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Jul 6 2009 // Houston-based insurance agency Bowen, Miclette & Britt named Dan Persha director of environmental risk management. With 30 years of commercial insurance brokerage experience, Persha specializes in heavy casualty,...
New Markets
Jul 6 2009 // 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. Fire & Water Restoration...
Hermes Joins Higginbotham & Associates
Jul 1 2009 // Texas-based independent insurance brokerage Higginbotham & Associates has appointed Michael J. Hermes as senior vice president at its Austin office. Hermes, a fixture in Austin’s insurance marketplace, will...
Texas-based The Woodlands Financial Group Opens 6 New Locations
Jun 30 2009 // The Woodlands, Texas-based retail and managing general insurance agency, The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), has opened 6 new branch locations. Shawn Thomas has opened a new branch in Houston. Thomas comes to TWFG...
Medical Liability Insurer Dropping Rates by 11% in Texas
Jun 30 2009 // Austin, Texas-based medical professional liability insurer, Medicus Insurance Company (Medicus) has announced an overall 11 percent rate decrease for its insureds in Texas. The Texas Department of Insurance approved the...
Cancer Allegations Against Railway Company in Texas to Continue
Jun 29 2009 // Although two juries have sided with BNSF Railway Co. in separate lawsuits claiming chemicals in a railroad tie plant in Central Texas caused cancer, dozens of similar lawsuits will go forward, an attorney said. Jurors...
Texas Special Legislative Session to Convene July 1
Jun 26 2009 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry has called a special session of the Texas Legislature that will begin July 1. One of the primary issues lawmakers will consider is continuing the operations of five state agencies, including the Texas...
Texas Court Allows Legal Expense Claim in Asbestos Case to Continue
Jun 26 2009 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (FFIC) has been denied a motion in a Texas state court that would have established that the company could control whether or not it would pay legal expenses in an asbestos-related...
Daniel Named Texas Independent Agents’ ACSR of the Year
Jun 25 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has awarded Patricia Ann Daniel, assistant vice president and insurance consultant with Extraco Banks N.A. dba: Extraco Insurance in Waco,Texas, with its Accredited Customer...
South Texas Brokers Charged with Multi-Million Dollar Insurance Fraud
Jun 25 2009 // Two licensed insurance brokers with offices in the Brownsville, Texas, area have been charged with conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud in a multi-million dollar scheme, according to U.S. Attorney Tim Johnson. The U.S....
Texas Mutual Adds New Members to Board of Directors
Jun 25 2009 // Two new members have been elected to Texas Mutual Insurance Company’s Board of Directors – Bernie Francis of Carrollton, Texas, and Eric Oliver of Abilene. Francis is owner and CEO of Addison-based Business...
Henry Honored with Texas Agents’ Political Action Award
Jun 24 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has named Bill Henry, CEO of Dallas-based McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP, winner of the Paige Eiland Award for Voluntary Political Action. As a regional vice president for...
Texas Approves 8 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp
Jun 24 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved the renewal of the Certificates of Authority for eight companies to self-insure for workers’ compensation claims for a...
Houston Agency Names Persha Dir. of Environmental Risk Management
Jun 23 2009 // Houston-based insurance agency Bowen, Miclette & Britt has named Dan Persha as director of Environmental Risk Management. With 30 years of commercial insurance brokerage experience, Persha specializes in heavy...
Texas Court: Employer Not Liable for Fatigued Worker’s Off Duty Activity
Jun 23 2009 // The Supreme Court of Texas has ruled that employers generally do not owe a duty to third parties for the activities of off duty employees that occur away from the work site, even if those activities ultimately lead to a...
Texas Restructures Windstorm Insurance Fund
Jun 22 2009 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday signed into law bills to restructure the state’s windstorm insurance fund, the only property insurer for homeowners and business in 14 coastal counties, and provide financial help to...
Bridges Named Young Agent of the Year by Texas Independent Agents
Jun 19 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has named Mark Bridges, a producer at Edmond, Deaton & Stephens Insurance Agency in Amarillo, as the André P. Juneau Young Agent of the Year. Bridges was honored with...
The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas Installs New Leadership
Jun 18 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has elected new leadership for 2009-2010. Bryan Shofner, president of Shofner & Associates Insurance Agency Inc., a holding company that owns and operates Shofner Lynch...
Medlin Receives Top Award from Texas Independent Agents Group
Jun 17 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) announced that Plano independent insurance agent Don Medlin recently received the Drex Foreman Award at the association’s 112th Annual Conference & Trade...
State Farm Could Owe $0 to $1 Billion to Texas Consumers
Jun 16 2009 // The years-long struggle between the State of Texas and State Farm Insurance Company over homeowners insurance overcharges may be coming to a close soon, as Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geesling is expected to rule on...
