Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
FOCUS ON MINORITY STUDENTS:
Jul 5 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas reported it is building an IIAT internship program to encourage minority college students in Texas to learn about careers in the insurance industry. The program will be part of a...
When Fee Audits and Legal Privileges Collide
Jul 5 2004 // Few areas of insurance law practice are as sensitive as the audit of a defense counsel’s bills or case file. Insurance companies and defense attorneys alike dread these necessary but often divisive processes. Two...
People and Places
Jul 5 2004 // Jesse Beck Dallas-based commercial insurance firm, McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT), appointed Jesse (Jay) Beck as vice president of the employee benefits group. Beck brings 15 years of industry experience to the...
Higginbotham & Associates Opens Austin Office
Jul 2 2004 // Fort Worth, Texas-based insurance and financial services brokerage firm Higginbotham & Associates announced it has launched services for Central and South Texas with the opening of a new Austin office. Newly hired...
July 4-the Deadliest Day for Traffic Accidents
Jul 1 2004 // With the Independence Day holiday on the horizon, the Insurance Council of Texas issued a reminder that July 4 is typically the worst day of the year for traffic fatalities. The ICT noted that more such fatalities occur on...
Courtney Joins NIA as VP for Texas
Jul 1 2004 // Networked Insurance Agents reported that Trent Courtney has joined the company as the territorial sales vice president for the state of Texas. Courtney has 28 years’ experience in the property and casualty insurance...
TxOGA Earns Dividends from Texas Mutual
Jun 29 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced it awarded the Texas Oil and Gas Association (TxOGA) workers’ compensation purchasing group with $245,320.11 of group dividends. Texas Mutual group dividends are separate from...
Texas State Rep. Keffer to Address SIIS Board
Jun 28 2004 // Texas state representative Bill Keffer will address the Southwestern Insurance Information Service Board of Directors at their regularly scheduled meeting July 20 in Dallas. Representative Keffer is a member of the House...
IIAT and Other Industry Groups Establish Internship, Scholarship Programs for Minority Students
Jun 28 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas reported that it is building an IIAT internship program to encourage minority college students in Texas to learn about careers in the insurance industry. The program will be part...
Safety Efforts Lead to Dividend From Texas Mutual
Jun 28 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that is has awarded the Emergency Service Organization (ESO) workers’ compensation purchasing group with $92,762 of group dividends. The group dividends are separate from any...
Higginbotham & Associates Acquires B. Barfield Group
Jun 28 2004 // North Texas-based independent insurance and financial services brokerage firm, Higginbotham & Associates, announced it has acquired B. Barfield Group, based in McKinney. The merger brings to Higginbotham employee...
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...
