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Sep 3 2007 // Allstate says it will raise rates in Texas despite state’s opposition Allstate will raise its homeowners’ insurance rates despite a state order not to and a request by the state’s consumer advocate to...
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Sep 3 2007 // Jeffrey M. Mohr of Lewis Mohr Real Estate and Insurance Agency LLC in Baton Rouge, La., was named president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana. Mohr previously served as president-elect and...
Networked Insurance Agents Appoints Feemster VP in Texas
Aug 31 2007 // California-based Networked Insurance Agents announced it has appointed Stevan Feemster as territorial sales vice president for Northern Texas. Feemster comes to Networked from Crump Insurance Services Inc. where he was a...
Texas’ July Enforcement Actions Result in $1.2M in Fines, Restitution
Aug 30 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during July. The actions include seven license revocations, a license denial and fines and restitution...
Texas Leads Nation in Percentage without Health Coverage
Aug 30 2007 // Texas led all states in the percentage of residents without health insurance, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report. Texas had an uninsured rate of 24 percent for the years 2004-2006, the report said. The report...
Texas Comp Division Takes Steps to Secure Confidential Information
Aug 29 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that in the effort to increase the security of confidential information in the workers’ compensation system it revised the majority...
Texas Insurance Professionals Names New Officers at Annual Meeting
Aug 29 2007 // Texas Insurance Professionals (PIA Texas) elected new officers during its 2007 Annual Meeting, held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Austin on Aug. 24 and 25. The Executive Board of Directors for 2007-2008 are: President...
Networked Appoints Feemster as North Texas Sales VP
Aug 29 2007 // Grass Valley, Calif.-based Networked Insurance Agents, a provider of markets, placement services and sales tools to insurance agents, has appointed Stevan Feemster as territorial sales vice president (TSVP) in Northern...
Chadwick Named VP of Colemont – Texas
Aug 28 2007 // Colemont Insurance Brokers announced the promotion of Bill Chadwick to vice president of Colemont – Texas. Chadwick began his insurance career in 1994 working with Lloyd Thompson Ltd. in London, England, as a broker...
Allstate to Raise Rates in Texas Despite Opposition from State
Aug 27 2007 // Allstate will raise its homeowners’ insurance rates despite a state order not to and a request by the state’s consumer advocate to fine the company for each policy it renews at the new rate. “We continue...
Texas Says Auto Insurance Verification Program on for Early 2008
Aug 24 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that the state’s new auto insurance verification program is expected to operational in early 2008. The technology-based program is designed to allow law enforcement...
Texas Workers’ Comp Stakeholder Meeting Set for Aug. 27
Aug 23 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC), will hold a stakeholder meeting at 9 a.m. on Aug, 27, 2007. The purpose of the meeting is to provide workers’ compensation system...
Federal Officials Release Data on Drunken Driving Fatalities
Aug 22 2007 // Texas led the nation with 1,354 drunken driving fatalities in 2006 and was among the states to record the largest increase in such deaths, federal transportation officials said. The National Highway Traffic Safety...
Commissioner Refuses Allstate’s Proposed 5.9% Rate Hike in Texas
Aug 22 2007 // Allstate Texas Lloyds on Aug. 20 announced two filings that would raise its homeowners insurance rates in Texas by 5.9 percent and 2.1 percent, but Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin immediately moved to block the...
Agents have responsibility to prepare disaster back-up plan
Aug 21 2007 // Dallas, Texas – August is the peak month for hurricane season – which ends November 30 – and forecasters this month predicted at least three tropical storms are likely to strengthen into...
Texas Mutual: 4 Sentenced for Fraud in Workers’ Comp Cases
Aug 21 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that four workers’ compensation claimants were sentenced, in separate cases, for fraud. The claimants collected a combined $17,346 in benefits they were not entitled to, the...
DWI Enforcement in Texas Stepped up as Labor Day Approaches
Aug 21 2007 // Texas holds the dubious distinction of leading the nation in alcohol related traffic deaths, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The number of fatalities due to drunken driving in the...
Texans Prepare as Dean Draws Near
Aug 20 2007 // Some South Texas areas have begun taking precautions as Category 4 Hurricane Dean charted a course toward the Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico, with the Texas coast a possible target. City officials in Brownsville...
15 Linked to Dallas Plant Show Signs of Asbestos Illnesses
Aug 17 2007 // At least 15 people who worked at or lived near a West Dallas, Texas, vermiculite plant suffer from symptoms of asbestos-related illnesses, according to preliminary findings from X-ray screenings. Doctors at UT Health...
Tropical Storm, Hurricane a Wake-up Call for Coastal Residents
Aug 16 2007 // Tropical Storms Erin and Dean should serve as a wake-up call to anyone living along the Texas coast that hurricanes may not be too far away. “There is no better time than now to prepare evacuation plans and gather...
