Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves
Feb 7 2011 // Ryan Specialty Group, Technical Risk Underwriters Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group LLC has launched Technical Risk Underwriters (TRU), a specialty managing general underwriter (MGU) focused on underwriting complex...
People
Feb 7 2011 // FARA Insurance Services, a Mandeville, La.-based provider of claims administration and risk management solutions nationwide, appointed Laura Tarantino to the company’s board of directors. As FARA’s senior vice...
TWIA and Fair Plan: Agents May Be Subject to Open Records Request
Feb 7 2011 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) and Texas FAIR Plan Association (TFPA) recently notified insurance agents that the organizations have received a formal request to inspect or copy some of their files. The...
My New Market
Feb 7 2011 // Chubb Masterpiece Market Detail: Agents Access offers personal lines coverage including home, auto, valuable articles and excess. Chubb offers solutions designed exclusively for people with above-average needs, who need...
Bordelon Reappointed as Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation
Feb 4 2011 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry reappointed Rod A. Bordelon Jr. of Austin as commissioner of Workers’ Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2013. Bordelon has served as...
Super Bowl Risk Management a Team Effort
Feb 4 2011 // The Super Bowl XLV may be the biggest game of the year, and to some, it also presents super-sized risk management challenges. The National Football League said it is expecting a record crowd of 105,000 attendees at Cowboys...
Environmental Group Seeks Safety Records on Texas Border Dams
Feb 2 2011 // An environmental group has filed a lawsuit to compel the release of documents related to the safety of two dams on the Texas-Mexico border. The federal lawsuit was filed in Washington, D.C., by the group Public Employees...
Large Sinkhole Forms in Intersection in Texas
Feb 2 2011 // A 10-foot-deep, 20-foot-wide sinkhole has formed in an intersection in eastern Austin, Texas. Austin Water Utility officials tell the Austin American-Statesman that they expect the 30-foot-long sinkhole at the intersection...
Dean & Draper Recognized for Employee Workplace Satisfaction
Jan 31 2011 // Houston-based Dean & Draper Insurance Agency LP, one of the largest independent insurance agencies in Texas, announced it recently received the honor of being named one of the Best Companies to Work for in Texas...
Texas Jury Orders J&J to Pay $482M in Patent Lawsuit
Jan 31 2011 // A federal jury in Texas on Jan. 28 ordered Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary to pay $482 million in damages to an inventor who claimed the health care giant infringed on his patent for a cardiac stent. Jurors hearing...
Texas Windstorm Insurance Assoc. to Begin Paying Commissions Monthly
Jan 28 2011 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the property insurer of last resort along the Texas Gulf Coast, reports that in the second quarter of 2011 it will begin paying agents’ commissions monthly. TWIA will...
Texas Commission to Report on Willingham Arson Case
Jan 25 2011 // A Texas commission looking into an arson investigation that led to the execution of the man convicted of starting the fatal fire decided last Friday to move ahead with a report on the case even though its authority is not...
Business Moves
Jan 24 2011 // Combined Agents, Elliott Insurance, HC&H Insurance Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) has added two new agency members, one located in Kansas and one in North Texas. With the addition of the two...
Judge Imprisons 2 for Life in Texas Church Arsons
Jan 24 2011 // A judge has sentenced two men to life in prison after they pleaded guilty in a series of fires at churches in Smith County in East Texas last year. Judge Christi Kennedy ordered the prison terms for 20-year-old Jason...
People
Jan 24 2011 // Incoming Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak has appointed 10 members of his staff to lead the Oklahoma Insurance Department: Mike Rhoads is deputy commissioner of Health Insurance; Denise Engle is deputy...
Texas Insurance Commissioner Geeslin to Step Down
Jan 24 2011 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin announced in early January that he will not seek another term as head of the Texas Department of Insurance. His term ends Feb. 1, 2011. Commissioner Geeslin has been with TDI for...
TWFG Opens Locations in Texas, Oklahoma, Oregon
Jan 24 2011 // Texas-based retail and managing general agency, The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), has opened three new branch locations — one each in Texas, Oklahoma and Oregon. Berry Olinghouse has opened a new branch location...
Florida Commissioner McCarty Accused of Vendetta by Texas Insurer
Jan 24 2011 // A Texas insurance company and its owner are suing Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty, accusing him of being vindictive and defamatory in his efforts to ban the company from writing workers’ compensation in...
Florida Competitive in Workers’ Compensation Market Arena
Jan 24 2011 // Florida’s workers’ compensation market remains competitive with more than 250 private insurers writing coverage and only a fraction of business being funneled to the residual market. Also, availability does not...
Court Upholds Florida Regulator in Denial of Texas Insurer
Jan 23 2011 // A Texas-based workers’ compensation insurer has lost its appeal of rulings by the Florida insurance commissioner that have blocked it from doing business in the state. On Jan 20, without explanation, a three-judge...
