Latest Texas Headlines
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Mixed Bag of Drought, Flooding and Warm Weather Predicted for Spring
Mar 21 2013 // In its three-month U.S. Spring Outlook, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration states that odds favor above-average temperatures across much of the continental United States, including drought-stricken areas...
Best Affirms Hallmark Financial and Subs Ratings; Outlook Stable
Mar 21 2013 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of the members of Hallmark Insurance Group, headquartered in Fort Worth,...
SIAA Adds 5 Agencies in South Central Region
Mar 20 2013 // The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) announced it signed five new member agencies in the South Central region in February. The newly signed agencies are: Pluta Insurance Agency of Irving, Texas; Crump Commercial...
Regulations Proposed in Texas for Lawsuit Financing
Mar 20 2013 // Texas lawmakers are seeking to rein in lenders who finance lawsuits. Under a bill considered in the Texas House Committee on the Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence, the lenders would have to abide by regulations that...
Lock, Take and Hide Signs Working in Mesquite, Texas
Mar 19 2013 // The Mesquite Police Department reports the simple message from the Lock, Take and Hide crime prevention signs have had a tremendous impact on reducing auto thefts and burglaries in their city. The police department...
Yurkovich Rejoins Texas Mutual as Senior VP of Strategic Planning
Mar 19 2013 // Workers’ compensation insurance provider, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., announced that Joe Yurkovich has accepted the position of senior vice president of strategic planning. He returns to Texas Mutual after serving as...
The Woodlands Financial Group Has a Focus on Growth
Mar 14 2013 // Richard “Gordy” Bunch, president and CEO of The Woodlands Financial Group, readily concedes that starting a personal lines-focused insurance business in Texas in 2001 – while the state was in the throes of...
Texas Lawmaker Scolds Insurance Industry over Coastal Coverage
Mar 14 2013 // A state senator in Texas is taking the insurance industry to task for what he perceives as its disinterest in coming up with new approaches to solving coastal windstorm insurance issues. In a Senate committee meeting on...
Louisiana Governor: Texas Brine Agrees to Sinkhole Buyouts
Mar 14 2013 // Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says a Texas company blamed for the sinkhole that formed after the collapse of an underground salt cavern has agreed to provide settlement offers, which include buyouts, to the residents of the...
Southport Lane Acquires Dallas National Insurance Co.
Mar 13 2013 // Southport Lane, a New York-based private equity firm, completed its previously announced acquisition of Dallas National Insurance Co., a Texas-based property and casualty insurer specializing in general liability and...
Finks Joins Texas-Based Roach Howard Smith & Barton
Mar 12 2013 // Brandon Finks has joined Roach Howard Smith & Barton insurance brokerage firm as a commercial sales executive for property/ casualty insurance. Finks began his career as a certified insurance claims adjuster with AIG...
Suspicious Roofing Claims in Texas Increase 50% Since 2010
Mar 12 2013 // Long known for its epic weather-related events, a report released today by the National Insurance Crime Bureau indicates that some Texas insurance fraud might also be prompted by weather. Since 2010, questionable roofing...
Gallup: Texas Uninsured Rate Rises, Sets Record
Mar 11 2013 // A new Gallup poll reports that Texas has the highest percentage of people ever recorded without health insurance at 28.8 percent. The poll released comes one year after the U.S. Census Bureau reported 24.4 percent of...
The Woodlands Financial Group Has a Focus on Growth
Mar 11 2013 // The Woodlands Financial Group Has a Focus on Growth Richard “Gordy” Bunch, president and CEO of The Woodlands Financial Group, readily concedes that starting a personal lines-focused insurance business in Texas...
People – South Central
Mar 11 2013 // Dallas-based managing general agency, Arcana Insurance Services, named Gary Kirkindoll as chief business development officer. Kirkindoll will oversee development of the company’s customer base in the credit union...
Report: Senate May Reject Texas Insurance Commissioner
Mar 11 2013 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Eleanor Kitzman could have trouble winning Senate confirmation to keep her job, as Democrats with enough votes to defeat her nomination question her credentials. Appointed by Texas Gov. Rick...
Texas Market Share: Homeowners and Personal Auto
Mar 11 2013 // Top 40 Insurers/Homeowners Based on 2011 Texas Written Premium Rank Company $ Written Premium % of Market 1 State Farm Lloyds $1,678,075,665 28.09% 2 Allstate Texas Lloyd’s 462,398,477 7.74% 3 Texas Farmers Ins....
Survey: Most Texas Voters Support Licensing Roofers
Mar 11 2013 // A recent survey shows that most registered Texas voters support the licensing of roofers in the state. According to the survey by the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), when asked if roofing contractors should be licensed...
Texas Windstorm Insurer Faces Tough Legislative Session
Mar 11 2013 // Texas’ property insurer of last resort in coastal counties may have a difficult time remaining intact during the 2013 legislative session. Claims from 2008’s Hurricane Ike still trickle in and ongoing...
Texans Love Pickup Trucks, So Do Thieves
Mar 8 2013 // What the TV ads touting Texans’ love of pickup trucks won’t tell you is that so do Texas thieves. Ford, Chevy and Dodge pickups top the Texas Department of Public Safety’s list of most-stolen vehicles...
