Latest Texas Headlines
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Insurers Disappointed as Supreme Court Backs Disparate Impact Claims
Jun 25 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court said people who file housing-discrimination suits don’t have to show they were victims of intentional bias, in a blow to lenders and insurers and a surprise legal victory for the Obama...
Texas-Based TWFG Recognizes Top Producers
Jun 24 2015 // The Woodlands, Texas-based TWFG recognized its outstanding agents from across the nation during the company’s recent national convention. TWFG also introduced its new slogan — “Our Policy is Caring: Our...
Operator of Ruptured Arkansas Gas Pipeline Was Cited in 2011
Jun 24 2015 // Federal inspectors found several violations during their most recent review of Spectra Energy’s Texas Eastern Transmission system, which includes the pipeline that burst in the Arkansas River in May. Spectra Energy...
Damage from South Texas Flood Reaches $12M, Officials Say
Jun 24 2015 // The damage toll has been counted from flash flooding in South Texas on June 19. Edinburg City Manager Ramiro Garza told reporters that about 300 houses and 22 businesses were damaged after up to 6 inches of rainfall over...
Kliewer Elected Chair of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
Jun 22 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected Bill Kliewer, managing partner at BKCW in Killeen, to serve as chairman for 2015-2016. Kliewer has more than 35 years of insurance, financial and management...
Texas Tops in Lightning Damage Claim Amounts
Jun 22 2015 // Lightning damage is the most striking in Texas, at least for the insurance industry. The average claim in the state was $10,671 last year, the Insurance Information Institute said in a statement. That’s the highest...
Denton, Texas Officials Repeal Voter-Approved Fracking Ban
Jun 19 2015 // Leaders of a North Texas university town that was the first in the state to ban hydraulic fracturing repealed the voter-approved measure early on June 17, sounding a tone of capitulation to the state’s powerful oil...
Texas-Based Walker Myers Acquired by The Hilb Group
Jun 18 2015 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Texas-based Walker Myers Insurance & Risk Management LLC. With offices in Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Corpus Christi, Walker Myers presents its clients an array of insurance...
Remnants of Tropical Storm Bill Headed for the Midwest
Jun 18 2015 // Tropical Storm Bill wrung out almost 12 inches of rain over parts of eastern Texas, was downgraded to a depression and then handed off from the National Hurricane Center to the Weather Prediction Center. That doesn’t...
Tarrant County, Texas Gets New Insurance Fraud Prosecutor
Jun 18 2015 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) recently named William “Doug” Wallace as a fraud prosecutor who will work exclusively with criminal prosecutors in the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office to...
GEICO Launches End-to-End Ridesharing Coverage in Texas
Jun 18 2015 // GEICO has unveiled a new auto insurance product in Texas for drivers of on-demand transportation network companies (TNC) like Uber, Lyft, Sidecar that covers both personal and ridesharing needs. GEICO Senior Vice President...
One Dead as Tropical Depression Bill Batters Texas
Jun 17 2015 // Though Tropical Storm Bill has been downgraded to a tropical depression, as it moves across Texas its heavy rains are flooding streets and have left at least one person dead in the state where severe weather killed about...
Tropical Storm Bill Makes Landfall in Texas with 60 MPH Winds
Jun 16 2015 // Tropical Storm Bill came ashore on the Texas mainland this morning near Seadrift, packing heavy rains that will drop as much as 10 inches along the coast. Bill’s winds were 60 miles (97 kilometers) per hour, up from...
Vertafore Acquires Florida-Based Agency Technology Provider QQ Solutions
Jun 16 2015 // Insurance software provider Vertafore, has acquired QQ Solutions, Inc., a provider of agency management systems and a comparative rater offering. The move expands Vertafore’s portfolio of agency management systems...
Luttrell Named Chairman of Combined Agents of America
Jun 15 2015 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) elected Roger Luttrell, president of Benton Luttrell Co. in Van Alstyne, Texas, as its chairman for 2015/16. Roger Luttrell Other members of the newly elected...
Blue Bell Says Listeria Source Likely Found at Oklahoma Plant
Jun 15 2015 // Blue Bell Creameries says it has likely identified the source of listeria contamination at its Oklahoma plant, but it may not be able to pinpoint a single source for the problem at its Texas plant. The Texas-based company...
Storm Brewing Over Yucatan Peninsula Threatens Texas and Louisiana
Jun 15 2015 // The Atlantic’s second storm of the year may be developing over the Yucatan Peninsula, with the potential to reach Texas and Louisiana and flood Houston for the second time in a month. Thunderstorms moving northwest...
Windstorm Insurance Bill Stirs Lively Debate in Texas House
Jun 15 2015 // Differences of opinion on the never-ending problem of what to do about property insurance along the coast had lawmakers from coastal areas pitted against inland representatives in the waning days of the Texas legislative...
Texas’ Watershed Dams Saved Estimated $40M in Flood Damage Costs
Jun 15 2015 // While May’s rains brought much needed drought relief across Texas, the torrential downpours in many instances washed out roads and bridges, stranded motorists and took the lives of a reported 27 Texans. A significant...
Failure of Texas Hail Claim Litigation Bill a Disappointment to Insurers
Jun 15 2015 // In the last days of the Texas legislative session an insurance industry-backed measure that proponents said would help rein in litigation related to property insurance claims died in the House of Representatives. Passed by...
