Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
TX WORKERS’ COMP COSTS RISE
Feb 10 2003 // A new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute shows that workers’ compensation costs per claim in Texas continued to increase at double digit rates during recent years. According to WCRI, workers’...
Avoiding Waiver, Estoppel & Other Things That Go Bump In The Night
Feb 10 2003 // Every claims professional generally understands the need for reserving the carrier’s rights when a claim is made. Every claims handler understands many of the risks that go along with failure to reserve either timely...
TX Court Upholds Law Against Double Collecting
Feb 6 2003 // The Amarillo Court of Appeals upheld a law preventing injured workers from collecting benefits for a work-related injury from two different sources. According to the Texas Mutual Insurance Company, the court ruled that a...
Argonaut Appoints DeLeon to its Board
Feb 6 2003 // Argonaut Group Inc., headquartered in San Antonio, announced that its Board of Directors appointed Hector DeLeon as a member of Argonaut Group’s Board effective February 3, 2003. “Mr. DeLeon has more than 25...
Texas Legislature Takes Initial Steps Toward Reform
Feb 5 2003 // The Texas Legislature took the first of many steps in resolving the state’s insurance crisis with the naming of members to the House Insurance Committee and with the Senate’s initiation of hearings on insurance...
Major Insurance Bills Filed in Texas
Jan 31 2003 // Texas lawmakers introduced two bills in Texas legislature that aim to control rising insurance rates in the state. Texas State Senator Troy Fraser of Horseshoe Bay announced the filing of Senate Bill 310, requiring...
ITC Adds Undisclosed Driver Database to Comparative Rater in Texas
Jan 31 2003 // Carrollton, Texas-based Insurance Technologies Corporation, a provider of new business rating products for personal lines agencies and insurance companies, announced the addition of an undisclosed driver database to its...
Texas Judge Orders Boat Insurer to Pay $1 Million
Jan 30 2003 // A judge in Austin, Texas ordered a London- and Canada-based organization to stop marketing boat and other watercraft insurance in Texas without a license and to pay a $1 million fine imposed last year by Commissioner Jose...
Brown & Brown Buys Texas Agency
Jan 29 2003 // Brown & Brown Inc. of Daytona Beach and Tampa, Fla. acquired San Antonio, Texas-based Coleman Company Insurance Services L.P. in a transaction effective Jan. 1, 2003. In a joint announcement, the companies described...
Choice & Competition Form Litmus Test for Reasonable Regulatory Reform
Jan 27 2003 // Now that the Texas legislative session is underway and the pre-election rhetoric surrounding insurance reform in Texas has moderated, the stage is set for the legislature to make the tough decisions necessary to resolve...
TX Workers’ Comp Costs Per Claim Keep Rising
Jan 27 2003 // A new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute shows that workers’ compensation costs per claim in Texas continued to increase at double digit rates during recent years. According to WCRI, workers’...
Perry Designates Insurance, Med-Mal Reform as Emergency Issues
Jan 27 2003 // Gov. Rick Perry officially designated homeowners insurance and medical malpractice reform as emergency issues for the 78th Texas Legislature. The governor’s designation allows state lawmakers to begin work on these...
TEXAS INITIATES FAIR PLAN
Jan 27 2003 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor has officially launched the Texas FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) Plan Association’s homeowners insurance market-of-last-resort in Texas. As of Jan. 8, the...
Alliance Opposes Texas Mold Remediation Bill
Jan 23 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers announced its opposition to HB 329, a bill introduced into the Texas House of Representatives that would create the Mold Assessors and Remediators Act. The act would establish regulations...
TWCC Extends Preauthorization Exemption
Jan 23 2003 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (Commission) has issued Advisory 2003-02, that provides notice of an extension of the Commission’s exemption from Preauthorization and Concurrent Review for work...
TCAIS Publishes Insurance 101 Booklet for Texas
Jan 23 2003 // The Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions (TCAIS) announced the release of a timely and informative booklet titled: “Insurance 101: A guide to understanding auto and home insurance in the Lone Star...
Texas Watch Launches Insurance Reform Web Site
Jan 22 2003 // The consumer group Texas Watch unveiled a new Web site designed to help consumers participate in the legislative debate on insurance reform. Through the Web site at www.fixtexasinsurance.org, the group will provide...
NAII Requests Texas Supreme Court Halt Expansion of Auto Coverage
Jan 21 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) and Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT) have filed an amicus brief asking the Texas Supreme Court to review and reverse a 9th Texas Court of...
TWCC To Hold Jan. 22 Public Meeting
Jan 21 2003 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission will hold a scheduled public meeting in Austin at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 22. Included on the agenda are: 1. Discussion, consideration and possible action on re-adoption of rules...
Texas Mutual Launches New Pharmacy Program
Jan 20 2003 // Workers’ compensation insurer Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced the initiation of a new Pharmacy Benefit Manager program. The program should help offset the rising costs of health care in the Texas...
