Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Windstorm Liability Limits Increased for Certain Property in Texas
Mar 11 2008 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin recently signed an order increasing the maximum limits of liability from $3,390,000 to $4 million for a commercial or government building insured for wind and hail by the Texas...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // 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. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // 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. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // 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. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
People
Mar 10 2008 // Midlands Management Corp. of Oklahoma City named Richard Jonathan Bird as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Bird will assist in leading all aspects of Midlands, including strategic marketing, business...
Two Oklahoma Cities Among 35 Safest in Nation
Mar 10 2008 // Sugarland, Texas, made Top 5 safest list Two Oklahoma cities are among the 35 safest in the nation, according rankings based on the FBI’s uniform crime report. One Texas town, Sugarland, was among the five...
Supreme Court Rejects Allstate Challenge to Texas Repair Shop Law
Mar 10 2008 // The U.S. Supreme Court in late February 2008 rejected Allstate Corp.’s challenge to a Texas law that restricts insurance company ownership of auto collision repair shops. Allstate sought review of its case at the...
Average Homeowners Policy Rate Comparison is Meaningless
Mar 10 2008 // Despite the insurance industry’s traditional reliance on averages, averages don’t always make sense when comparing premiums. In Texas, as elsewhere, individual premiums are subject to so many variables — from...
12 Companies OK’d to Self Insure for Workers’ Comp in Texas
Mar 7 2008 // Twelve companies with approximately 32,500 employees in Texas recently were approved to self-insure for workers’ compensation claims for a one-year period under the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of...
Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association Elects Officers
Mar 7 2008 // The Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association has elected of officers for 2008-2009. Elected chair of the Governing Committee is Corise Morrison, executive director, residual markets, USAA, San Antonio. She previously...
Texas Work Comp Division Accepting Comment on Network Rules
Mar 5 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) is accepting public comment on proposed rules regarding notification to health care providers of contractual agreements with informal...
Texas Home Builders Work Comp Purchasing Group Opens Doors
Mar 4 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that the Texas Home Builders (THB) workers’ compensation purchasing group is now an open program. Any licensed Texas agent can help their clients take advantage of the...
Texas’ Jan. Enforcements Result in Nearly $570K in Fines, Restitution
Mar 4 2008 // Enforcement actions taken by The Texas Department of Insurance that became final during January 2008 include nine license revocations, a license denial and fines and restitution totaling $569,867. Only final orders are...
No Smoke: Texas Boy Scout Helps Elderly with Alarms
Mar 4 2008 // Fourteen-year-old Buck John of Jefferson, Texas, wanted to earn his Eagle Scout award and at the same time, do something good for his community. His letter to Texas State Fire Marshal Paul Maldonado may help him accomplish...
Universal North America Introduces Auto Coverage in Texas
Mar 3 2008 // Universal North America Insurance Company (Universal) announced it has begun offering automobile insurance coverage in Texas. Universal, a multi-regional personal lines carrier, already provides homeowners insurance and...
Texas Work Comp Division: Job Injuries, Illnesses Increased in 2006
Feb 29 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation reported that the number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work in private industry in Texas increased in...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Reports Disciplinary Actions for Dec., Jan.
Feb 29 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) announced final disciplinary actions taken by Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts in December 2007 and January 2008....
Update: Residents of West Texas Town Moving on after Fire Scare
Feb 28 2008 // Spared the wrath of a fast-moving wildfire that shifting winds turned elsewhere, thankful residents of this small West Texas town worked Tuesday to get back in their routine. Schools were closed for the day but expected to...
Hundreds Evacuated as Thousands of Acres Burn across Texas
Feb 27 2008 // Firefighters across West and Central Texas continued to battle wildfires Tuesday that burned at least 200,000 acres, injured several people and forced the temporary evacuation of the 1,500 residents of Robert Lee, Texas,...
Former Dallas Cowboy Among Those Challenging Malpractice Award Cap
Feb 27 2008 // Former Dallas Cowboy Ron Springs, who has been in a coma since the fall following surgery to remove a cyst, is one of 11 plaintiffs challenging Texas’ medical malpractice cap in a lawsuit filed Monday. The lawsuit,...
