Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas Panel Expected to End Arson Inquiry
Sep 16 2010 // A Texas panel is expected to review a final report that clears fire officials of wrongdoing in their arson investigation that led to a man’s 2004 execution. The Texas Forensic Science Commission is scheduled to meet...
Galveston Still Trying to Recover 2 Years After Ike
Sep 15 2010 // Hurricane Ike is long gone but hundreds of Galveston County residents are still waiting for funds earmarked for repair and reconstruction of homes damaged or destroyed by the disastrous storm. Sept. 13 was the second...
Texas Public/Private Partnership Provides Small Employer Health Coverage
Sep 14 2010 // Healthy Texas, a statewide public/private partnership established by the 81st Legislature, provides a new health insurance option for small employers in Texas, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. Eligible...
Texas Work Comp Commissioner: System Improvements Are Working
Sep 14 2010 // Despite ongoing issues and a multitude of adversarial stakeholders, the state of the workers’ compensation system in Texas is “pretty good,” according to the head of the state division with regulatory...
Texas: Misuse of Insurance Settlement Payments Increasing
Sep 13 2010 // The Texas Department of Insurance (Department) has issued a bulletin stating that misdirection, misapplication and improper use of insurance settlement payments appear to be on the rise. The bulletin is in response to a...
Insurance Claims Pour in from Tropical Storm Hermine
Sep 10 2010 // Like the rainfall that inundated Texas as a result of Tropical Storm Hermine, claims from property damage caused by the storm have been pouring in to insurers, the Insurance Council of Texas has reported. ICT spokesman...
Hermine Surprises Texas, Oklahoma with Extensive Flooding
Sep 9 2010 // Tropical Storm Hermine, which swept through Texas on Sept. 7 and into Oklahoma on Sept. 8, surprised forecasters by retaining tropical storm strength long after it was expected to decline. The storm resulted in extensive...
Texas Mutual Awards $300K in Safety Education Grants
Sep 9 2010 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company has awarded a combined $300,000 in grants to Kilgore College, Midland College and College of the Mainland in Texas City. The grants will fund free workplace safety courses for employers,...
Texas Approves 16 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp Claims
Sep 8 2010 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved one initial application and 15 renewals of the Certificates of Authority for companies to self-insure their workers’...
Tropical Storm Hermine Slams into Northeastern Mexico
Sep 7 2010 // Tropical Storm Hermine slammed into northeastern Mexico near the Texas border Monday, dumping heavy rain on a region still recovering from Hurricane Alex’s visit in June. Hermine, the eighth named storm of the...
Tropical Storm Hermine Brings Heavy Rains, Wind to South Texas
Sep 7 2010 // Tropical Storm Hermine blew into the border region between Texas and Mexico late Monday night, landing in Northeast Mexico and crossing into Texas early Tuesday morning, bringing with it 60 mph winds, heavy rains and...
Business Moves
Sep 6 2010 // Hallmark Financial, State Auto National Hallmark Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Hallmark Financial Services Inc. in Ft. Worth, Texas, plans to acquire State Auto National Insurance Co. from Ohio-based State Auto Financial...
People
Sep 6 2010 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) promoted two key executives. Paul Buffone is now senior vice president of Risk Management Services, and David T. White is now vice president of Internal Audit. Buffone...
Homeowners Insurance an Issue in Texas Gubernatorial Campaign
Sep 6 2010 // Former Houston Mayor Bill White, a Democrat campaigning to replace Repub-lican Rick Perry as governor of Texas, says homeowners insurance rates in Texas are too high and should be more regulated. White said Texans pay an...
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Chief Favors Gradual Rate Hike
Sep 6 2010 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association recently filed for 5 percent increases in both its residential and commercial rates, effective Jan. 1, 2011. While indications are those hikes won’t bring the rates for the...
New Markets
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Webb Joins Austin-Based Watkins Insurance Group
Sep 2 2010 // Watkins Insurance Group, one of the largest full-service, locally owned independent insurance agencies in Central Texas, has added agent Andy Webb to its sales team. Webb began his career in the insurance industry in March...
The Woodlands Financial Group Adds 3 New Texas Locations
Sep 1 2010 // The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), a retail and managing general agency specializing in property/casualty and life/health insurance, and financial planning, has opened three new branch locations in Texas. Darrell...
Homeowners Insurance an Issue in Texas Gubernatorial Campaign
Aug 27 2010 // Former Houston Mayor Bill White, a Democrat campaigning to replace Rick Perry as governor of Texas, says homeowners insurance rates in Texas are too high and should be subject to more regulation. White says Texans pay an...
