Latest Texas Headlines
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8 Texas AG, Allied World settle antitrust suit
Apr 23 2007 // Company admits no wrongdoing but agrees to pay $2.1 million 8 La.’s governor, commissioner unveil legislative plan Package of bills aimed at increasing competition in insurance market 10 Ark. commissioner tells U.S....
Mentoring process is at the core of new producer development
Apr 23 2007 // Most high performance, high growth independent agencies have a lot in common when it comes to finding, hiring and mentoring new producers: They dedicate the necessary time for their mentoring program and couple the...
Texas AG Cites CVS Pharmacy for Exposing Customer Records
Apr 19 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on April 17 took legal action against CVS Pharmacy for exposing its customers to identity theft. According to court documents filed by Abbott, CVS violated a 2005 law requiring businesses...
Burns & Wilcox Promotes Shumate to Underwriter in Texas Office
Apr 17 2007 // Specialty insurance and brokerage provider Burns & Wilcox announced that Jennifer Shumate has been promoted to underwriter in the company’s Arlington, Texas, office. Previously, Shumate was a production...
Losses Estimated at $25 Million in North Texas Storm
Apr 17 2007 // A fast moving storm that slammed into the Dallas/Fort Worth area on the night of April 13 spawned tornadoes and large hail and caused an estimated $25 million in insured losses. Two people, including an Irving police...
Texas AG Settles $2.1M Antitrust Case with Allied World Assurance
Apr 13 2007 // A settlement has been reached in an investigation that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says uncovered collusion between a Bermuda-based commercial casualty insurer and various U.S. insurance companies. The settlement...
Wagoner Named Product Development Manager at Texas General Agency
Apr 11 2007 // Texas General Agency Inc., based in San Antonio, has hired Jay Wagoner to serve as its Product Development manager. Prior to joining TGA, Wagoner was executive vice president of Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, managing...
Insurance Council of Texas Offers Disability Management Training
Apr 11 2007 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) announced it has teamed up with the TDI Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC), American Insurance Association, and Property Casualty Insurers Association of America to provide...
Texas Arson Hotline Nets Three Arrests in Store Fire
Apr 10 2007 // A call to the Texas Arson Hotline resulted in the arrest of three Sul Ross State University students following a fire in an Alpine, Texas, convenience store, according to A Texas Advisory Council on Arson (ATAC), which...
Klimek to Head Up Sales and Marketing for WSS in Calif., Texas
Apr 10 2007 // Richard L. Polizzi, president/CEO of Pasadena, Calif.-based Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc. (WSS) and Kyle Stevens, chief operating officer, in Dallas, Texas, announced personnel changes following their...
Texas DWC Changes Effective Date for Required Treatment Planning
Apr 10 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has submitted to the Texas Register an emergency rule to change the date on which treating doctors in the workers’ compensation system are...
Majority of medical malpractice claims close without payment
Apr 9 2007 // The majority of medical malpractice claims in a study of seven states were closed without any compensation paid to those claiming a medical injury, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...
My New Markets
Apr 9 2007 // Logging and Lumbering Nuts & Bolts: O’Donovan & Associates’ Timber Harvester Program is designed to provide customized coverage for the contractor who harvests and hauls timber and related products....
Majority of medical malpractice claims close without payment
Apr 9 2007 // The majority of medical malpractice claims in a study of seven states were closed without any compensation paid to those claiming a medical injury, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...
Mentoring process is at the core of new producer development
Apr 9 2007 // Most high performance, high growth independent agencies have a lot in common when it comes to finding, hiring and mentoring new producers: They dedicate the necessary time for their mentoring program and couple the...
State Auto completes purchase of Beacon Insurance Group in Texas
Apr 9 2007 // Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. has completed the purchase of the Beacon Insurance Group of Wichita Falls, Texas. With the acquisition, Texas becomes State Auto’s 29th state of operation, according...
My New Markets
Apr 9 2007 // BOP, Beauty, Nail Salons Nuts & Bolts: Bass Underwriters has a new admitted program for BOPs targeting a varied selection of risks. The program will entertain such businesses as beauty and nail salons, clothing...
Mentoring process is at the core of new producer development
Apr 9 2007 // Most high performance, high growth independent agencies have a lot in common when it comes to finding, hiring and mentoring new producers: They dedicate the necessary time for their mentoring program and couple the...
My New Markets
Apr 9 2007 // Commercial Auto Nuts & Bolts: Texas Specialty Risk Programs is offering coverage on commercial auto fleets, 1-20 power units. Lowest pricing available. Same day quotes if requested. No loss info required. Submission...
Business Moves
Apr 9 2007 // Argonaut, PXRE Argonaut Group Inc., a specialty underwriter headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, and PXRE Group Ltd., a Bermuda-based property reinsurer, agreed to a merger under which the combined entity will do business...
