Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
A Safety Valve
Jul 22 2002 // The surplus lines industry is traditionally thought of as a safety, or relief valve for the insurance industry as a whole. But what does that mean? To find out, read on, because what we have here is everything you ever...
The Surplus Lines Market-From Deep in the Heart of Texas
Jul 22 2002 // In the teeth of the first true hard market in nearly two decades, evidence accumulated by the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas confirms the surplus lines insurance market is successfully fulfilling its primary...
WC Guidelines Under Fire
Jul 22 2002 // The Texas Medical Association (TMA) and the Texas AFL-CIO have filed a lawsuit to prevent adoption of new workers’ compensation guidelines by the Texas Workers Compensation Commission (TWCC). The Houston Chronicle...
TX Court Limits Med-Mal Exposure
Jul 22 2002 // The Texas state Supreme Court placed limits on health care providers’ medical malpractice exposure under the Medical Liability and Insurance Act by subjecting prejudgment interest to a cap on damages. A.M. Best...
TDI Announces 9th Annual Opportunity Fair
Jul 17 2002 // The Texas Department of Insurance will host its 9th Annual Opportunity Fair Aug. 13, 2002 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 333 Guadalupe, Austin, Texas. The forum will focus on professional services for TDI’s special duty...
Texas Mobile Home Claims Rise after Flooding
Jul 16 2002 // Foremost Insurance Co., a Michigan-based insurer providing mobile home coverage, announced a gradual increase in claims in the wake of recent flooding in Texas. A.M. Best reports that the company has so far received 270...
TDI Updates Bill Implementation Plan
Jul 15 2002 // The Texas Department of Insurance has announced an updated plan to implement bills passed in the 76th and 77th sessions of the Texas Legislature affecting various areas of the Texas Insurance Code. Bills to be implemented...
Farmers Unveils Y.E.S. Discount in Texas
Jul 15 2002 // The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has made available the “You’re Essential to Safety” (Y.E.S.) Program in Texas. The Y.E.S. program was developed to educate young drivers and their parents or...
Arrowhead® General Insurance Agency of Texas Inc. – Jay Wagoner
Jul 10 2002 // Arrowhead® General Insurance Agency of Texas Inc. has named Jay Wagoner executive vice president of its commercial division. Based in San Antonio, Wagoner will be responsible for establishing Arrowhead in the Texas...
After the Mold Rush: Montemayor Looks at Future of Texas Markets
Jul 8 2002 // Considering Texas has one of the most difficult insurance markets in the country right now, Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor comes across not at all as one might expect—an embattled public official scrambling to...
How Many Bites at Bad Faith
Jul 8 2002 // On May 23, 2002, the Texas Supreme Court issued its opinion in Mid-Century Insurance Company of Texas v. Boyte, a case that arose out of an underinsured motorist claim. The Court addressed the issue of whether the common...
The First and Still the Best
Jul 8 2002 // For the past 25 years, our Directory of Excess, Surplus and Specialty Markets has been published each January and July. Beginning in 1998, we put that directory online at www.insurancejournal.com. Agents and brokers can...
Former S.A. Councilman Sentenced
Jul 8 2002 // District Court Judge Lee H. Rosenthal sentenced Houston attorney Bernardo Eureste to three years probation for workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Eureste, a...
TX Man Guilty in $3M Scheme
Jul 8 2002 // A federal bankruptcy court ruled that Dallas businessman Aharon Chen and A.C. Painting Inc., his now-bankrupt company, defrauded more than $3 million from Texas Mutual Insurance Co., a workers’ compensation provider....
How Many Bites at Bad Faith
Jul 8 2002 // On May 23, 2002, the Texas Supreme Court issued its opinion in Mid-Century Insurance Company of Texas v. Boyte, a case that arose out of an underinsured motorist claim. The Court addressed the issue of whether the common...
The First and Still the Best
Jul 8 2002 // For the past 25 years, our Directory of Excess, Surplus and Specialty Markets has been published each January and July. Beginning in 1998, we put that directory online at www.insurancejournal.com. Agents and brokers can...
Former S.A. Councilman Sentenced
Jul 8 2002 // District Court Judge Lee H. Rosenthal sentenced Houston attorney Bernardo Eureste to three years probation for workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Eureste, a...
TX Man Guilty in $3M Scheme
Jul 8 2002 // A federal bankruptcy court ruled that Dallas businessman Aharon Chen and A.C. Painting Inc., his now-bankrupt company, defrauded more than $3 million from Texas Mutual Insurance Co., a workers’ compensation provider....
Texas JUA Increases Med-Malpractice Choices for Doctors
Jul 2 2002 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that doctors coming to the state’s Joint Underwriting Association (JUA) for medical malpractice insurance now have more policy choices and, for certain beleaguered...
Mold: California’s Ticking Time Bomb’
Jul 2 2002 // California insurers have a ticking time bomb on their hands according to many in the industry. Others, however, say the supposed bomb is being blown out of proportion. Who do you believe? The reported bomb is mold, and...
