top Texas DPS’ Most Stolen Vehicles List
Jun 3 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 trucks came out on top. Auto thieves don’t take a...
Seven Indicted for Fraud in Travis County, Texas
Jun 3 2004 // The Travis County (Texas) District Attorney’s Office announced that a Travis County Grand Jury returned indictments charging seven people with the felony offense of unauthorized insurance. The Insurance Fraud Section...
ICT: Flooding is Hurricane Season’s Real Danger
Jun 2 2004 // As all eyes turn toward the Gulf of Mexico at the start of the 2004 hurricane season, the Insurance Council of Texas issued a reminder to Texans that they should beware of the potential for deadly floodwaters across the...
Texas Insurance Education Web Site Expands
Jun 1 2004 // InsureTexas.org, a consumer education Web site initially developed to help Texans during the state’s homeowner insurance crisis, has been expanded include information about auto insurance and personal financial...
Texas Mutual to Pay $50 Million in Dividends
May 27 2004 // Approximately 28,000 Texas employers will receive a share of $50 million in dividends from Texas Mutual Insurance Company. The Texas Mutual board of directors unanimously approved the 2004 dividend plan, which includes an...
TWCC Hearing on Proposed Rules Scheduled for June
May 25 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission has scheduled a public hearing for June 16, 2004. The Commission will take testimony on amended rules that were proposed at the April 15, 2004 public meeting. The proposed...
Texas Approves Additional ISO Commercial Auto Tools
May 21 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...
Central Texas CPCU Chapter to Meet May 25
May 18 2004 // The Central Texas chapter of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters will meet at 11:30 on May 25 at the Texas Municipal League in Austin. Sam Nelson of the Texas Department of Insurance will be the guest speaker. The...
Texas A.G. Warns Flood Victims to Be Aware of Scam Artists Following Weekend Storms
May 18 2004 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has alerted homeowners and businesses to be aware of scam artists who may attempt to exploit flood victims in the aftermath of fierce weekend storms plaguing Robertson and surrounding...
Burglaries on the Rise in Texas Cities
May 18 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. “The annual crime in Texas report compiled by the Texas...
PCI Calls for Substantial TWCC Reforms
May 18 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) testified before the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission and asserted that substantial changes are needed to address the problems plaguing the Texas Workers’...
TDI TO HOLD COMPLIANCE CLASSES:
May 17 2004 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has scheduled free compliance workshops to assist property/casualty and life/health insurers and agents in understanding and meeting Texas´ regulatory requirements. The workshops...
People and Places
May 17 2004 // Robert Howey The Republic Group, based in Dallas, appointed Robert S. Howey as vice president and chief marketing officer. As the senior marketing officer, Howey will manage agency appointments, agency contracts,...
Texas Comp System: ‘Good Ship Lollipop’ or ‘Pirates of the Caribbean”
May 17 2004 // Although Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission Executive Director Richard F. Reynolds acknowledged that statutory changes would do a world of good for the Texas workers’ compensation system, as well as for his...
Texas Comp System: ‘Good Ship Lollipop’ or ‘Pirates of the Caribbean”
May 17 2004 // Although Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission Executive Director Richard F. Reynolds acknowledged that statutory changes would do a world of good for the Texas workers’ compensation system, as well as for his...
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...
