Latest Texas Headlines
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Deconstructing Texas Insurance Law: Ewing Confirms Court’s Shift
Jan 27 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...
Surplus Lines in 2013: A Stable Market with Moderate Growth
Jan 27 2014 // The Trend Is Expected to Continue The excess and surplus lines insurance industry was in a good place last year, characterized by a stable market and moderate growth, according to one executive who is bullish on the...
TWIA Panel Studying Methods to Assess Wind/Water Property Loss
Jan 27 2014 // A panel studying methods to assess property loss incurred as a result of wind versus water forces along the Texas coast expects to have the first of four study components ready for consideration in February. The mission of...
San Antonio Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 23 2014 // Travis County district court sentenced Anthony Coleman Garza of San Antonio on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to an announcement by Texas Mutual Insurance Co. The court sentenced Garza to...
Texas Adopts Rules for Health Insurance Exchange Navigators
Jan 22 2014 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) issued final rules that it says will strengthen protections for consumers who seek assistance from federal health benefit exchange navigators. The department says the rules address...
Officials Suspect 2 Nabbed in Texas Linked to Target Fraud Case
Jan 22 2014 // Two Mexican citizens who were arrested at the border used account information stolen during the Target security breach to buy tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise, according to a South Texas police...
Texas House Subcommittee to Study Quakes in Oil, Gas Producing Areas
Jan 21 2014 // The chairman of the Texas House Committee Energy on Energy Resources has set up a team of lawmakers to investigate earthquakes in oil and gas regions. Chairman Jim Keffer named three Republicans and one Democrat to the...
Texas Supreme Court Limits Insurance Exclusions for Builders, Contractors
Jan 20 2014 // The Texas Supreme Court issued a key ruling on Jan. 17 that impacts the liability insurance coverage that builders and general contractors carry. Writing for the court, Justice Phil Johnson denied an insurance...
Texas-Based Talon Insurance Agency Merges with Higginbotham
Jan 17 2014 // Higginbotham, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, and Talon Insurance Agency announced the merger of their operations. Both are independent insurance firms based in Texas providing commercial and personal insurance, risk...
Restaurant Safety Group Earns $670K Dividend from Texas Mutual Insurance
Jan 16 2014 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced a $669,540 dividend to the Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) workers’ compensation safety group. The dividend was based largely on the group’s overall loss ratio. Since...
All Risks South Central Opens Office in Austin, Texas
Jan 16 2014 // Independent insurance wholesaler, All Risks Ltd., has expanded in its’ South Central Region by opening an office in Austin, Texas. The expansion follows All Risks’ addition of a team of experienced brokers in...
Combined Agents of America Adds Wade to Leadership Team
Jan 15 2014 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), with headquarters in Austin, Texas, announced that William H. (Bill) Wade II has joined its team as director of carrier relations and program management. Wade has more than 40 years of...
Texas Windstorm Insurer Releases Questionable Emails to Attorney
Jan 13 2014 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) announced it has released to a litigator what it calls “potentially offensive” emails as part of discovery in a lawsuit against the insurer brought on behalf of...
BP Oil Spill Settlement Fight Wages On
Jan 13 2014 // BP Plc’s $9.2 billion partial settlement over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was upheld by an appeals court over the company’s protest that the deal wasn’t valid unless a claims-payment dispute was...
Declarations
Jan 13 2014 // Free Speech Ripoff “This case is really important because businesses should not be able to silence their customers.” —Scott Michelman of nonprofit Public Citizen Litigation Group says the case of a Utah...
Ex-Texas School Boards Official Admits Stealing $500K from Insurance Fund
Jan 10 2014 // The former workers’ compensation claims chief for the Texas Association of School Boards admits to stealing more than $500,000 from the group’s insurance fund. Federal prosecutors say Herman G. Wilks pleaded...
TWIA Expert Panel Working on Methods to Assess Wind/Water Property Loss
Jan 10 2014 // A panel studying methods to assess property loss incurred as a result of wind versus water forces along the Texas coast expects to have the first of four study components ready for consideration next month. The mission of...
Texas Brine: Arch Specialty Insurance Should Pay Sinkhole Claims Costs
Jan 9 2014 // Texas Brine Co., the company blamed for the Bayou Corne-area sinkhole, has filed a formal complaint with the Louisiana Department of Insurance. The company alleges one of its insurers is not paying up as its policy...
Dixon Joins Texas-Based BevCap Management
Jan 8 2014 // BevCap Management LLC a captive insurance program manager based in McKinney, Texas, announced that Jason Dixon has joined its team. Jason brings 18 years of experience working with employee benefits, and health and welfare...
Texas Insurance Executive Enters State Senate Race
Jan 8 2014 // Richard “Gordy” Bunch, founder, president and CEO of The Woodlands, Texas-based insurance agency, The Woodlands Financial Group (TWFG), has announced his candidacy for the state’s 4th Senate District. A...
