Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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System to complete a treatment plan for non-network workers’ compensation patients in specific situations was repealed on...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...
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...
