Latest Texas Headlines
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Arrested Texas Bond Company Owner Cited in Louisiana Case
Apr 2 2010 // A 41-year-old Fort Worth man arrested in March owns the bonding company that cost the New Orleans-based low bidder a contract to build a new $35 million terminal at Monroe Regional Airport. George Douglas Black Sr. was...
Texas African-American Insurance Association Experiencing Many ‘Firsts’
Apr 2 2010 // Officially chartered in 2009, the Texas chapter of a national association of African-American insurance professionals has an ambitious goal of becoming the one of the premier insurance associations in the Dallas-Fort Worth...
IMA of Texas Hires Bailey as VP – Benefits, Property and Casualty
Apr 2 2010 // IMA of Texas Inc., a retail insurance broker and risk management firm, announced that Kyle A. Bailey joined the company as a vice president for employee benefits and property and casualty insurance. Bailey has more than 12...
Texas Agency Awarded Trusted Choice Agency of the Month
Apr 1 2010 // The Hare & Rathke Insurance Group, in Humble, Texas, has been named the Trusted Choice Agency of the Month by Trusted Choice, the consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers. The Hare &...
State Farm Sues Texas Department of Insurance Over Web Postings
Apr 1 2010 // State Farm Insurance has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Insurance after the state agency took the unprecedented move of publicizing on its Web site recent rate hikes by the company. Texas’ largest...
State Farm Files to Increase Homeowners Rates in Louisiana
Mar 31 2010 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has filed an average 9.9 percent rate increase request for homeowners coverage in Louisiana, according to the Associated Press. State Farm is Louisiana’s largest home insurer with...
Texas Law Limiting Contact with Accident Victims Overturned
Mar 29 2010 // A federal judge has overturned a Texas law that bars medical professionals from contacting victims within 30 days of an accident and lawyers from contacting people within a month of getting arrested. U.S. District Judge...
Cirro Covers Texas Homes Against Water, Sewer Line Problems
Mar 26 2010 // Cirro Home Guard, an affiliate of Cirro Energy, has created three new programs that provide water line replacement, sewer line repair, and related landscaping restoration for homeowners in Texas. Cirro Home Guard water...
Allen Joins Texas’ The Gibraltar Group as VP – Training
Mar 26 2010 // Cathy H. Allen has been named vice president of Training for Lubbock, Texas-based insurance organization, The Gibraltar Group. In addition, she will be working with the firm’s customers in human resources risk...
Insurance & Risk Advisor Joins Texas Associates Team
Mar 25 2010 // Alex Castano joined Texas Associates Insurors in Austin, Texas, as a risk and insurance advisor with a focus on developing and implementing risk solutions strategies for commercial entities He joins Texas Associates...
Texas Approves 9 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp
Mar 25 2010 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved the renewal of the Certificates of Authority for nine companies to self-insure for workers’ compensation claims for a...
Texas Mutual Adds New Purchasing Group for Agriculture Industry
Mar 25 2010 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company has launched a new workers’ compensation purchasing group for the agriculture industry, AgriComp. Any licensed Texas agent can submit qualifying clients for consideration. AgriComp is...
A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of Electric Lloyd’s of Texas
Mar 24 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has withdrawn the financial strength rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of Electric Lloyd’s of Texas (Electric Lloyd’s) (Dallas, Texas) and assigned an...
Consultant: Social Media Can Drive Traffic to Agency’s ‘Home Base’
Mar 24 2010 // One of the primary reasons why insurance agents don’t jump into the world of social media — such as blogging, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and the myriad other Web-based avenues for reaching out to the...
Texas Insurer Group Awards Scholarships to Huston-Tillotson Students
Mar 24 2010 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has honored three students participating in the insurance curriculum at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin with scholarships. The 2010 ICT scholarship recipients at Huston-Tillotson...
No Settlement in $58M Judgment Against Texas Homebuilder
Mar 24 2010 // Mediation efforts were unsuccessful March 22 between an elderly Fort Worth, Texas-area couple and the politically powerful Houston homebuilder who lost a $58 million judgment to them, the couple’s lawyers said. Van...
How States Are Responding to Healthcare Reform Law
Mar 23 2010 // Many U.S. states are worried that the healthcare overhaul plan approved by the U.S. House of Representatives will usurp their sovereignty and impose more spending on their already stretched budgets. Republican attorneys...
It Figures
Mar 22 2010 // $51 Million A jury in Tarrant County, Texas, awarded a suburban Fort Worth couple a $51 million verdict against a politically influential Texas homebuilder. Robert and Jane Cull of Mansfield won the verdict against Perry...
New Markets
Mar 22 2010 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Couriers Market Detail: RLI...
People
Mar 22 2010 // Cheryl Celcer has joined wholesale insurance provider Swett & Crawford after a nearly 30-year career with The Hartford, in which she held the position of executive select customer sales representative. Celcer will work...
