Latest Texas Headlines
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Hill Named VP of Loss Prevention at Texas Mutual Insurance
Dec 5 2013 // Austin-based workers’ compensation insurance provider, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has named Woody Hill its vice president of loss prevention. Hill will oversee the company’s ongoing initiative to deliver...
Texas Department of Insurance Proposes Navigator Rules for Health Exchange
Dec 3 2013 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has proposed rules relating to federal health insurance exchange navigators. The rules propose criminal background checks, privacy training, proof of identity and evidence of...
TWFG Acquires Ward Business Insurance
Dec 3 2013 // The Woodlands, Texas-based TWFG has acquired Ward Business Insurance, located in the Kingwood/Humble, Texas area. TWFG’s proprietary agency systems will be installed into Ward Business and the company will merge into...
Texas Regulators Post Summaries of Property/Casualty Insurance Bills for 2013
Dec 3 2013 // The Texas Department of Insurance has posted information and brief summaries of selected bills enacted during the 83rd Legislative regular session that relate to property/casualty insurance. The bills listed may require...
Williams Insurance Agency Opens New Office in Diana, Texas
Dec 2 2013 // Gilmer, Texas-based independent insurance agency, Williams Insurance Agency, announced it has opened a second location in Diana, Texas. Williams Insurance Agency is one of the seven professional independent insurance...
Raue Added as State Auto Regional Claims Manager in Texas
Dec 2 2013 // Michelle Raue has joined State Auto’s Western Region in Austin, Texas, as claims regional manager. Raue assumes responsibility and oversight for the local execution of the group’s claims strategy, claims...
Report Shows Nearly 5 Million Homes Endangered by Wildfires
Dec 2 2013 // More than 4.5 million U.S. households are at high or extreme risk from wildfire, according to new analysis by Verisk Insurance Solutions – Underwriting, a unit of Verisk Analytics. The analysis identified the number...
Commissioner Denies TWIA’s Request to Raise Liability Limits
Dec 2 2013 // The primary windstorm insurer for Texas coastal properties won’t be raising limits of liability next year for property it covers. Insurance Commissioner Julia Rathgeber has denied a request by the Texas Windstorm...
People – South Central
Dec 2 2013 // The Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. announced the election of new officers and directors at its annual meeting in Austin on Nov. 11. Lorrie Cheshier, vice president/branch manager at McClelland & Hine Inc. in San...
All-Star Insurance Opens New Office in Pittsburg, Texas
Nov 26 2013 // Gilmer, Texas-based All-Star Insurance Group Inc., a full service, independent insurance agency, has opened a new office inside First National Bank in Pittsburg, Texas. All-Star Insurance has appointed Jackson Boyd of...
Bear Bryant’s Son’s Reinsurance Fortune Helps Power Alabama Football
Nov 26 2013 // The University of Alabama opened a new football-training center last February. Any professional team would be happy to have it. The amenities include a $9 million weight room, a hydrotherapy pool with a Club Med–style...
All-Star Insurance Opens New Office in Diana, Texas
Nov 25 2013 // Gilmer, Texas-based independent insurance agency, All-Star Insurance Group Inc., announced it has opened an office in Diana, Texas. All-Star Insurance has appointed Jeremy Dreesen of Jefferson as the managing agent for the...
Texas-Based Service Lloyds Insurance Announces Management Changes
Nov 20 2013 // Service Lloyds Insurance Co., based in Austin, Texas, announced that G. Steven Collier has been named the company’s director of underwriting and Jan Kearbey has been named director of marketing. Collier is a...
Texas Man Sentenced on Workers’ Comp Fraud
Nov 20 2013 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Terrance Hopkins of Tyler on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The court sentenced Hopkins to one year of deferred...
Texas Workplace Injury, Illness Rate Again Below U.S. Rate
Nov 19 2013 // The Texas incidence rate of nonfatal injuries and illnesses in private industry was 2.7 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers in 2012, below the national rate of 3.4, the Texas Department of Insurance – Division...
Texas Surplus Lines Association Elects New Officers
Nov 19 2013 // The Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. announced the election of new officers and directors at its annual meeting in Austin on Nov. 11. Lorrie Cheshier, vice president/branch manager at McClelland & Hine Inc. in San...
Texas Opening Doors to Captive Insurers
Nov 18 2013 // The Texas Department of Insurance has begun accepting applications from captive insurance companies located in other jurisdictions that would like to relocate to Texas. TDI will license the companies under a law change...
Insurance Network of Texas Announces New Austin Location
Nov 18 2013 // Insurance Network of Texas announced it opened new location in Austin on Nov. 15 that will serve as headquarters for its professional services division. The new location is headed by industry veteran Gary Beck. The...
Texas Mutual Wraps Up $175M Workers’ Comp Dividend Distribution
Nov 18 2013 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that it has begun distributing $2.6 million in workers’ compensation dividends among approximately 3,300 new policyholders. The money represents the final component of Texas...
Texas Insurer Group Awards Fall Scholarships to 20 Students
Nov 18 2013 // Twenty students at four Texas universities were recently awarded a total of $38,000 in academic scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation. The students attend St. Mary’s University...
