Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas Oil Wells Services Company Cited for Rig Fatalities
Sep 10 2015 // Federal safety officials have cited a Texas oil well services company in the deaths of three workers killed while working to install a blowout preventer, which seals, controls and monitors a rig. The Occupational Safety...
TDI Posts Summary of Bills Affecting Property/Casualty Insurers
Sep 9 2015 // The Texas Department of Insurance has produced a summary of various bills passed by the Texas Legislature this year that impact property/casualty insurance companies. Many but not all of the following were effective Sept....
2 Hurt as Freight Trains Collide in Texas
Sep 9 2015 // Two crew members were hurt when two freight trains hauling new vehicles collided on Union Pacific property in Northeast Texas. UP spokesman Jeff DeGraff says four cars derailed early on Sept. 8 in Texarkana,...
Construction Contractors in Texas Fined $88K for Safety Violations
Sep 8 2015 // Federal safety officials have cited two contractors at a construction site in Austin, Texas, for safety violations. Hensel Phelps Construction Co. and CVI Development LLC were cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Palmer & Cay of Texas: Focused on Specialization
Sep 8 2015 // Georgia-based Palmer & Cay may have a lot of history behind it but what’s driving the expansion of the independent insurance brokerage into Texas is a very modern sense of what it takes to succeed in the...
People – South Central
Sep 7 2015 // Gulfstream Property and Casualty Insurance Co., a regional property carrier providing homeowners, condominium, renters, dwelling fire and flood coverage with operations in five states, appointed David N. Block as chief...
Litigation Relief Needed for TWIA Depop Program to Work, Lawmakers Say
Sep 7 2015 // A new law that became effective Sept. 1 in Texas will give the state’s property insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the coast more leeway in its plan to reduce overall exposure by incenting private...
Business Moves
Sep 7 2015 // Distinguished, Fulcrum Distinguished Programs Holdings LLC announced the pending acquisition of Bellevue, Wash.-based Fulcrum Insurance Programs. The businesses will be combined and rebranded as Distinguished Specialty....
Stamping Offices Report Moderate Growth in U.S. Premium
Sep 7 2015 // Collectively, the 14 U.S. surplus lines stamping offices have reported moderate growth in surplus line premiums during the first half of 2015. Approximately 60 percent of all surplus lines insurance is processed by...
Texas Oil Field Co. to Pay $30K to Settle EEOC Retaliation Suit
Sep 4 2015 // An Iraan, Texas, oil field construction and services company will pay $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency...
McCormick Joins Centauri Insurance as Sales Manager in Texas
Sep 4 2015 // Joseph McCormick has joined Centauri Insurance as the company’s new regional sales manager for Texas. McCormick brings more than 26 years of sales and agency management experience to Centauri Insurance and is charged...
Lighthouse Property Insurance Adds Gomez as Texas Marketing Rep
Sep 3 2015 // Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp., based in Orlando, Fla., appointed Maureen Gomez as marketing representative for Texas. With more than 22 years of experience in the insurance industry, Gomez has held marketing,...
Kingstone OK’d to Write P/C Insurance in Texas
Sep 2 2015 // Kingstone Companies Inc., a multi-line regional property/casualty insurance holding company based in New York, announced that its subsidiary, Kingstone Insurance Co., has received approval from the Texas Department of...
Blue Bell Selling Ice Cream Again after Listeria Recall
Sep 1 2015 // Blue Bell ice cream is back. Blue Bell Creameries resumed selling its products at select locations on Aug. 31, four months after the Texas-based retailer halted sales due to listeria contamination. Blue Bell ice cream is...
CAA Expanding into Nebraska; Elliott to Lead New Central Region
Sep 1 2015 // The Texas-based agency partnership Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced it is expanding into Nebraska and elected Rick Elliott to serve as central regional vice president. The insurance agency aggregator will be...
Texas Wholesale Insurance Group Founder, Myron Steves, Passes
Aug 31 2015 // Texas independent managing general agency and wholesale insurance broker, Myron Steves, announced the passing of its founder and namesake, Myron F. Steves, Sr., with the following message: With a heavy heart we share the...
Texas Legal Insurance Plan Joins Independent Agents Group
Aug 31 2015 // Texas Legal, the statewide nonprofit legal insurance plan founded by the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Legislature, announced it is now a member of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT). Legal insurance...
Slape, Brady Named Deputy Commissioners at Texas DOI
Aug 28 2015 // Texas Insurance Commissioner David Mattax announced two key executive positions on his staff. Doug Slape will become deputy commissioner for financial regulation, and Kevin Brady was named deputy commissioner for agency...
Florida-Based Advanced E&S Group Opens Dallas Office
Aug 28 2015 // Advanced E&S Group, a Florida-based managing general agency, has hired April Moeser, branch manager, and Lisa Sherman, underwriting, to facilitate the opening of the firm’s new branch office operations in Dallas,...
Palmer & Cay Re-Enters Texas, Taps McClure as President
Aug 26 2015 // Independent insurance broker Palmer & Cay has re-formed operations in Dallas, Texas, and named Howard H. McClure III as president of Palmer & Cay of Texas LLC. Georgia-based Palmer & Cay first entered the Texas...
