Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
PELLETS, NOT CRASH=KNEE PAIN
Jan 13 2003 // An investigation by Texas Mutual Insurance Co. revealed a man employed to pick up roadside trash has trouble with his knee because of the shotgun pellets embedded in it, not because of an accident in which a woman’s...
Fraud, Leaving its Prints on the Industry
Jan 13 2003 // Fraud, in all forms, is as old as the industry itself. Given a struggling economy, the temptation to create fraud against or within the industry has been on the upswing recently. According to Jim Quiggle, director of...
To Catch a Thief-State DOI’s Work Hard to Keep Agents in Line
Jan 13 2003 // A quick browse through the Web sites of state insurance commissioners across the country on any given day in any given year, is bound to turn up at least one account of regulators cracking down on an insurance agent for a...
Loss in Progress, or Just an Accident Waiting to Happen’
Jan 13 2003 // While a number of significant insurance decisions, in Texas and nationwide, have commanded recent attention, there are also some lesser acclaimed opinions worthy of note. In particular, Texas courts continue to grapple...
Texas Launches FAIR Plan for Homeowners Market
Jan 10 2003 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor announced the official launch of the Texas FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) Plan Association’s homeowners insurance market-of-last-resort in Texas. As of Jan....
Book Says Med-Mal Legislation Discriminates
Jan 10 2003 // A new book on medical malpractice in Texas, by Fort Worth attorney Dan Barrett, claims Republicans are discriminating against the elderly and the poor in bills to be considered in the upcoming legislative...
CenTex CPCU Takes Home the Gold
Jan 10 2003 // The Central Texas Chapter of the CPCU Society (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters) announced it has earned the Society’s Gold Circle of Excellence Award and CPD Excellence Award for outstanding achievements...
Hearing on TWCC 2002 Medical Fee Guideline Postponed
Jan 9 2003 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that on Jan. 6, Travis County Judge John Dietz delayed the hearing on the 2002 Medical Fee Guideline (MFG) until further notice. In August 2002 Judge Dietz issued...
Hanover Contracts with CAA
Jan 8 2003 // The Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), a closed managing general agency based in Austin, Texas, announced the Hanover Insurance Company has signed a master contract with all 28 CAA member agencies through which they can...
Herron Takes Management Position at AUM
Jan 8 2003 // American Underwriting Managers announced that Roger L. Herron has joined the company in its Southlake, Texas office as director of Underwriting. Ken Boyd, president of AUM, pointed out that Herron’s addition has been...
Montemayor Presents Lawmakers with Biennial Report
Jan 6 2003 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor submitted a written report to Texas legislators indicating needed changes in laws relating to regulation of the insurance industry. The Biennial report, required under Section...
New Roles for Wesch and Cooper on Texas Mutual Board
Dec 30 2002 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company’s board of directors unanimously elected Richard Cooper to serve as the board’s secretary and George W. Wesch, Jr. to serve as vice chair beginning January 1, 2003. Governor...
Texas Mutual Redesigns Website
Dec 26 2002 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced it will update its website beginning December 27, 2002. The site will retain its current Web address at texasmutual.com; however, it will present a new look and improved navigation...
Pain in Knee Caused by Shotgun Pellets, Not Trailer Crash
Dec 25 2002 // After a woman’s car rear-ended a trash trailer on the side of the road in Houston, an ambulance arrived on the scene to find Ronald J. Dawson sprawled nearby in the grass. He claimed that the trailer had knocked him...
Top Texas Home Insurers Asked to Justify Rates
Dec 23 2002 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) sent letters to the top 10 companies writing homeowners insurance in Texas asking them to voluntarily file their rates by January 2, 2003. TDI also requested that the companies to...
Perry Calls Med-Mal Reform an Emergency Issue
Dec 20 2002 // During a visit to the Rio Grande Valley, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced plans to declare medical malpractice reform an emergency issue when the 78th Texas Legislature convenes in January. He has previously said that...
TX Appeals Court Says Farmers Acted in Bad Faith but Slashes Award
Dec 20 2002 // The Third Court of Appeals in Austin, Texas found that Farmers Insurance Group had both acted in bad faith and violated the state’s deceptive trade practices law in the landmark case that originally saddled the...
Grabbing the Headlines in 2002
Dec 16 2002 // Who made the most “news” as opposed to the most “noise” in 2002? There were lots of candidates, but the ones we’ve selected usually made news because they faced problems or took initiatives...
Farmers to Stay in Texas; TDI Resumes Scrutiny of Allstate, State Farm
Dec 16 2002 // A $100 million settlement was reached between the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) and the Office of Attorney General (OAG) and Farmers Insurance Group on Nov. 30, under which Farmers will continue to offer homeowners...
A Year for Reflection and Reaction
Dec 16 2002 // As the end of 2002 nears, it is the time to look back over the past year and to reflect on the major events in this chaotic year. Any consideration of 2002 must consider the tumultuous reaction to the Sept. 11 terrorist...
