Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas Sets Discount, Interest Rate for Oct. 1 – Dec. 31, 2007
Sep 25 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation has determined 7.66 percent to be the rate for any interest or discount provided for in workers’ compensation statute. The rate is effective...
The CHANGING FACE of Surplus Lines Brokers
Sep 24 2007 // The surplus lines industry is never boring, never plain and certainly never black and white. Often dubbed as the innovator of new insurance products, the industry could even be considered colorful when it comes to the...
My New Markets
Sep 24 2007 // Private Schools (K-12) Nuts & Bolts: Markel Insurance Co. is an admitted, “A” -rated carrier that insures private K-12, Montessori, charter, trade/vocational, business, and correspondence schools....
Business Moves
Sep 24 2007 // The Republic Group The Republic Group, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, announced its entry into the personal and commercial lines insurance markets in Mississippi. The companies will distribute homeowners, dwelling fire,...
Business Moves
Sep 24 2007 // Endurance Specialty, ARMTech Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, reported that one of its U.S. based holding companies is buying out ARMtech...
A policyholder bonanza: Texas Supreme Court decides Lamar Homes
Sep 24 2007 // The Supreme Court also disagreed with the district court’s common sense ruling that faulty workmanship that damages the property of a third party is a covered “occurrence,” whereas faulty workmanship that...
People
Sep 24 2007 // The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices selected officers and directors for the trade association’s 2007-2008 term. The new officers are: President – Mary Ellen Rozzell,...
Humberto lands in Texas, sweeps across La.
Sep 24 2007 // Hurricane Humberto, a category 1 hurricane that formed quickly off the coast of Texas, plowed into the southeast corner of the state on Sept. 13 bringing with it heavy rains and 80 miles per hour winds. The hurricane made...
OSHA Fines 4 Construction Companies for Texas Worksite Death
Sep 24 2007 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined four construction companies $119,550 following an investigation into fatality at a Dallas, Texas, worksite. OSHA announced it...
Texas: 32 workers’ comp carriers high performing
Sep 24 2007 // In its initial assessment of workers’ compensation carriers and providers, the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation found that 32 of the insurance carriers reviewed were high...
Texas Workers’ Comp Weekly Benefit Rate Set at $712
Sep 19 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the workers’ compensation state average weekly wage for Fiscal Year 2008 is set at $712 and is effective for dates of injury...
Texas Medical Liability Insurer to Lower Rates Again
Sep 19 2007 // Medical professional liability insurer Medical Protective announced it will reduce its average rates for Texas physicians by another 7.3 percent effective Jan. 1, 2008. The company said the reduction will be the fifth in...
Texas: E-Billing for Workers’ Comp System Begins Jan. 1
Sep 18 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation issued a reminder that workers’ compensation system health care providers and insurance carriers are required to be able to exchange medical...
Texas AG Warns Against Price Gouging After Hurricane
Sep 18 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott warned Gulf Coast residents to be wary of price gouging, charity scams and other fraudulent attempts to bilk consumers in the aftermath of Hurricane Humberto. The AG released the warning...
Cleanup Begins in Texas, Louisiana After Hurricane Humberto
Sep 17 2007 // Utility crews restored electricity Sept. 14 to half of the homes and businesses left without power after Hurricane Humberto, while experts estimated total damages from the storm would cost less than $500 million. Humberto,...
Texas Assesses Performance of Comp Carriers, Providers
Sep 17 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) announced the results of the initial review of workers’ compensation insurance carriers and health care providers as part of the...
After Humberto, Three Texas Counties Declared Disaster Areas
Sep 14 2007 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry declared three southeast Texas counties disaster areas as a result of Hurricane Humberto, which made landfall in Southeast Texas in the early hours of Sept. 13. The storm moved ashore near the town...
Humberto Lands in Texas, Moves Into Louisiana
Sep 13 2007 // Hurricane Humberto, a category 1 hurricane that formed quickly off the coast of Texas, plowed into the southeast corner of the state bringing with it heavy rains and 80 miles per hour winds. It made landfall near where...
America First Expands Commercial Coverage in South Central States
Sep 13 2007 // America First Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced it is expanding its commercial lines offerings in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas to include commercial general contractors, restaurants and...
Texas Auto Dealers’ Dividend from Texas Mutual Approaches $1M
Sep 7 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company recently announced a $985,520 dividend to the Lone Star Auto Dealers Association (LSA) workers’ compensation purchasing group. The group has earned six consecutive dividends totaling...
