Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurers Look to Wipe Clean Toxic Mold Claims
Jun 10 2002 // For U.S. insurers, reinsurers, and property professionals still reeling from the $32 million a Texas jury awarded Melinda Ballard in her toxic mold lawsuit against Farmers Insurance last year and the $18.5 million a...
Insurers & Contractors Trying to Nail Down Proper Coverage
Jun 10 2002 // If you’re placing coverage for a client who is a contractor, there are three factors that determine what obstacles you will encounter: location, location, location. The real question, however, is whether it will stay...
Late Notice May Insure Responsibility for Pre-Tender Defense Costs
Jun 10 2002 // Texas requires automobile liability insurers and general liability insurers to include language in their policies establishing a “prejudice” requirement before late notice can be used as a defense. For...
Who’s Who Across Texas, Local Associations at Work
Jun 10 2002 // Here’s what some of the local Big “I” chapters have been doing over the past year: AMARILLO President: Todd D. Gower Vice President: Ronnie Hudson Secretary-Treasurer: Steve Lapp Executive Secretary: Val...
Goodbyes, New Directions and Thank Yous
Jun 10 2002 // It’s goodbye time. After 20 years at the helm of IIAT, and 62 years on this planet, it’s time for me to head in a new direction. But first, I hope you’ll permit me a few musings. I leave this job with the...
TX Updates Consumer Bill of Rights
Jun 10 2002 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor has approved updates to a consumer bill of rights, which automobile and residential property insurers are obligated to provide their policyholders. According to the Texas...
Caliber One Exiting E&S Lines; Calif., Texas Were Top 2 States of Business
May 27 2002 // Saying the move will allow the company to devote all of its financial resources and managerial attention to its best performing businesses, PMA Capital has decided to withdraw from the excess and surplus (E&S) lines...
Protect Your Customers from Watered-DownPWC Coverage
May 27 2002 // The United States boasts nearly 51 million acres of lakes, 633,000 miles of rivers and 88,600 miles of coastal shoreline. So, it’s little wonder that water recreation is a popular summer pastime. In recent years,...
Politics of a Long, Hot Summer
May 27 2002 // Like summer, the political season is bearing down upon us. And like summer, this political year is destined to only get hotter and hotter. In Texas, with the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general...
Caliber One Exiting E&S Lines; Calif., Texas Were Top 2 States of Business
May 27 2002 // Saying the move will allow the company to devote all of its financial resources and managerial attention to its best performing businesses, PMA Capital has decided to withdraw from the excess and surplus (E&S) lines...
Watch the Skies, Weather Still Causing Trouble for Homeowners Markets
May 27 2002 // For the past year, while the Texas homeowners insurance market reeled from the effects of mold claims on premium (and still does), homeowners markets in other states have begun bracing themselves for similar nightmare...
Politics of a Long, Hot Summer
May 27 2002 // Like summer, the political season is bearing down upon us. And like summer, this political year is destined to only get hotter and hotter. In Texas, with the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general...
Court Cripples Insurers’ Med. Bill Audits
May 27 2002 // A Texas appellate court has ruled that insurers have no authority to audit medical bills, a move that could hobble their ability to prevent fraud and keep down workers’ compensation costs, according to the American...
USAA Ordered to Pay Sales and Use Taxes
May 27 2002 // Texas District Court Judge Margaret Cooper has ruled that USAA Insurance Co. of San Antonio is liable for sales, motor vehicle and fuel taxes, and Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander believes the ruling could save the...
Technology Bites
May 13 2002 // About the time we were heavily into the production cycle for the current issue of Insurance Journal-Texas/South Central, with its focus on technology issues, technology took a bite out of our offices. We were attacked by...
TX HOME EXTERIORS CHARGED
May 13 2002 // A Travis County, Texas grand jury indicted Texas Home Exteriors Inc. and its vice president Derek Baker for falsifying a workers’ compensation claim to Texas Mutual Insurance Company—a third-degree felony. Texas...
ALLSTATE UNIT MUST PAY $3.8 MILLION
May 13 2002 // A Denton County, Texas, jury ordered Allstate Texas Lloyds to pay actual and exemplary damages of more than $3.8 million in a suit alleging the unit did not pay claims for damage to a home caused by plumbing leaks....
TWCC Cuts Medical Reimbursements
May 13 2002 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission adopted a new medical fee guideline (MFG) that cuts doctor reimbursement fees by an average of 15 percent to reduce claims for care of injured workers. Both the Houston...
IJ Asks: How Long Will the Hard Market Last’
May 13 2002 // When the market is soft, the insurance industry speculates how long it will be until it turns hard … similarly, when it is hard, everyone speculates how long it will be until it turns soft. Insurance Journal pulled out...
Texas Offers IIABA’s First Virtual University Online Education Course
May 13 2002 // The first online continuing education course offered through the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America’s (IIABA) Virtual University has been unveiled—in Texas. The course is available on the...
