Latest Texas Headlines
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Producer Development: Combined Agents of America Keeps It In-House
Jun 14 2010 // Mark Bridges and Bry Ewan got the idea for creating a producer development program within the Combined Agents of America (CAA) while attending a producer school in Florida. Bridges explained that during his first year in...
Texas Approves 10 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp
Jun 11 2010 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved the renewal of the Certificates of Authority for 10 companies to self-insure for workers’ compensation claims for a...
Allstate: Texas Auto Theft Numbers Drop 2.5% Statewide
Jun 11 2010 // Vehicle thefts among Allstate insured Texans dropped 2.5 percent last year, the company announced, but the cars being snapped off the street are heading farther south of the border — even overseas. The insurer and...
All Agents Welcome at Texas Session on Health Reform Law
Jun 10 2010 // Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin will join panelists for a discussion of the implementation of the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas 113th Annual Conference on...
Texas Agency Named Trusted Choice Agency of the Month
Jun 7 2010 // The Hill County Insurance Agency, located in Hillsboro, Texas, has been named the Trusted Choice Agency of the Month by Trusted Choice, the consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers. Hill...
Texas High Court Sides with Lloyd’s in Contractual Liability Exclusion Case
Jun 7 2010 // The Texas Supreme Court has found in favor of an excess insurance provider in a case involving the contractual liability exclusion in a Commercial General Liability (CGL) policy. In 1993, Dallas Area Rapid Transit...
Declarations
Jun 7 2010 // Reauthorization Needed “Congress needs to pass a long-term extension because homeowners living in flood prone regions of the country don’t have anywhere to turn should another major flood occur during this...
Business Moves
Jun 7 2010 // PURE Risk Management PURE Risk Management LLC, based in White Plains, N.Y., is expanding its Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), a member-owned reciprocal insurer, to offer comprehensive, customized property...
In Developing Producers, a Little Help From One’s Friends Goes a Long Way
Jun 7 2010 // As John Lennon and Paul McCartney could tell you, sometimes you just need a little help from your friends. And in the insurance agency business – where building relationships are key to success – that friend...
People
Jun 7 2010 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) President and CEO Kristin W. Wall has been elected to the board of directors of NCCI Holdings Inc., a provider of workers’ compensation and employee injury data and...
The Right Relationship Chemistry Can Increase Sales, Create Succession Plan
Jun 7 2010 // As John Lennon and Paul McCartney could tell you, sometimes you just need a little help from your friends. And in the insurance agency business – where building relationships are key to success – that friend...
Texas Supreme Court Denies Review of Workers’ Comp Stop-Loss Case
Jun 4 2010 // The Texas Supreme Court has declined to review a case involving the amount some hospitals marked up workers’ compensation-related bills under rules in effect until 2008, according to Texas Mutual Insurance...
Texas Agents Group, Tarrant County College Launch IRC Program
Jun 3 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) and Tarrant County College have initiated the Insurance Representative Certificate (IRC) program. The self-study, self-paced virtual program prepares individuals for the...
Eisenrich Elected President of Texas-based Combined Agents of America
Jun 2 2010 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), headquartered in Austin, Texas, announced its newly elected 2010 management committee, including CAA’s new president, Lloyd Eisenrich, president of The Weatherby-Eisenrich Inc....
The Essential Insurance Group Unites with Higginbotham & Associates
Jun 2 2010 // The Essential Insurance Group LLC, a property/casualty insurance and surety agency serving greater Houston, has joined forces with Higginbotham & Associates, a national insurance brokerage and financial services firm...
Gadfly Texas Lawyer Takes on BP Again
May 28 2010 // Dealing with the worst oil disaster in U.S. history could be BP Plc’s biggest nightmare, and Texas lawyer Brent Coon intends to make it haunt them for a very long time. The 50-year-old Southeast Texan plays guitar in...
Texas Mutual Board Approves $100M Policyholder Dividend Plan
May 28 2010 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company’s board of directors approved the company’s plan to distribute $100 million in workers’ compensation dividends. Dividends reward loyal policyholders who share Texas...
Delta General Agency Opens Branch Office in Plano, Texas
May 27 2010 // Delta General Agency announced it is opening a branch office in Plano to serve independent insurance agents in North Texas. Wes Bowers, the new branch manager for the North Texas office, is adding additional underwriting...
Pronto Introduces Auto Insurance Discount Rate Program in Texas
May 27 2010 // Brownsville, Texas-based Pronto Insurance has announced it is now offering auto insurance discounts to Texas customers who insure multiple vehicles, implement an automatic withdrawal payment plan (EFT) or pay six months in...
TDI Files Rule Banning Discretionary Clauses in Insurance Policies
May 26 2010 // The Texas Department of Insurance has filed a proposed rule that would prohibit the use of discretionary clauses in life, accident, and health insurance policy forms. The proposed rule was filed as a result of an October...
