Latest Texas Headlines
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SUV Test Drive in Texas Turns Into Drug Deal
Jan 18 2013 // A man who took a $40,000 SUV on an unauthorized test drive in Central Texas has been accused of selling the vehicle for two rocks of crack cocaine. Travis County Jail records show 50-year-old Carlos Sergio Valdes was being...
Texas Bill Would Grant Liability Protection for Emergency Volunteers
Jan 18 2013 // A Texas state representative has filed a bill that would allow fire departments to accept volunteer assistance during an emergency and would protect shield those volunteers from liability. State Representative Cecil Bell,...
Auto, Homeowner Complaints Dropping in Texas
Jan 17 2013 // Texas drivers are filing fewer and fewer complaints against insurance companies these days, an insurance trade group reported. Last year represents the lowest number of justified or confirmed auto insurance complaints...
Texas Trade Group: Survey Shows Insurance Industry Doing It Right
Jan 16 2013 // While tornadoes and hailstorms were pounding their way through the Dallas/Fort Worth area last year, consumers had confidence that their insurance companies would be there to help with repairs to their cars, homes and...
Texas Brine, Louisiana Agree on Plan to Assess Sinkhole
Jan 16 2013 // The Louisiana Office of Conservation has modified orders requiring Texas Brine Co. LLC to assess the status of sediments under an 8.5-acre sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish, prompting the company to withdraw a lawsuit...
Texas Parents Lobby for Tougher DUI Laws in North Dakota
Jan 16 2013 // The parents of two Texas boys killed when a pickup truck ran over their tent in a North Dakota campground last summer have returned to North Dakota to lobby the state Legislature for tougher drunken driving laws. Alaries...
Heavy-Duty Restricted Guns Legally Sold in Texas
Jan 16 2013 // In a heavily guarded store just southwest of Houston, twin .50-caliber “Ma Deuce” machine guns rise up side by side from a mount that could be bolted to the deck of a warship or truck bed. The guns can fire...
TDI: Pre-Dispute Binding Arbitration Clauses Unfair to Policyholders
Jan 16 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 has informed...
Texas Agency Management Seminar Celebrates 50 Years of Success
Jan 15 2013 // In 1963, a group of insurance agents under the direction of Joseph E. Vincent from Bryan, Texas, began plans for an annual insurance seminar to be presented by Texas Association of Independent Agents (TAIA) for agency...
Number of Insurers Based in Texas ‘Average’ Compared to Size of Market
Jan 14 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...
Victims’ Relatives Sue Rivera’s Company Over Crash In California
Jan 14 2013 // Relatives of four passengers killed last month with Jenni Rivera in a plane crash in Mexico filed a lawsuit against Rivera’s company alleging the singer was negligent when she hired a faulty Learjet 25. The civil...
2013 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 14 2013 // JANUARY P/C Insurance Joint Industry Forum Jan 15 Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY Insurance Information Institute www.iii.org 2013 Big ‘I’ Winter Meeting Jan 16-20 The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa,...
Texas Surplus Lines Premium Exceeded $4 Billion in 2012
Jan 14 2013 // Premium on policies reported to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas in 2012 totaled more than $4 billion, a record volume, SLSOT reported. The amount is an increase of $767 million over 2011, a rise of nearly 24...
Texas Agency Management Seminar Celebrates 50 Years of Success
Jan 14 2013 // In 1963, a group of insurance agents under the direction of Joseph E. Vincent from Bryan, Texas, began plans for an annual insurance seminar to be presented by Texas Association of Independent Agents (TAIA) for agency...
Managing Underwriter Bill Creates Unwelcome Surprise for Some Texas Agents
Jan 14 2013 // A bill passed during the 2011 session of the Texas Legislature is creating havoc for some independent insurance agents in the state. House Bill 3410 creates a definition of a managing underwriter, and addresses the filing...
People – South Central
Jan 14 2013 // The Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. announced that Kathy van Eeten, senior vice president – regional marketing for insurance broker CRC|Crump, has been elected president of the association for the coming year....
Float Driver Won’t Face Charges in Texas Train Crash
Jan 11 2013 // A grand jury has declined to indict the driver of a float involved in a train collision that killed four U.S. military veterans in a West Texas parade. Dale Andrew Hayden, the driver of the truck pulling the float, will...
Crocker Joins Higginbotham as Real Estate Practice Leader
Jan 10 2013 // Commercial insurance broker William J. Crocker has joined Higginbotham Insurance Group in Austin, Texas, as vice president, real estate practice leader. Crocker will help build the firm’s presence in the real estate...
3rd Defendant in W Financial Group $17M Fraud Sentenced to Prison
Jan 10 2013 // A man who, along with two others, falsely used the names of two well-known insurance groups in a scheme to swindle elderly people out of millions of dollars has been sentenced to prison in North Texas. Adley Husni...
Drought-Ridden Wheat Belt Declared Disaster; Record Crop Insurance Claims Seen
Jan 10 2013 // The government declared much of the central and southern U.S. Wheat Belt a natural disaster area on Wednesday due to persistent drought that imperils this year’s winter wheat harvest. In its first disaster...
