Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas Associates Insurors Adds Loaeza, Rodriguez in Employee Benefits Division
Nov 13 2018 // Texas Associates Insurors, based in Austin, has hired two new account managers in its expanding Employee Benefits Division. Esther Loaeza joins the agency with 30 years of experience in the industry. She has overseen the...
Awareness Campaign Aims to Curb Auto Burglaries/Thefts in Texas
Nov 13 2018 // More than 200,000 vehicles were burglarized last year in Texas, the Insurance Council of Texas reports. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the value loss from both auto thefts and burglaries in the state...
Texas Agents Group, Wingman Insurance Partner on Cyber Liability Coverage
Nov 8 2018 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has entered an exclusive partnership with Wingman Insurance for cyber liability coverage. IIAT members can now access the Wingman Cyber online platform to provide cyber...
Texas DOT Urges End to Streak of Daily Traffic Deaths
Nov 8 2018 // Since Nov. 7, 2000, at least one person has died on Texas roadways every single day, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. More than 66,000 have died from vehicle crashes on Texas roadways since that day,...
DMS Insurance Holdings’ Sherman Partners on Purchase of Texas Agency
Nov 7 2018 // A longtime Texas insurance agency is now operating under its former name, Sleeper Sewell Insurance, following the purchase of the assets of ANBTX Insurance Services by agency president Von E. Breaux and industry veteran D....
Texas Agency Sleeper Sewell Regains Name Following Asset Purchase
Nov 6 2018 // A longtime Texas insurance agency is now operating under its former name, Sleeper Sewell Insurance, following the purchase of the assets of ANBTX Insurance Services by agency president, Von E. Breaux, and industry veteran...
Texas Mutual, UT Dallas Partner on Risk Control, Safety Engineering Class
Nov 5 2018 // Workers’ compensation provider, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., is partnering with The University of Texas at Dallas’ (UT Dallas) Naveen Jindal School of Management for a brand-new Risk Control and Safety...
Texas Underground Tank Contractor Cited for Excavation Hazards
Nov 5 2018 // Federal workplace safety regulators have cited Texas-based UST Systems Inc. for trench safety violations after the company allowed its employees to enter an excavation site in Austin without proper protections or training...
Officials Propose Texas Coastal Protection Plan
Nov 5 2018 // State and federal officials on Oct. 26 recommended a plan to protect the Texas coast from hurricanes — particularly the Houston area — with a barrier system made up of floodwalls, floodgates and seawall...
TWIA’s Request to Hike Liability Limits Denied; Rate Increase Decision Suspended
Nov 5 2018 // Texas’ property insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the Texas coast suffered a couple of setbacks in mid-October when the state’s insurance commissioner denied its request to raise maximum limits of...
Texas Pilot Who Crashed Plane for Insurance Sentenced to Prison
Nov 5 2018 // A 33-year-old pilot, formerly of Kemah, Texas, was sentenced in early October to more than five years in prison and ordered to repay nearly $1 million in an insurance fraud-related case. Theodore Robert Wright III...
Texas Insurer Group Provides $31K in University Student Scholarships
Nov 2 2018 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation recently honored 20 students studying insurance and risk management at universities in Texas with $31,000 in scholarships. Funds for ICT’s scholarship program...
Texas Metal Recycling Co. Cited for Employee Injury, Fined $311.5K
Nov 2 2018 // Federal safety officials have cited Venture Metals LLC – based in Dallas, Texas – for exposing employees to crushing hazards after a stack of pipes fell and crushed a worker, leading to his hospitalization. The company...
Texas Nurse Sentenced on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Nov 1 2018 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Kaydra Moore of Cedar Hill, Texas. on workers’ compensation fraud charges. The court sentenced Moore to a Class A misdemeanor with...
Texas Governor Seeks Federal Disaster Declaration After Severe Weather, Flooding
Nov 1 2018 // Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked President Donald Trump for a Presidential Disaster Declaration for Texas counties heavily impacted by recent severe weather and flooding that caused widespread damage across the state....
3 Suspects in Sausage Plant Fire ID’d After Texas Arson Hotline Call
Oct 31 2018 // A resident of Richardson, Texas, who recognized a suspected arsonist from a television news report has been awarded a $500 check for his call that will lead to the arrests of three suspects in the fire of the Owens Sausage...
Texas Judge Finalizes $200M-Plus Award in Lexus Defects Case
Oct 31 2018 // A final judgment upholds a jury award of more than $200 million to a Dallas-area family against Toyota over what they alleged were defective front seats in their Lexus sedan. State District Judge Dale Tillery entered the...
Weather, Wildfire Claims an Increasing Share of Home Insurance Losses
Oct 31 2018 // U.S homeowners insurers saw an increase in both the number of losses and the percentage of those losses that resulted from an extreme weather event during 2017. According to a LexisNexis Home Trends report, loss costs...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Proposes New Carrier Reimbursement Forms
Oct 30 2018 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is accepting comments on five newly proposed forms to help insurance carriers submit requests for reimbursement from the Subsequent Injury...
Stephens Insurance Adds 4 in Management Positions in Texas
Oct 30 2018 // Stephens Insurance LLC an independent, financial services firm, has hired Chris Hawkins as senior vice president, Robert Mann and John Rhodes as vice presidents, and Kevin Yandell as claims coordinator. All four are...
