Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas Insurance Commissioner Launches ‘Keep it Simple’ Campaign
May 30 2018 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Kent Sullivan is aiming to ensure that plain language prevails at the Texas Department of Insurance website with a “keep it simple” campaign. Sullivan is a plain language champion,...
People, Organizations Working Together to Hurricane-Proof Houston-Area Community
May 30 2018 // The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, working in collaboration with area residents, the Clear Lake City Water Authority, or CLCWA, and Exploration Green Conservancy, have been collaborating to transform an...
Texas Mutual Names Ward as COO, Haugaard as Sr. VP-Policyholder Services
May 29 2018 // Austin-based workers’ compensation carrier, Texas Mutual Insurance Company, has appointed Jeanette Ward as the company’s new chief operating officer (COO) and Kim Haugaard as its new senior vice president of...
A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of Texas’ Spartan Insurance
May 29 2018 // A.M. Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a-” from “bbb+” of Spartan Insurance Company (Spartan) in Pearland,...
Texas School Shooter’s Father Believes Son Was Bullied
May 23 2018 // A 17-year-old student accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school should be seen as a “victim” because he may have recently been bullied, causing him to lash out, his father said. In a phone...
San Antonio Among Numerous Texas Cities With Drought Water Use Restrictions
May 23 2018 // Some South Texas cities have started restricting water usage due to dropping Edwards Aquifer levels amid drought conditions. The Edwards Aquifer Authority this week announced Stage 1 pumping restrictions after the 10-day...
Texas Agency Disputing Claim That Trooper Sexually Assaulted Woman
May 23 2018 // The Texas Department of Public Safety said it disputes allegations that one of its state troopers sexually assaulted a woman while he was arresting her on suspicion of drunken driving. A lawyer representing the woman said...
TWFG in Texas Gets Capital Infusion for National Growth
May 22 2018 // The Woodlands Financial Group has completed the sale of a minority interest in its capital stock to RenaissanceRe Ventures U.S. LLC. The transaction will provide a capital infusion that Woodlands, Texas-based TWFG will...
Business Moves
May 21 2018 // Alliant Insurance Services, Crystal & Company Alliant Insurance Services, a Newport Beach, Calif.-headquartered specialty insurance brokerage firm, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire New York-based...
Midwest Included in Goosehead Insurance Expansion Plan
May 21 2018 // A North Texas-based insurance agency that operates nationally via a dual corporate/franchise model is planning on expanding following its April 27 initial public offering (IPO). Goosehead Insurance, headquartered in...
More Texans Exposed to Tornadoes Amid Urban Sprawl
May 18 2018 // Mark Fox cringes every time he relives the day his worst weather nightmare came true. April 3, 2012, was a hot and humid day in North Texas, and the unstable atmosphere spawned 17 tornadoes in five hours in the Dallas-Fort...
EPA Wants to Rescind Obama Chemical Plant Regulations
May 18 2018 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took steps on Thursday to roll back and delay Obama-era rules aimed at improving safety at chemical plants, which had come in response to a 2013 explosion at a fertilizer plant in...
Claims Against Texas-Based Karolyis Not Addressed in $500M Nassar Settlement
May 18 2018 // The $500 million settlement Michigan State University reached with more than 300 women and girls who said they were assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar doesn’t address claims against other parties, including...
Industry Veterans Meserole, McGuire Join Austin’s Watkins Insurance Group
May 17 2018 // Watkins Insurance Group, based in Austin, Texas, has added Greg Meserole and Scott McGuire as vice presidents. Meserole and McGuire join a team of more than 100 professionals at Watkins Insurance Group’s Austin...
Former Texas Workers’ Comp Commissioner Opens The Brannan Firm
May 16 2018 // Ryan Brannan, former Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation in Texas and advisor to former Gov. Rick Perry, has founded The Brannan Firm, which will provide clients with legal and government relations...
CPro Associates Acquires Pan-American Benefits Solutions’ Nonsubscription Business
May 16 2018 // Dallas, Texas-based CPro Associates Inc., a provider of nonsubscriber occupational injury benefit plans, has purchased Pan-American Benefits Solutions’ nonsubscription book of business, effective May 14, 2018. CPro...
Texas Calls for 2017 Commercial Property, Businessowners Premium Data
May 15 2018 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a special data call to companies writing direct commercial property or businessowners insurance in Texas catastrophe areas during calendar year 2017. The data call is necessary...
Texas to Hold Hearing on Request to Extend Work Comp Experience Modifier Deadline
May 14 2018 // The Texas Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing on the petition by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas to extend the expiration date of negotiated experience modifiers in the National Council on...
12 Indicted on Property Insurance Fraud Charges in Southeast Texas
May 11 2018 // A federal grand jury in Beaumont, Texas, has returned a 40-count indictment charging 12 individuals with federal violations related to a $1.7 million insurance fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, U.S. Attorney...
Slape, Walker Promoted at Texas Insurance Department
May 11 2018 // Insurance Commissioner Kent Sullivan has promoted Doug Slape to second-in-command at the Texas Department of Insurance. Slape has been at the agency since 1988 and has served as deputy commissioner for the Financial...
