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Wildfires Burn Across Texas; Weekend Losses Expected to Top $100M
Sep 6 2011 // While Tropical Storm Lee drenched Southeast Louisiana with up to 15 inches of rain over the weekend, the low pressure system whipped up strong northwesterly winds across Texas that are blamed for the rapid spread of...
Austin-based Insurance Agency Volunteers as Fire Victim Donation Site
Sep 6 2011 // Watkins Insurance Group in Austin, Texas, has established a donation drop-off site to help victims of the Central Texas fires. Located at 3834 Spicewood Springs Road, items are being collected in the agency’s lobby...
Legislative Changes Aim to Limit Texas Windstorm Lawsuits
Sep 5 2011 // Legislative changes to the operation of Texas’ primary property insurer in coastal areas that go into effect Sept. 28, 2011, include an increased focus on mediation and arbitration of disputed windstorm claims and a...
Texas Supreme Court: Bad Faith Claim Inconsistent with Worker’s Comp
Sep 5 2011 // The Texas Supreme Court has concluded that while bad faith claims against workers’ compensation carriers are not permissible under the state’s insurance code, claims made under the code against insurers for...
Most Doctors Sued Sometime in Career
Sep 5 2011 // A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine says that one in 14 doctors faces a malpractice suit every year. Moreover, almost every physician will face a malpractice suit — or more than one — during...
Lower Medical Liability Rates
Sep 5 2011 // Texas Medical Liability Trust announced a rate reduction for TMLT policyholders and an 18.5 percent dividend for renewing policyholders, effective Jan.1, 2012. The average rate decrease will be 6.9 percent, but will vary...
People
Sep 5 2011 // Michael Crafts has joined The Woodlands Financial Group as vice president of Sales and Marketing. Crafts has more than 15 years of all lines insurance experience. He started his career with Farmers Insurance Group. Most...
Discover INSURICA
Sep 5 2011 // Seeking Unexplored Routes to Riches, a Rising Oklahoma Agency Network Finds Its New Corporate Identity, While Doubling Its Size Top 100 Agency Profile Rank: No. 15 Agency Name: INSURICA Insurance Management Network Main...
Texas Mutual Creates Work Comp Safety Group for Houses of Worship
Sep 2 2011 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced a new workers’ compensation safety group: Texas Church Group. The group is open to qualifying nonprofit, faith-based organizations operating houses of worship, such as churches...
Woodlands Financial Group Expands
Sep 1 2011 // Texas-based retail and managing general insurance agency, The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), announced it opened 11 new branch locations in three states in August 2011. Among the newly opened branches and added...
Texas Mutual Rewards Medical Group with $874K Dividend
Sep 1 2011 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced an $873,522 dividend to the Texas Medical Group (TMG). The workers’ compensation safety group dividend was based largely on TMG’s overall loss ratio. TMG safety group...
Texas Supreme Court: Bad Faith Claim Inconsistent with Worker’s Comp
Aug 30 2011 // The Texas Supreme Court has concluded that while bad faith claims against workers’ compensation carriers are not permissible under the state’s Insurance Code, claims made under the Code against insurers for...
‘Friday Night Lights’ Star Featured in PSAs Supporting Texas Firefighters
Aug 25 2011 // Actor Kyle Chandler has taped public service announcements for Texas volunteer fire departments needing money after an intense year of wildfires. Chandler, who plays a West Texas football coach in the television series...
Texas Medical Liability Trust to Reduce Rates, Pay 18.5% Dividend
Aug 25 2011 // Texas Medical Liability Trust announced a rate reduction for TMLT policyholders and an 18.5 percent dividend for renewing policyholders, effective Jan.1, 2012. The average rate decrease will be 6.9 percent, but will vary...
Company Ordered to Pay $300K to Texas Mutual Insurance
Aug 25 2011 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that Bar H Concrete Inc. of Sulphur Springs pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. A Travis County district court ordered Bar H Concrete to pay $300,000 in...
Texas Attorney Arrested for Alleged Bribery Schemes in Personal Injury Cases
Aug 24 2011 // An Austin attorney was arrested Aug. 22 on federal racketeering charges alleging bribery of an already-convicted Texas judge, as well as witnesses in state and federal cases. Marc Rosenthal’s indictment is only the...
HUB International to be profiled at MarketScout’s Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium
Aug 23 2011 // Rick Gulliver, President of Hub International to Profile Growth Strategy DALLAS, August 23, 2011 – Rick Gulliver, President of HUB International, will deliver a keynote presentation to over 400 insurance industry...
MSW’s Wastepac Sanitation Industry Program Now Available in Texas
Aug 19 2011 // Wastepac, a specialized insurance facility for sanitation industries offered by MarketScout Wholesale LLC, is now available to accounts in Texas. The Wastepac Program offers property and casualty coverages designed...
Texas AG Again Charges Petroleum Distributor of Defrauding Customers
Aug 19 2011 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has charged a petroleum distributor of selling diluted gasoline. It is the state’s third court action against the company since 2009. Petroleum Wholesale L.P., Sun Development L.P....
Most Doctors Sued Sometime in Career
Aug 19 2011 // A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine this week says that one in 14 doctors faces a malpractice suit every year. Moreover, almost every physician will face a malpractice suit — or more than one...
