Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Markets
Dec 10 2006 // Coastal Property – Texas Nuts & Bolts: Western Security Surplus has increased capacity to write coastal property coverage in Texas, including wind and hail, Tier 1 and 2 counties. The property coverage is...
Zurich agrees to terms to close multi-state bid-rigging probe
Dec 10 2006 // News Currents Ten states, led by Texas and its Attorney General Greg Abbott, have come to terms with Zurich American, closing their probe into the insurer’s involvement in alleged bid-rigging and unfair compensation...
Hartwig to Speak in Austin at Insurer Group’s Public Policy Forum
Dec 7 2006 // Dr. Robert Hartwig, president-elect and chief economist for the Insurance Information Institute is scheduled to speak in January at a public policy forum hosted by Southwestern Insurance Information Service. SIIS announced...
Higginbotham-Austin Adds Benefits Broker
Dec 6 2006 // Higginbotham & Associates announced it has added Account Executive Cynthia Brown to its Austin, Texas, office to provide commercial clients with employee benefit plan brokerage and account support. Brown, who is...
Caudill Joins Colemont’s Texas Operations
Dec 6 2006 // Colemont Insurance Brokers-Texas announced the recent addition of Larry Caudill as the company’s marketing manager. Caudill will work to strengthen existing agent partnerships and foster new business...
Hubacek Named Member Services Ambassador for IIAT
Dec 5 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas has appointed P. Scott Hubacek to the newly created position of IIAT Member Services Ambassador. Hubacek will be responsible for recruiting new members and for helping new and...
Zurich Agrees to Terms to Close Multi-State Bid-Rigging Probe
Dec 4 2006 // Ten states, led by Texas and its Attorney General Greg Abbott, have come to terms with Zurich American, closing their probe into the insurer’s involvement in alleged bid-rigging and unfair compensation practices in...
Texas Agents’ Group Says Personal Lines Market is Competitive
Dec 4 2006 // With the exception of coastal areas, the outlook for auto and homeowners coverage is positive in Texas, according to a study conducted by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas. The IIAT Personal Lines Market Survey...
Texas Hospital Insurance Exchange Lowers Rates for Hospital Subscribers
Dec 1 2006 // The Texas Hospital Insurance Exchange, an Austin-based reciprocal insurance company, has announced an average 16 percent rate cut for its hospital liability subscribers, effective Dec. 1. Current THIE subscribers will...
Texas Seeks Comments on Financial Responsibility Program User Guide
Nov 29 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a request for comments on the Financial Responsibility Program User Guide being developed as part of the implementation of the state’s auto insurance verification...
Texas Workers’ Comp Conference to Focus on System Changes
Nov 28 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) will present a two-day educational conference Dec. 4-5, 2006 in Austin. The 2006 DWC Conference will feature presentations by two Texas...
State Farm Contributes $1.5M to Texas Vehicle Registration Initiative
Nov 27 2006 // State Farm and the State Farm Agents of Texas are contributing $1.5 million through in-kind services to support “Put Texas in your corner,” the Texas Department of Transportation’s initiative to remind...
Texas Insurance Complaints Lowest in 7 Years, Trade Group Says
Nov 22 2006 // Information obtained from the Consumer Protection division of the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) shows the number of consumer complaints with insurance companies is the lowest since 1999, the Insurance Council of...
Kaplan Installed as President of Texas Surplus Lines Association
Nov 22 2006 // The Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. announced the election of the following officers and directors at the organizations 50th annual meeting held Nov. 13, 2006, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas: President Len...
Jury Rejects Texas Agent’s Claim that RNC Stole His W’04 Design
Nov 21 2006 // The design of the “W’04” bumper sticker prevalent during President Bush’s re-election campaign was not stolen from a Texas insurance agent, a federal jury in Texarkana, Texas, has ruled. Jurors...
It Figures
Nov 20 2006 // $56 Million The amount returned to Texas insurance consumers over the past year as a result of actions by the Texas Department of Insurance’s Consumer Protec-tion Division, a record amount for the agency. The money...
Vendor picked for verification plan
Nov 20 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance, serving as lead agency in a joint project with the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas Department of Information Resources, reported...
No monumental changes in South Central states from Nov. 7 elections
Nov 20 2006 // Arkansas Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe, a Democrat, won the race for the governor’s office, handily defeating Republican candidate Asa Hutchinson. Beebe, who served 20 years in the state Senate and has been...
People and Places
Nov 20 2006 // Tony Boyd joined Dallas-based McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. as a sales professional in Personal Insurance Professionals, a division of MHBT that serves personal lines clients. Prior to joining MHBT, he was agency owner...
IIAT survey finds coastal insurance market tighter; more expensive
Nov 20 2006 // Property insurance along the Texas coast is getting harder to find plus premiums and deductibles are increasing, according to results from a survey of independent insurance agents. Respondents are members of the...
