Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Leaders Selected for Texas Workers’ Comp Oversight Council
Sep 30 2002 // Texas Speaker of the House, Pete Laney, appointed State Representative Scott Hochberg, Houston, chair of the Board of Directors of the Research and Oversight Council on Workers’ Compensation (ROC). Senator John...
ISO, NATIONWIDE PRODUCTS OKAYED
Sep 30 2002 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has cleared the way for insurers to provide expanded homeowners coverage options by approving both the Insurance Services Office Inc.’s (ISO) Homeowners 2000 program and new...
TX MAN GETS TIME
Sep 30 2002 // James Webb of Houston was sentenced to 18 months in state jail by the Travis County, Texas, District Court after pleading guilty to charges that he defrauded the workers’ compensation system by collecting...
Aiming For Common Sense in Homeowners Market
Sep 30 2002 // The past year has been a difficult one for homeowner’s insurance agents and consumers. Providers have faced spiraling claims costs, while consumers are outraged by rate hikes—leaving agents in the middle to handle...
NAII Comments on Farmers’ Withdrawal From the TX Homeowners Market
Sep 30 2002 // Don Hanson, southwest regional manager of the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), issued the following statement on Farmers Group of Insurance Companies’ recent decision to leave the Texas homeowners...
Condition Critical: Med Mal Market in Need of Resuscitation
Sep 30 2002 // By now, it’s hardly an exaggeration that medical-malpractice liability insurance markets in several states are in crisis. As is the case with so many other insurance lines, the exodus of medical liability carriers...
Why Insurance Costs Go Up and What Customers Can Do To Save Money
Sep 30 2002 // As renewal notices go out in the mail, insurance agents across Texas are answering calls from their policyholders, some of whom are facing rising homeowners and auto insurance rates. Texas law requires proof of financial...
Texas Couple Facing Fraud Charges
Sep 27 2002 // Travis County District Attorney Ronald Earle announced that the Travis County Grand Jury returned indictments alleging that a Texas couple stole over $1 million from Colonial Casualty Insurance Company, a workers...
POA Pushes Texas Anti-Cherry Picking Bill
Sep 27 2002 // Policyholders of America (POA), a consumer interest group, announced it has secured enough support from Texas legislators to initiate the drafting of nine insurance-related bills to be considered in the 2003 legislative...
Texas Mutual Awards Scholarships
Sep 26 2002 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. awarded five scholarships totaling $16,478 for the 2002-2003 academic year to family members of individuals who died from work-related accidents. Since the program’s inception last year,...
Montemayor Sends Open Letter to Farmers Homeowners Policyholders
Sep 26 2002 // In the wake of Farmers Insurance Group of Companies’ decision to quit the Texas homeowners market, Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor released the following open letter to Farmers...
Farmers Refuses TDI Offer
Sep 25 2002 // The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced it will not renew current homeowners insurance policies in Texas beginning November 2002, and will no longer be able to provide the state’s customers with homeowners...
Help for Texas Homeowners from Allstate, UNT
Sep 25 2002 // Allstate Insurance Company and the University of North Texas (UNT) announced the launch of a consumer education Web site, www.insuretexas.org, to help Texans learn about and compare the new homeowners policy forms approved...
TDI Offers Settlement Proposal to Farmers
Sep 25 2002 // As rumors and speculation swirled about whether Farmers Insurance is planning to completely withdraw from the Texas homeowners market, the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) proposed a resolution to its dispute with...
Court Upholds Decision in Downs Workers’ Comp Case
Sep 19 2002 // The Texas Supreme Court denied a motion for rehearing in the case of Downs v. Continental Casualty Co., Cause No. 04-99-00111-CV, letting stand a previous decision in the case, which concerns the timing of a...
N. Texas Expansion in Works for Caliber Collision Centers
Sep 18 2002 // Caliber Collision Centers announced the expansion of its collision repair operations in North Texas with the acquisition of Streetwerks Collision Center in Corinth, Texas, located northwest of Dallas. Caliber,...
King v. Dallas Fire: Occurrence From Another Angle
Sep 16 2002 // On August 29, 2002, the Texas Supreme Court issued its revised opinion in King v. Dallas Fire Insurance Company (No. 00-1152, Tex. Sup. Ct., Aug. 29, 2002), withdrawing and replacing its previous opinion of May 30, 2002,...
Texas Approves ISO Homeowners 200 Program
Sep 16 2002 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has cleared the way for insurers to provide policyholders expanded coverage options under Insurance Services Office, Inc.’s (ISO) Homeowners 2000 program. With Texas on board,...
Use of Credit a Hot Topic at Senate Hearing
Sep 16 2002 // The insurance industry took a few hits at a recent Senate committee hearing on the use of consumer credit histories in rating and underwriting insurance policies. In addition to criticisms from consumer groups, the...
FARMERS STRIKES BACK
Sep 16 2002 // Farmers Insurance Company filed suit against Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor and the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) seeking to reverse an emergency cease and desist order issued against the company. Among...
