Latest Texas Headlines
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North Texas Agent to Appear on NASCAR
Oct 19 2006 // NASCAR returns to Texas in November for a second race, The Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, and the Brian Vickers #25 GMAC Chevrolet will include the sponsorship of the Al Boenker Insurance Agency. The Al Boenker...
Western Security Surplus Texas Office Moves to Plano
Oct 19 2006 // Kyle Stevens, executive vice president of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers, announced that the firm has outgrown its current offices in Dallas and has moved to a larger space in Plano, Texas. Effective Oct. 16,...
Texas Mutual Announces Apartment Association Purchasing Group
Oct 19 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced its newest workers’ compensation purchasing group: Texas Apartment Association (TAA). The group provides qualifying members with a competitive option for workers’ comp...
Former Texas Commissioner Named President of Life Ins. Companies
Oct 18 2006 // Former Texas Secretary of State and Commissioner of Insurance Elton Bomer has been named president of four insurance companies: American Reserve Life Insurance Co., Liberty Bankers Life Insurance Co., Mid-Continent...
Wildlife Making Texas Highways Hazardous
Oct 17 2006 // The increasing number of motorists and deer in Texas are leading to a greater frequency of collisions between the two on the state’s roadways. Cooler weather and the annual rut season should make for even more...
Truck Driver Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud in Texas
Oct 16 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County court sentenced Jerry S. Amaya of Cedar Creek, Texas, on workers’ comp fraud-related charges. The court sentenced Amaya to one year of probation and...
North Texas Insurance Agent Takes on GEICO
Oct 12 2006 // “Bigger isn’t necessarily better,” says Texas independent insurance agent Al Boenker of the Al Boenker Insurance Agency. Boenker’s latest advertising puts him up against the gecko, making fun of the...
Texas Green Industry Workers’ Comp Group Gets $297K Dividend
Oct 10 2006 // Hotchkiss Insurance Agency Inc. announced a $297,098 dividend to the Texas Green Industry (TGI) Workers’ Comp purchasing group. The announcement marked the second dividend payment for the group by Texas Mutual...
Texas Mutual Launches Group for Machinery and Equipment Dealers
Oct 10 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced its newest workers’ compensation purchasing group: Texas Machinery and Equipment Dealers (TM&E). State law allows employers in similar industries to reduce their...
Texas Workers’ Comp Rulebook Supplement 2006-05 Available Online
Oct 10 2006 // Rulebook Supplement 2006-05 containing rules adopted by the Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation is available online from the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation. The supplement can...
ICT Announces Line Up for Workers’ Compensation Seminars
Oct 10 2006 // The Insurance Council of Texas is hosting workers’ compensation seminars on Nov. 7 and Nov. 15 that focus and provide training on the new rules adopted by the Division of Workers’ Compensation to implement...
Texas work comp reform: a lot done, more to go
Oct 9 2006 // Speaker after speaker at the Sept. 20 workers’ compensation conference held by the Insurance Council of Texas recognized that while reform of Texas’ workers’ compensation system has come a long way, there...
Former Insurance Company Officers Sentenced to Six Years in Okla.
Oct 6 2006 // A federal judge has sentenced two men to six years in prison for their roles in the failure of a Tulsa, Okla. insurance company. Besides prison terms for convictions on embezzlement, wire fraud and money laundering...
Bus Company, Owner Found Guilty of Safety Violations in Texas
Oct 5 2006 // A South Texas company whose bus exploded and killed 23 nursing home residents as they fled from Hurricane Rita has been convicted of failing to maintain its buses and follow inspection regulations, and conspiring to lie on...
The Hartford, First Health Group Workers’ Comp Network Approved in Texas
Oct 5 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. reported it has gained certification to offer its workers’ compensation clients in the Houston area access to The Hartford Workers’ Compensation Health Care...
Specialty Risk Services Workers’ Comp Network Certified for Texas
Oct 4 2006 // Specialty Risk Services, LLC (SRS) announced the certification of its Texas Workers’ Compensation Health Care Network by the Texas Department of Insurance. The company will begin offering the new network to all...
WSS Adds Capacity for Wind, Hail Coverage in Texas
Oct 3 2006 // Kyle Stevens, executive vice president, announced that Western Security Surplus has increased capacity to write property coverage, including wind and hail, in Harris County, Texas. Now agents and brokers in Harris County...
Graziano Joins Homeowners of America Insurance as Marketing Rep
Oct 3 2006 // Irving, Texas-based Homeowners of America Insurance Company announced that Joe Graziano has joined the company as a marketing representative. He will concentrate on the North Texas region. Graziano has over thirty...
Guaranty Insurance Acquires South Valley Insurance
Oct 3 2006 // Guaranty Insurance Services, Inc., the second-largest independent insurance agency in Texas, has acquired South Valley Insurance of Bakersfield, Calif. South Valley Insurance (SVI) will operate as a division of Walter...
TSLA to Hold 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting Nov. 12 and 13
Oct 2 2006 // Don Etheredge, president of Texas Surplus Lines Association, announced that the 2006, 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting is being held Nov. 12 and 13 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas. Speakers scheduled...
