Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Lawmaker Tackles Football in Public School Concussion Fight
Feb 7 2013 // A state lawmaker who wants to make concussion screenings as routine as physicals in Texas public school athletics has taken direct aim at football. State Rep. Eddie Lucio III has filed a bill that would limit high school...
Texas Crews Working to Prevent More Davis Mountains Fires
Feb 5 2013 // Texas Forest Service crews are beginning work to remove hazardous vegetation in the Davis Mountains resort area of West Texas to try to prevent a repeat of one of the state’s largest-ever wildfires two years ago. On...
Wright Retiring as Texas Mutual President, CEO; Gergasko Named Successor
Feb 5 2013 // Ron Wright, who has served as president and chief executive officer of Texas Mutual Insurance Co. since 2009, has announced that he will retire. Richard J. Gergasko, an insurance professional who most recently has worked...
Texas Mutual Awards $300K in Safety Education Grants
Feb 4 2013 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has awarded a combined $300,000 in grants to Kilgore College, Midland College and College of the Mainland in Texas City near Houston. The grants will continue to fund free workplace safety...
Appraisals, Breach of Contract and Bad Faith: Is There a Connection?
Feb 1 2013 // One of the axioms of Texas bad faith law has always been that there is no bad faith where a carrier has not breached its duties to the insured. If you act reasonably and make a mistake, it is not bad faith. In almost all...
Texas Online Insurance Comparison Start-Up Raises $1.5M
Jan 31 2013 // Insurance Zebra, a Texas-based online insurance comparison platform, announced it has raised $1.5 million in start-up capital from a group of high profile investors. Investors included Silverton Partners, Mark Cuban, Mike...
How Agents Survived a Falling Housing Market
Jan 31 2013 // It has not been easy being an insurance agent specializing in the homebuilders insurance market during one of the worst economic recessions in U.S. history. Survival in the recession meant change and a lot of hard...
Rural School Officials: Give Texas Teachers Guns
Jan 30 2013 // Superintendents of three small rural school districts that allow some teachers to carry guns told Texas lawmakers on Jan. 28 that the practice provides a critical measure of safety for students in the event of a campus...
IICF Hosting Black Tie Event in Texas
Jan 30 2013 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) Texas-Southeast division is hosting a black tie benefit gala, Lone Star Legends, at the Hilton Anatole – Chantilly Ballroom, in Dallas, on Feb. 21. The keynote speaker...
Texas Medical Liability Trust to Provide Free EPL Coverage to Policyholders
Jan 29 2013 // Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) announced that on Feb. 1, 2013, employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) will be added to all TMLT policies at no extra premium. EPLI covers lawsuits caused by several...
Gun Sales Surge Leaves Texas Law Agencies Short
Jan 28 2013 // Police chiefs in Central Texas say they’re having trouble arming their officers due to shortages of assault rifles and ammunition. One police department has instructed its officers to try cutting back on ammunition...
Texas Bill Would Grant Liability Protection for Emergency Volunteers
Jan 28 2013 // A Texas state representative has filed a bill that would allow fire departments to accept volunteer assistance during an emergency and would shield those volunteers from liability. Rep. Cecil Bell, Jr. (Magnolia) filed,...
Business Moves – South Central
Jan 28 2013 // Caldwell and Partners, Midlands Holding Corp. Oklahoma-based Caldwell and Partners Inc. (CAP) acquired Midlands Holding Corp. (MHC) from PMA Capital Corp. (PMA). Midlands Management Corp. (Midlands) is a managing general...
Hospice Insurance
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TDI: Pre-Dispute Binding Arbitration Clauses Unfair to Policyholders
Jan 28 2013 // Pre-dispute mandatory binding arbitration provisions in insurance policies may be on their way out in Texas if state insurance regulators proceed with a plan to ban them. The Texas Department of Insurance informed...
Appraisals, Breach of Contract and Bad Faith: Is There a Connection?
Jan 28 2013 // One of the axioms of Texas bad faith law has always been that there is no bad faith where a carrier has not breached its duties to the insured. If you act reasonably and make a mistake, it is not bad faith. In almost all...
People – South Central
Jan 28 2013 // Texas-based RSI International Inc. reported that Brian Bridges joined the firm as commercial underwriter. Bridges brings 10 years’ experience in commercial property/casualty insurance, specializing in middle market...
Number of Insurers Based in Texas ‘Average’ Compared to Size of Market
Jan 28 2013 // The Texas insurance market is ranked the 12th largest in the world in terms of premium volume, but only an “average” number of insurance carriers call the state home, and many of the 400 insurance companies...
Texas Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Auto Insurers
Jan 24 2013 // A Bryan, Texas, chiropractor has entered a plea of guilty to engaging in a conspiracy to defraud various automobile insurance companies of more than $3 million, according to United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Chase...
Ex-New Orleans Mayor Nagin Charged With Bribery
Jan 21 2013 // More than a decade ago, Ray Nagin was elected mayor of New Orleans on a vow to root out corruption in a city plagued by decades of it. On Jan. 18, the former mayor was indicted on charges he lined his pockets with bribe...
