Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AARP, Texas Watch Call for ‘True Insurance Reform’
Mar 17 2004 // The AARP Texas and Texas Watch announced a new statewide campaign to pass true homeowners insurance reforms and eliminate unjustified rate hikes. Together, the organizations represent over two million Texans. The...
PCI Urges Caution in Interpreting TDI Report
Mar 16 2004 // The following statement regarding new data released by the Texas Department of Insurance on the Texas homeowners insurance market is from Donald Hanson, regional manager and counsel for the Property Casualty Insurers...
TDI: Data Shows Improvement in Homeowners Market
Mar 16 2004 // The Texas homeowners insurance market has turned the corner and is regaining momentum to be more competitive, according to year-end reports that carriers file with the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI). TDI said the top...
CAA Named The Hartford’s Agent of the Year
Mar 10 2004 // Texas-based managing general agency (MGA) Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced it was named Agent of the Year by The Hartford’s Houston branch. The annual award honors the agency or broker demonstrating the...
TWCC Schedules Hearing on Proposed Rules
Mar 10 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission scheduled a public hearing for April 14, 2004. The Commission will take testimony on new and amended rules that were proposed at the Feb. 19 public meeting and published in...
Houston Insurance Women Name New Officers
Mar 9 2004 // The Houston Association of Insurance Women (HAIW) announced their new officers for 2004. They are: president – Merry Jane Eversole, American Financial Services; president elect – Sharon Hill, Harco Insurance...
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 9 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Roger Gilbreth pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The 390th District Court sentenced Gilbreth to two years deferred probation and 120 hours of...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
SLSOT Sees Slowing of Surplus Lines Rate Increases
Mar 8 2004 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas was established in 1988 as a result of legislation drafted by a committee that included Texas Surplus Lines Association members, Texas Department of Insurance staff and other...
It Can’t Be Done: Article 21.55 and the Duty to Defend
Mar 8 2004 // Almost two years ago, I wrote a column for “Legal Beat” entitled It Couldn’t Be Done: The Policyholder’s Idea to Reinvigorate Third Party Bad Faith. The article outlined the attempts by a very...
Martin Joins WSS’ Texas Office
Mar 8 2004 // Kyle Stevens, vice president, branch manager of the Dallas office of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers, announced that Sharla J. Martin joined the firm effective March 1, 2004. Martin came aboard as a property and...
People and Places
Mar 8 2004 // Corey Magliolo MaximFinancial, headquartered in Dickinson, Texas, appointed Corey Magliolo to the position of executive director of financial services. A Dickinson native, Magliolo has served the organization as a...
THERAPIST PLEADS GUILTY:
Mar 8 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Dr. Catherine Delaney, a Ph.D. therapist from Houston, entered a corporate plea agreement (Delaney and Associates) with the Travis County District Attorney’s office...
Texas Auto Assigned Risk Plan Names New Officers
Mar 5 2004 // The Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA) announced the election of officers for 2004-2005. The Governing Committee elected Jon Smanz, director, shared markets governance for Allstate insurance Company in...
2004 ACSR of the Year Nominations Sought
Mar 4 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced that it will accept nominations for the 2004 ACSR of the Year award until March 15. The award will be presented at IIAT’s convention June 10-12 in Dallas. This...
Vista Insurance Partners Expands Select Agent Program
Mar 3 2004 // Vista Insurance Partners, a wholesale insurance broker headquartered in San Antonio, reported the expansion of its successful Select Agent Program to incorporate an additional 100 independent agents. Russell Shults was...
Acordia RE Opens Dallas Office, McGarry Named Senior VP
Feb 27 2004 // Acordia RE announced today that Robert F. McGarry has joined the organization as Senior Vice President. Mr. McGarry is responsible for reinsurance production and management of the Dallas, Texas office of Acordia RE. Most...
What is the Right Prescription for Florida’s Nursing Home Problems’
Feb 23 2004 // Although many complex issues need to be resolved to solve Florida’s nursing home crisis, tighter litigation reforms are reportedly key to solving these problems, according to one insurance industry trade...
TCIF HEARS FRAUD EXPERTS:
Feb 23 2004 // Elliott Flood, vice president of special investigations for Texas Mutual Insurance Company, recently addressed the Texas Committee on Insurance Fraud (TCIF) on the topic of workers’ compensation fraud. He was one of...
COMP SEMINARS COMING UP:
Feb 23 2004 // “Texas Workers’ Compensation Insurance Issues,” will be the subject of two upcoming Public Policy Seminars sponsored by Southwestern Insurance Information Service. Each seminar will offer two hours of...
