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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...

IIAT survey finds coastal insurance market tighter; more expensive

Nov 19 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...

Texas

Nov 19 2006 // As expected, incumbent Texas Gov. Rick Perry won re-election in a heavily Republican state, but his victory was by no means a shoo-in. Perry only gathered 39 percent of the votes in a race that was split five ways between...

Nov 19 2006 // People 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...

News Currents

Nov 19 2006 // Vendor picked for verification plan 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...

News Currents

Nov 19 2006 // No monumental changes in South Central states from Nov. 7 elections Arkansas Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe, a Democrat, won the race for the governor’s office, handily defeating Republican candidate Asa...

Figures

Nov 19 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...