Latest Texas Headlines
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Domino’s Sued After Texas Deliveryman’s Death
Jul 15 2011 // Domino’s is being sued by the widow of a Texas employee who died a year after being robbed and beaten with a baseball bat by teens who lured the deliveryman to a vacant house. The lawsuit alleges the company was...
Texas Enforcements for May Include Nearly $218K in Fines, Restitution
Jul 12 2011 // Enforcement actions taken by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during May 2011 include six license revocations, two license denials and fines and restitution totaling $217,756. An order imposing...
Texas Independent Agents Name Tower ACSR of the Year
Jul 12 2011 // Carol Tower of the Malakoff Insurance Agency was named the ACSR of the Year. Tower, an ACSR specializing in personal lines, has been licensed for 19 years and has served as the president of the Federation of Insurance...
Texas Crash Victim Anti-Solicitation Bill Finally Becomes Law
Jul 11 2011 // Legislation that makes it a crime for lawyers or health professionals to solicit crash victims within the first 30 days of an accident has finally become law in Texas. House Bill 148 by Rep. Todd Smith of Euless was...
Frierson Named Young Agent of the Year by Texas Independent Agents
Jul 11 2011 // Matt Frierson, a partner at Pierson and Fendley Insurance Agency in Paris, Texas, was named the André P. Juneau Young Agent of the Year by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas. Frierson has served on both the young...
Farmers Insurance to Pay $1.5M in Labor Settlement
Jul 8 2011 // Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Inc. has agreed to pay $1.52 million in overtime back wages to 3,459 employees following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that disclosed...
Officials: East Texas Fire Destroyed $2M Worth of Timber
Jul 8 2011 // More than $2 million worth of timber was destroyed in June in Jasper County, where thousands of acres were ravaged by just one wildfire. The Powerline Fire burned for more than a week, scorching nearly 4,200 acres,...
West Honored with Political Action Award by Texas Agents Group
Jul 8 2011 // Scott West, owner of Pathfinder Insurance Agency in Houston, was honored as the Paige Eiland Political Action Award winner by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas. West has chaired his local association’s...
Certificates of Insurance, Staff Leasing Bills Signed by Texas Governor
Jul 7 2011 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry in mid-June signed a measure backed by agents groups that requires regulatory approval of property and casualty certificate of insurance forms provided to insureds as proof of insurance coverage. The...
Texas Independent Agents Honor Brady with Top Award
Jul 7 2011 // Tim Brady, chairman and former CEO of Brady, Chapman, Holland and Associates in Houston, was named the 2011 Drex Foreman Award winner at the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ 114th Annual Conference & Trade...
Shepard Installed as President of Independent Insurance Agents of Texas
Jul 6 2011 // Bob Shepard, board chairman of Shepard Walton King Insurance Group in Harlingen, was installed as IIAT president for 2011-2012 during the association’s annual business meeting in Houston on June 24. Patrick Watkins,...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Roeder & Moon
Jul 6 2011 // Chicago-based insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired Roeder & Moon Inc. (R&M), an insurance brokerage firm in Dallas, Texas. In connection with this acquisition, R&M will become part...
Hub International Acquires Texas-based Roy Agency
Jul 5 2011 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired the Roy Agency Inc. (Roy), an insurance brokerage firm headquartered in Plano, Texas. The Roy team will become part of Hub International Rigg (Hub Texas). Agency...
Pres. Obama Signs Disaster Declaration for Texas Wildfires
Jul 5 2011 // President Barack Obama has signed a major disaster declaration for parts of Texas ravaged by wildfires in April and early May, ordering federal aid to help state and local recovery efforts. The White House had previously...
Certificates of Insurance Legislation Signed by Texas Governor
Jul 4 2011 // Texas Gov. Rick Perryhas signed into law a measure backed by agents that requires regulatory approval of property and casualty certificate of insurance forms provided to insureds as proof of insurance...
People
Jul 4 2011 // Liberty Mutual Group’s Edmund F. Kelly retired from active management of the company on June 28, 2011. David H. Long replaced Kelly as president and CEO. Kelly will continue to serve as chairman of the board of...
Hallmark Financial Completes Acquisition of Texas Builders Insurance
Jul 1 2011 // Hallmark Financial Services Inc., based in Fort Worth, has completed its previously disclosed acquisition of TBIC Holding Corporation, including its wholly owned subsidiaries Texas Builders Insurance Co. and TBIC Risk...
Kuchta Joins Texas-based Homeowners of America Insurance
Jul 1 2011 // Homeowners of America Insurance Co., based in Irving, Texas, has added Heidi Kuchta as sales representative for the Fort Worth area. Kuchta has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. Her experience...
Many South Texas Windstorm Inspections Turn Out to Be Bogus
Jun 30 2011 // Owners of more than 400 homes and businesses in South Texas will be notified that their windstorm insurance reviews were done by a bogus inspector. The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association says coverage for the Corpus...
Man Sues Catholic Diocese in Texas on Abuse Claims
Jun 30 2011 // A man who alleges he was sexually molested by a Catholic priest in the 1970s has filed a civil lawsuit against a West Texas diocese and the Jesuits, claiming the defendants knew or should have known of the abuses and...
