Latest Texas Headlines
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Relationships Are Everything When Working With MGAs
Feb 23 2004 // Managing general agents need retail insurance agents; retail agents need MGAs. That much is true. So, given this reciprocal professional dependence, why are working relationships between these two groups sometimes burdened...
Louisiana Top 20 Insurers-Ocean Marine
Feb 23 2004 // Louisiana Top 20 Insurers—Ocean Marine The following table shows data from the top 20 ocean marine insurers in Louisiana—based on premium written—as of the end of 2002. There were 83 ocean marine insurers registered...
Chubb Representative to Speak at Central Texas CPCU Meeting
Feb 17 2004 // The Central Texas Chapter Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) group will hold its February luncheon on Feb. 24. Tyrone Bennet of Chubb will be the guest speaker. Bennet will present “Chubb’s...
Flood Outlines Fraud-Fighting Needs at TCIF
Feb 12 2004 // Elliott Flood, vice president of special investigations for Texas Mutual Insurance Company, addressed the Texas Committee on Insurance Fraud (TCIF) recently. Flood discussed workers’ compensation fraud, one of...
Texas Arson Hotline Caller Given First Reward
Feb 12 2004 // A $500 reward has been handed over to a man who called the Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office Arson Hotline to report a case of arson. According to the Insurance Council of Texas, the phone call led to the arrest and...
Hotchkiss Okayed to Form Comp Group for Green Industries
Feb 11 2004 // Hotchkiss Insurance Agency Inc. (HIA), which provides insurance services to the building industry and related trades in the State of Texas, announced that the Texas Department of Insurance has approved its application to...
Texas Man Convicted on Federal Workers’ Comp Charges
Feb 11 2004 // A Dallas jury convicted aviator Michael Lee Harms, of Grapevine, Texas, on federal charges that he defrauded the Office of Workers’ Compensation program. The Associated Press reported that the charges stem from a...
Got to Get Away’
Feb 10 2004 // Independent insurance agents go to conferences and conventions to learn, to network, to meet company reps and, sometimes, just to get away. Opportunities to do all of those things abound this year for agents in Arkansas,...
SIIS Seminars to Focus on Workers’ Comp
Feb 9 2004 // “Texas Workers’ Compensation Insurance Issues,” will be the subject of two upcoming Public Policy Seminars sponsored by Southwestern Insurance Information Service, an industry trade group. According to...
Political Season Again’
Feb 9 2004 // Presidential politics have been claiming the headlines of late, what with the Democrats holding primaries and President Bush crossing the country giving “non-campaign” campaign speeches. But in Texas a...
Political Season Again’
Feb 9 2004 // Presidential politics have been claiming the headlines of late, what with the Democrats holding primaries and President Bush crossing the country giving “non-campaign” campaign speeches. But in Texas a...
Record Number of Agents Attend Joe Vincent Seminar
Feb 9 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas experienced record attendance at its 41st Annual Joe Vincent Manage-ment Seminar, held in Austin Jan. 25-27, 2004. “We have the largest gathering of agents at this seminar in...
TEXAS COMP COSTS STILL HIGH:
Feb 9 2004 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Texas increased at double-digit rates for the third consecutive year, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. Workers’ comp costs per...
Is it the End for the Innocent Spouse’
Feb 9 2004 // Since 1986, Texas has recognized an innocent insured exception to otherwise non-covered claims. The innocent insured doctrine usually involves arson or other intentional destruction of property by one insured and a claim...
Three Years Later, Industry Puts Toxic Mold into Perspective
Feb 9 2004 // Whatever became of mold? Only three years ago, newspaper headlines, fueled by overzealous trial attorneys and misguided scientific information, trumpeted mold as “the next asbestos.” Since then, however, mold...
Texas Mutual Unveils Enhanced Internet Quoting
Feb 6 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company, the state’s leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance, announced that it has enhanced its Internet Quoting (IQ) system for agents. Now, IQ will help agents by: ·...
Hachtman Appointed to Head TWCC
Jan 29 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) announced that Gov. Rick Perry appointed Commissioner Mike Hachtman to serve as chairman of the agency. Hachtman’s term as chairman will expire Feb.1, 2005. He...
Texas Mutual, Argonaut Partner for Other States Coverage
Jan 28 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced it is partnering with Argonaut Insurance to offer workers’ compensation coverage for Texas-based businesses that have operations in other states. The agreement will apply to...
TDI to Host Fraud Conference
Jan 28 2004 // On Jan. 29 and 30, 2004, the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) will host a statewide insurance fraud conference at its headquarters in Austin, highlighting anti-fraud efforts. The department said an estimated 150 local,...
IIAT, TSLA Release Joint Best Practices Study
Jan 26 2004 // Two Texas insurance organizations released a study recommending best practices for business relationships between wholesalers and retailers at the Joe Vincent Management Seminar in Austin. The study, Best Practices for...
