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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...
Arrowhead Hires Ball to Lead Texas Commercial Division Office
Aug 15 2007 // San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. announced that Charles R. Ball was appointed vice president and general manager of its Commercial Division’s Texas office. In this position, Ball will...
GAINSCO Sells E&S Writer General Agents Insurance Co. to Montpelier Re
Aug 14 2007 // Dallas-based GAINSCO, Inc. and its insurance subsidiary MGA Insurance Co. Inc. have agreed to sell their affiliate General Agents Insurance Co. of America, Inc. to Montpelier Re U.S. Holdings Ltd. for $4.75 million. The...
Interest in Texas Independent Agents’ Small Agency Conference Growing
Aug 14 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas will hold its third annual Small Agency Conference in Waco on Sept. 23 and 24 at the Waco Convention Center and the association expects continuing growth in attendance at the...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Assesses $153K in Fines in June, July
Aug 14 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced final disciplinary actions taken by Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts during June and July 2007. The final...
Chubb Introduces New Flood Product in Texas
Aug 14 2007 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies announced it has introduced its admitted excess flood insurance policy in Texas. With the inclusion of Texas, Chubb has launched its flood insurance products in 27 states and the...
Gov. Signs Texas Agents’ Resolution Opposing Federal Regulation
Aug 13 2007 // Gov. Rick Perry recently signed a joint Senate and House resolution passed during the 80th Texas Legislature affirming support for continued state regulation of the insurance industry, the Independent Insurance Agents of...
Texas’ Combined Group and Affiliates Acquired by Brown & Brown
Aug 13 2007 // Fla.-based Brown & Brown Inc. and the Combined Group Companies, of Carrollton, Texas, announced the asset acquisition of the Combined Group by a Brown & Brown subsidiary. The acquisition includes Combined Group...
Texas Agency and Fireman’s Fund Donate $5K to Dallas Fire Station
Aug 13 2007 // Dallas-based Swingle Collins & Associates announced that the agency, in conjunction with Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company’s Heritage program, presented a $5,229 grant to Dallas Fire Rescue Station #20. The...
