Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Returning to a Place Called Home
Oct 20 2003 // It’s been four years since I last worked for the Insurance Journal, and returning has been quite an eye opener. I have been astonished by the industry’s rapid growth and its ability to adapt to a new world....
Insurance Journal 80th Anniversary
Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance Journal By Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...
Happy 80th Birthday Insurance Journal
Oct 20 2003 // Not many businesses can make the claim, “we’re 80 years old.” Now Insurance Journal can. It’s hard to believe we started in Los Angeles in 1923 as a life insurance magazine. My family came on the...
Mayer Joins Republic as AVP
Oct 17 2003 // Dallas-based Republic group of insurance companies (www.RepubLink.com.) announced that Richard A. Mayer was appointed assistant vice president, Commercial Lines Division. In this position, Mayer will manage...
Odessa Man Faces WC Fraud Charges
Oct 17 2003 // An Odessa, Texas, man was indicted by a Travis County grand jury on charges of workers’ compensation fraud, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Texas Mutual alleges that William Scott Anderson was charged...
Houston Firm Pleads Guilty to WC Fraud
Oct 16 2003 // A Houston landscaping company recently entered a plea of guilty to workers’ compensation fraud charges before the 131st Travis County District Court. According to Texas Mutual Insurance Company, the court...
The Adam Corporation/Group Completes Acquisition of Reliable Reports, Inc.
Oct 16 2003 // The Adam Corporation/Group (“TAC”), a privately owned holding company, announced today it has completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding stock of Reliable Reports, Inc. (“Reliable”), an...
ICT Schedules WC Seminars
Oct 15 2003 // The Insurance Council of Texas announced its 2003 Texas workers’ compensation seminar series will take place Oct. 29, Nov. 4 and Nov. 12. Planned sessions include an update on legislation passed in the 78th Texas...
Texas Arson Hotline Shows Results
Oct 14 2003 // The Insurance Council of Texas announced that the State Fire Marshal’s arson hotline, which debuted May 1, 2000, has already landed several people in jail for deliberately setting fires to their cars, homes and...
Texas Young Agents Honored in Las Vegas
Oct 13 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas reported that the IIAT Young Agents Committee was recognized by the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers at the IIABA Conference and InfoXchange in Las Vegas, for the Texas...
Montemayor Adopts Auto Rating Symbols
Oct 9 2003 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that Insurance Commissioner José Montemayor has adopted Commissioner’s Order No. 03-0942, containing new and/or adjusted 2002 and 2003 model private passenger automobile...
Graves Joins Wood & Company of Texas
Oct 8 2003 // Wood & Company of Texas Inc. announced that Jackie Graves has joined the firm as office manager in Dallas. She will be in charge of administration, human resources, systems and other non-production operations. Graves...
Combined Group Offers New Nonsubscription Facility
Oct 7 2003 // Combined Group (www.combinedgroup.com), a Carrollton, Texas-based managing general agency, announced a new Texas nonsubsription facility. This program features an admitted high limits Comprehensive Employers Indemnity...
Under the Gun, NAIC Recommits to Modernization
Oct 6 2003 // In response to congressional pressure to more effectively regulate insurance at the state level or face federalization, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) unanimously passed its revised statement of...
Insurance Journal Goes National, Keeps Regional Focus
Oct 6 2003 // Insurance Journal, published in California since 1923 and Texas since 1995, is going national. Joining the West and Texas/South Central editions will be three new regional editions—Northeast, Midwest and...
National Publication/Regional Focus
Oct 6 2003 // Wells Publishing Inc., publisher of the Insurance Journal, recently announced a groundbreaking decision to take the magazine national and publish five “regional” editions encompassing the entire U.S., from the...
Uninsured Vehicle Study Sneaks Into Transportation Bill
Oct 6 2003 // Contributed by the Automobile Insurance Agents of Texas The Automobile Insurance Agents of Texas (AIAT), which has long been a proponent of devising legislation that attempts to decrease the number of uninsured motorists...
TEXAS WORK FATALITIES DROP
Oct 6 2003 // In 2002 Texas recorded the lowest number of occupational fatalities since data collection began in 1990, according to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission. A total of 417 fatal occupational injuries occurred, a...
Under the Gun, NAIC Recommits to Modernization
Oct 6 2003 // In response to congressional pressure to more effectively regulate insurance at the state level or face federalization, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) unanimously passed its revised statement of...
IIAT Queries Commissioner José Montemayor About Reforms
Oct 6 2003 // The Texas Department of Insurance has begun implementing the directives in Senate Bill 14 to bring balance, stability, fair pricing and a dynamic homeowners insurance market to Texas. Its first step toward that goal...
