Latest Texas Headlines
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Dubious Distinction: Texas, Oklahoma Have Most Twisters in 2013
Feb 7 2014 // Texas and Oklahoma led the nation in the number of tornadoes last year. Oklahoma’s 79 was well above the state’s average of 57. Texas had 81. Greg Carbin, the warning coordination meteorologist with the Storm...
Texas Rangers Stadium to Be Re-Named for Insurance Company
Feb 7 2014 // The Texas Rangers reached a 10-year deal on Feb. 5 to immediately change the name of their 20-year-old stadium to Globe Life Park in Arlington. Rangers Ballpark is being renamed under an agreement with Globe Life and...
Judge Rules Again: No Jail for Texas ‘Affluenza’ Teen in Fatal Car Wreck
Feb 7 2014 // A judge has ordered a Texas teenager who was sentenced to 10 years’ probation in a drunken-driving crash that killed four people to go to a rehabilitation facility paid for by his parents. Judge Jean Boyd on Feb. 5...
Mayor of West, Texas, an Independent Agent, Named Trusted Choice Hometown Hero
Feb 6 2014 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has named Tommy Muska of Muska Insurance Services in West as its newest Trusted Choice Hometown Hero. Hometown Hero recognizes Trusted Choice insurance agents who go above...
AssuredPartners Acquires AirSure in Colorado, Texas
Feb 5 2014 // AssuredPartners Inc. has completed the acquisition of Golden, Colo.-based AirSure Limited LLC. AirSure specializes in insurance coverage, employee benefits and risk management services for businesses in the aviation...
11 Companies to Approved to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp in Texas
Feb 4 2014 // The Texas Department of Insurance-Division of Workers’ Compensation has approved 11 companies self-insure for workers’ compensation claims. To qualify, a company must have a minimum workers’ compensation...
Deconstructing Texas Insurance Law: Ewing Confirms Court’s Shift
Feb 3 2014 // On Jan. 17, 2014, the Texas Supreme Court in Ewing Construction Company v. Amerisure Insurance Co. issued another surprising and controversial decision in a construction defect coverage case. For many years the Texas...
Confie Seguros Expands in Texas with 1 Stop Financial Service Centers
Feb 3 2014 // Confie Seguros, a rapidly growing national provider of personal lines insurance, has acquired 1 Stop Financial Service Centers of America, which provides a variety of insurance needs, short term financial assistance and...
Insurer Group: Texas Auto, Homeowner Complaints at a Record Low
Feb 3 2014 // In 2013, Texas drivers and homeowners filed the fewest number of complaints against their insurance companies since the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) began keeping records, the Insurance Council of Texas...
Texas Troopers Make Hundreds of DWI Arrests over Holidays
Feb 2 2014 // Texas troopers made nearly 1,500 drunken driving arrests during the recent holidays. The Texas Department of Public Safety announced the numbers for the increased enforcement from Dec. 13 through Jan. 21. A Texas...
Texas Fertilizer Explosion on List of Texas Lawmaker Priorities
Feb 2 2014 // The West fertilizer blast that killed 15 people will face more scrutiny over the next year from Texas lawmakers who could strengthen state regulations surrounding chemical facility safety and inspections, according to a...
Austin Agents Honor Watkins Insurance Group President with Service Award
Jan 30 2014 // Patrick Watkins, president of Austin, Texas-based Watkins Insurance Group, has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award by Independent Insurance Agents of Austin (IIAA. The award is not offered every year, only when a...
Texas-Based MHBT Recognized as Top Performing U.S. Insurance Brokerage
Jan 30 2014 // MHBT Inc., headquartered in Dallas, Texas, was recently recognized as the “Top Performing Agency” in the country in its revenue category in a prestigious report by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers...
Texas Insurance, Vietnam Veteran Lyle Ashley Passes Away
Jan 30 2014 // Lyle Ashley, decorated Navy veteran, insurance agency founder, and well-known professional in Texas insurance circles, passed away Jan. 24, 2014. Ashley, 69, received The Vietnam Service Medal with two bronze stars for his...
Homeowners of America Insurance Co. Offering Flood Coverage in Texas
Jan 29 2014 // Homeowners of America Insurance Co. (HOAIC), a Texas-based property and casualty insurance company, is expanding its products to offer flood insurance to its policyholders in Texas. Homeowners of America flood insurance...
Texas-Based Michaels Stores Investigating Possible Data Breach
Jan 27 2014 // Michaels Stores says it is investigating a possible company data security breach that may have affected its customers’ payment card information. The Irving, Texas, company said it launched the probe after learning of...
Pamplona-Style Bull Run in Texas Leaves 1 Hospitalized
Jan 27 2014 // One person was briefly treated at a hospital and several others suffered minor injuries during a Pamplona-style bull running event held in suburban Houston, Texas. The Great Bull Run mirrors the annual running of the bulls...
Privacy Breaches Afflict Texas Psych Hospitals
Jan 27 2014 // A review of state records by a newspaper has found five incidents in about the last six months where patients’ health records have made their way out of Texas’ 10 public psychiatric hospitals. The Austin...
People – Southeast
Jan 27 2014 // Starr Companies said it has appointed Eleanor Kitzman as vice president of Starr Insurance Holdings Inc. Kitzman will have regulatory, management and operational responsibilities across the company’s domestic and...
Business Moves
Jan 27 2014 // Brown & Brown, The Wright Group Daytona Beach, Fla.-based national insurance broker Brown & Brown Inc. is acquiring for $602.5 million The Wright Insurance Group LLC from Aquiline Capital Partners, Wright’s...
