Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas Regulators to Liquidate Austin Indemnity Lloyds
Dec 15 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) announced it has filed a petition for the liquidation of Austin Indemnity Lloyds Insurance Company (Austin Indemnity). The company sold homeowners and personal auto coverage in...
Texas AG: GAB Robins Among Firms Settling ID Theft Charges
Dec 12 2008 // GAB Robins, a firm that provides risk management and claims services to the insurance industry, is one of three firms cited by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott for failure to protect customers’ identities,...
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association: 63% of Ike Claims Closed
Dec 11 2008 // Texas’ insurer of last resort for wind and hail coverage along the coast reports that 63 percent of claims from Hurricane Ike have been closed and that more than $519 million has been paid to policyholders so...
CAA Expanding to Oklahoma, Kansas
Dec 10 2008 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced plans to expand outside of Texas with potential new members from Oklahoma and Kansas. “With 4 new members so far in 2008 and the potential of more in...
Grob Joins Texas Wasatch Group as President and COO
Dec 10 2008 // Texas Wasatch Insurance/TWG Insurance announced that Jay Grob has joined the company as president and chief operating officer. A former senior partner of Bain & Company, Grob brings a wealth of experience to...
Job Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Off Decrease in Texas
Dec 10 2008 // Employers in private industry in Texas reported a total of 69,320 nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work for 2007, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
Medicus Adds Reissman as Regional Market Manager
Dec 10 2008 // Austin, Texas-based physician liability insurer, Medicus Insurance Company, has added Harry Reissman as Regional Market manager, effective Dec. 1. Reissman is responsible for business development and market analysis, with...
Commercial Alliance Insurance Names Deal as Bond Manager in Dallas
Dec 8 2008 // Commercial Alliance Insurance Company (CAIC Surety) has named Richard Deal as the Bond manager of its Dallas office. Deal joined CAIC Surety in July 2008 to expand the company in the North Texas region. From Dallas, CAIC...
Number of Complaints Against Insurers Continues to Drop in Texas
Dec 8 2008 // For the fifth year in a row Texas consumers filed fewer complaints against their insurance companies with the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), the Insurance Council of Texas reported. The total number of closed...
Officials: Texas Should Have Storm Recovery Plans
Dec 5 2008 // The future of the state’s oldest medical school – hard hit by Hurricane Ike – and whether Texas should fund recovery programs to complement federal assistance were two of the highlights of a legislative...
Texas Regulators: Extend Pilot Return-to-Work Program
Dec 5 2008 // In a report to the Texas Legislature, the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation is recommending the extension of a pilot return-to-work (RTW) program for small employers. The program was...
Bryk, McGee, and Hodges Join Dallas-Based MarketScout
Dec 3 2008 // Dallas-based MarketScout has added three new associates to its Workers’ Compensation and Texas Specialty Underwriting Division. Rachael Bryk joins MarketScout as underwriter after seven years of specialty...
Central Texas-Based MGA Adds Great American Markets
Dec 3 2008 // TAGA, an independent privately-owned managing general agency based in the Austin, Texas, area, announced it is now managing general agent for Great American Insurance Group to offer admitted property and inland marine...
13 Companies OK’d to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp in Texas
Dec 3 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved thirteen companies to self-insure for workers’ compensation claims for a one-year period under the TDI-DWC Self-Insurance...
Texas Mutual: Fraudulent Doctor Surrenders License
Dec 2 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Ihsan Shanti, M.D. of Houston and Shanti Pain & Wellness Clinic pleaded guilty to felony workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Between January 2003 and March...
Claims Estimates for Hurricane Ike Still ‘Fluid,’ Commissioner Says
Dec 2 2008 // As of late November, estimates of insured losses from Hurricane Ike, which hit Galveston on Sept. 13, were in the $6 billion to $8 billion range, according to Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin. However, Geeslin...
Storm Planners Reflect on Strategies for Busy Hurricane Season
Dec 1 2008 // In New Orleans, a dire warning to flee emptied the city before Hurricane Gustav in early September. In Houston less than two weeks later, a plea to say in place might have kept evacuation routes from clogging before...
Texas Supreme Court Considers Auto Policy Exclusions Case
Dec 1 2008 // The Texas Supreme Court must decide if an Ohio insurance company should pay in the case of a boy injured by a driver who was speeding away from police. Richard Gibbons was evading San Marcos, Texas, police in 1999 when his...
Texas Enforcement Actions Total $42K in October 2008
Dec 1 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions that became final during October include three license revocations and fines and restitution totaling $42,600. An order imposing disciplinary measures becomes...
Wanted: Agencies Focusing on Hispanic Market
Nov 30 2008 // The brains behind the insurance agency consolidation firm Confie Seguros say they are well-positioned to meet their goal of a $300 million revenue company focused on the Hispanic insurance market within a few years,...
