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Texas Windstorm Insurer Board: No Receivership at This Time
Mar 26 2013 // Numerous representatives from Texas coastal counties, cities and business organizations on March 25 spoke before the board of the state’s insurer of last resort urging them to oppose the proposal by state regulators...
Receivership Proposed for Texas’ Insurer of Last Resort
Mar 25 2013 // In a meeting on March 25, the board of directors of Texas’ insurer of last resort in coastal areas is expected to discuss the organization’s dire financial condition and the possibility of placing the...
Texas Arson Convictions Under Review In Light of New Fire Science
Mar 25 2013 // Ed Graf was given life in prison 25 years ago for killing his two stepsons by locking them in a backyard shed and setting it on fire. Two investigators used photos of the shed’s remains to persuade jurors that Graf...
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Safety Effort Targets Missouri’s Older Drivers
Mar 22 2013 // Officials unveiled a public health campaign on March 20 aimed at helping get aging Missouri men and women off the roads when it’s no longer safe for them to drive and at preparing them for life without a license. The...
Beware March 25, a Rough Weather Day for Austin
Mar 22 2013 // Three of the most damaging and costliest hailstorms in the history of Austin, Texas, have all occurred on March 25. While Texas usually waits for the months of April and May to experience its worst thunderstorm activity,...
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...
