Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Business Owner Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Oct 10 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County court sentenced a Bryan, Texas, business owner on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. James N. Vavra was sentenced to two years’ deferred...
Insurance Complaints Decline in Texas
Oct 9 2007 // For the fourth year in a row Texans filed fewer complaints against their insurance companies with the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), the Insurance Council of Texas reported. According to information from TDI’s...
Texas Administrative Judges Reject State Farm’s Proposed Hike
Oct 9 2007 // Two administrative law judges in Texas rejected State Farm’s plan to increase homeowner insurance rates, calling the hike too excessive in a proposed decision issued Oct. 5. State Farm Lloyds Inc. had appealed to the...
Texas leads the way in decreasing the number of railroad accidents
Oct 8 2007 // Texas experienced 49 fewer railroad accidents — the largest decrease of any state — in the first half of 2007 than it did during the same period in 2006. The decrease was part of a trend of continuing railroad...
Texas agents: Be ready for financial responsibility verification
Oct 8 2007 // In early 2008, most drivers in Texas (read, “many of your insureds”) will come under the new Financial Responsibility Verification Program aimed at reducing the number of drivers without proper proof of...
Texas agents: Be ready for financial responsibility verification
Oct 8 2007 // In early 2008, most drivers in Texas (read, “many of your insureds”) will come under the new Financial Responsibility Verification Program aimed at reducing the number of drivers without proper proof of...
Texas leads the way in decreasing the number of railroad accidents
Oct 8 2007 // Texas experienced 49 fewer railroad accidents — the largest decrease of any state — in the first half of 2007 than it did during the same period in 2006. The decrease was part of a trend of continuing railroad...
Fire Marshal Investigating Texas Justice’s House Fire as Arson
Oct 4 2007 // The Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office said the fire that destroyed the home of Texas Supreme Court Justice David Medina this summer was “very suspicious” and is being investigated as arson. The fire...
Six Texas Counties Declared Disaster Areas
Oct 4 2007 // President George W. Bush declared six Texas counties disaster areas on Tuesday, Oct. 2nd because of damage from Tropical Storm Erin in August. The declaration makes Bexar, Harris, Jones, Kendall, Medina and Taylor counties...
Report Finds Accidents at Nation’s High-Risk Biolabs Increasing
Oct 3 2007 // American laboratories handling the world’s deadliest germs and toxins have experienced more than 100 accidents and missing shipments since 2003, and the number is increasing steadily as more labs across the country...
Starr International Buys Texas-based P/C Insurer from Berkshire Hathaway
Oct 3 2007 // Starr International Co. Inc. announced its U.S. subsidiary, Starr International USA Inc. (SICO USA), acquired Republic Insurance Co. from Columbia Insurance Co., a member of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway...
Texas Renews 13 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp Claims
Oct 3 2007 // Thirteen companies with approximately 49,800 employees in Texas were approved to self-insure for workers’ compensation claims for a one-year period under the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’...
Flurry of Rita-related Lawsuits Filed in Southeast Texas
Oct 2 2007 // The second anniversary of Hurricane Rita has brought a flood of lawsuits in southeast Texas and raised questions about the deadline for filing such petitions. “It’s getting serious,” Jefferson County...
Texas to Hold Hearing on Work Comp Monitoring and Enforcement Rule
Oct 2 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI) will hold a public hearing on Oct. 29, 2007, in the Tippy Foster Room at 7551 Metro Center Drive, Suite 100 in Austin. The public hearing will...
Texas Receives More Than $55M in Disaster Aid After Summer Storms
Sep 28 2007 // Disaster assistance to Texas residents and businesses affected by June 16 – Aug. 3 severe storms, tornadoes and flooding has reached $55,541,143, according to state and federal officials. The aid comes from the U.S....
Texas Repeals Workers’ Comp Treatment Planning Rule
Sep 27 2007 // A rule that would have required treating doctors in the Texas Workers’ Compensation System to complete a treatment plan for non-network workers’ compensation patients in specific situations was repealed on...
Fireman’s Fund Adds Liability Cover for Senior Facilities in Texas, Fla.
Sep 27 2007 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company announced it has added general and professional liability coverages in Texas and Florida for assisted and independent living facilities. The company said the addition completes its...
Texas AG Launches School Safety Initiative
Sep 27 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has called for new safety measures designed to protect students from school violence, the attorney general’s office reported. Abbott, whose office serves on the Texas School Safety...
Texas AG Resolves Rita Price-Gouging Case against San Antonio Hotel
Sep 26 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott reached a settlement with Wyndham Hotel Management Inc., on behalf of The St. Anthony, a Wyndham Historic Hotel Inc., and Wyndham International Inc., as the result of an investigation...
La., Texas Towns Recovering Slowly 2 Years after Hurricane Rita
Sep 25 2007 // Cameron, La., and Weirgate, Texas, have something in common: both are recovering slowly two years after Hurricane Rita blew through them in September 2005. According to Associated Press reports, nearly everyone in Cameron...
