Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas Law Firm Pleads Guilty to Role in Staged Accident Scheme
Oct 3 2008 // Trey Allen, P.C., a professional corporation, which was previously known as the Law Office of John H. Allen, III, P.C., pled guilty in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney, to charges of conspiracy...
Texas Rolls Out Insured Driver Database Statewide
Oct 3 2008 // TexasSure, the vehicle insurance verification database designed to reduce the number of uninsured motorists in Texas, is now available to law enforcement statewide, the Texas Department of Public Safety reported. TexasSure...
Adjusters Working Ike Claims from Texas Coast to Arkansas Border
Oct 2 2008 // Thousands of insurance claims adjusters are examining the damage left behind by Hurricane Ike from the Texas coast to the Arkansas border, the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) reported. Millions of dollars in insurance...
Texas-based Combined Agents of America Adds 37th Member
Oct 1 2008 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced it added EFGI Insurance & Bonds LCC of San Antonio as its 37th member agency. EFGI is the fourth agency to join CAA this year. EFGI Insurance &...
Low Income, Elderly in 6 Texas Cities to Receive Smoke Alarms
Oct 1 2008 // Firefighters in six Texas cities will be installing smoke alarms into the homes of low income and elderly residents thanks to this year’s We’re Out to Alarm Texas smoke alarm campaign. The program now in its...
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Answers Policyholder FAQs
Oct 1 2008 // In an attempt to clear-up some of the confusion regarding claim filing and what is covered by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the group has issued answers to the following frequently asked questions: Question:...
New York Liquidation Bureau Closes Receivership of American Eagle
Sep 30 2008 // The New York Liquidation Bureau said it has completed all necessary steps to bring to a close the ancillary receivership in New York of American Eagle Insurance Company, a Texas-based property/casualty firm declared...
Number of Volunteer Firefighters Falling in Texas
Sep 30 2008 // Membership among volunteer firefighters in Texas has dropped to levels predating a surge brought on by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks seven years ago, a state official says. Many found firefighting less glamorous than they...
Texas Mutual Pays $2.3M Dividend to CompGroup AGC
Sep 30 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $2,260,775 dividend to the CompGroup AGC workers’ compensation purchasing group. The dividend was based largely on the group’s favorable loss ratio. CompGroup AGC...
Texas Sets Workers’ Comp Benefit Rates
Sep 29 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the workers’ compensation state average weekly wage for Fiscal Year 2009 is set at $750 and is effective for dates of injury...
Barnes Appointed Presiding Officer of Texas Mutual Board
Sep 29 2008 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry named Robert Barnes of Granbury presiding officer of the Texas Mutual Insurance Company Board of Directors. Perry also appointed Jay Eisen of Beaumont to the board. Barnes is owner and president of...
Texas Cautions Consumers on Replacement of AIG Policies
Sep 29 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has issued a statement and answers to some frequently asked questions regarding AIG insurance companies in Texas. “AIG’s Texas insurance companies are currently...
New Texas Work Comp Commissioner: We’ve Come a Long Way
Sep 26 2008 // The Texas workers’ compensation system is not yet working perfectly, but “it has come a long way,” says the state’s new Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Rod Bordelon. In a speech before...
Texas Windpool Not Denying Claims on a Blanket Basis, Spokesman Says
Sep 26 2008 // A spokesman for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association says rumors that the association will deny Hurricane Ike claims on a blanket basis are unfounded, untrue and completely misleading. “TWIA’s guidelines...
Build Smart With Passive Protection Systems, Safety Institute CEO Says
Sep 26 2008 // To hear Julie Rochman tell it, she’d like every community in the United States to be resilient in the face of natural disasters. Rochman, president and CEO of the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) and...
Texas Workers’ Comp Discount, Interest Rate Set for Q4 2008
Sep 25 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has set at 5.22 percent the interest and discount rates provided for in the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act. The new rate is effective Oct....
Geeslin: Too Early to Tell How Much Ike Will Ultimately Cost
Sep 25 2008 // Texas’ top insurance regulator told lawmakers on Sept. 24 that the insurance industry estimates there will be around 300,000 claims – including commercial property claims – stemming from Hurricane Ike,...
Texas Mayor Requesting $2.3B in Aid From Congress
Sep 24 2008 // As repair crews work to make this hurricane-ravaged Galveston, Texas, inhabitable for the thousands of residents set to return this week, the mayor is seeking more than $2 billion in emergency federal aid. The final price...
Womack Honored With Austin Agents Group Presidents’ Award
Sep 24 2008 // Matt Womack, a partner with the Watkins Insurance Group in Austin, Texas, has been honored with Independent Insurance Agents of Austin’s Presidents’ Award. The award is based on performance and is given out by...
Texas Issues Data Call to Insurers in Hurricane Ike’s Aftermath
Sep 23 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) is conducting a mandatory data call for certain information related to claims in the counties of Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Chambers, Cherokee, Fort Bend, Galveston, Gregg,...
