Latest Texas Headlines
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Study: Tort reforms reduce med-mal premiums
May 22 2006 // Tort reforms are the best proven instrument for reducing medical liability insurance premium growth, according to a new study conducted by Stanford University Professor Daniel P. Kessler, JD, PhD, who also serves as a...
Allstate Dropping Windstorm Coverage in Texas Coastal Areas
May 22 2006 // In a move it says will “help protect its ability to meet future customer needs throughout Texas while maintaining a strong presence along the Texas coast,” Allstate Texas Llloyds announced it will phase out...
Nine Companies Approved to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp in Texas
May 19 2006 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts recently approved the reapplications for Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure covering a one-year period for nine private employers. Texas law allows...
Sutherland Joins Higginbotham in its Denton Office
May 18 2006 // Fort Worth-based Higginbotham & Associates announced the addition of seasoned employee benefits broker Brian Sutherland to its Denton, Texas, office. Higginbotham acquired the Denton agency when it merged with the...
Texas Best, Vermont Worst Tort Climate for Jobs, Capital Investment, Claims New Study
May 16 2006 // In the competition for jobs and capital investment among the states, those states that suffer from high tort costs will continue to lose jobs and businesses to states with superior tort systems, according to a new report...
Zenith Insurance Adds Ladner as Regional VP in Texas
May 16 2006 // Workers’ compensation specialty company Zenith Insurance announced that Gerald Ladner has joined the company as regional vice president in its Zenith Austin unit. Ladner joins Zenith from Zurich North America with...
Insurer Group Reminds Homeowners of the Need for Flood Coverage
May 16 2006 // Many Texas homeowners are under the impression that flooding caused by rising water is covered under the standard homeowners insurance policy in Texas and often they discover that fact too late, according to Sandra Ray,...
Texas Workers’ Comp Educational Session Offered in Lubbock on May 30
May 16 2006 // The Lubbock Field Office of the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is hosting a brown bag educational session for health care providers, employers, human resource managers, claims...
State Considers Raising Speed Limits in West Texas
May 16 2006 // Speed limits would increase to 80 mph on two West Texas interstate highways under a proposal by the Texas Department of Transportation. The Texas Transportation Commission could take up the proposed change, which would...
Hallmark Reports Increased Revenues
May 16 2006 // Fort Worth-based Hallmark Financial Services Inc. reported operating results for the first quarter of fiscal 2006, indicating higher net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, compared to the same period last...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Posts Newsletter Online
May 15 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced it has posted the Spring issue of the DWC Workers’ CompUpdate newsletter on the agency Web site at...
Texas Regulators Urge Coastal Residents to Review Insurance Coverages
May 12 2006 // As hurricane season approaches, officials at the Texas Department of Insurance are reminding all Gulf Coast home and business owners that it is important to periodically review their insurance policies to ensure that...
Texas Auto Insurance 101 Video Now Available Online
May 11 2006 // The easiest way to learn about auto insurance in Texas is now just a click away, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. An 18-minute video produced by ICT entitled, Auto Insurance 101, has been video streamed and can...
Three Dead in North Texas Tornado
May 11 2006 // Late-night tornadoes swept through rural North Texas on May 9, killing three people, hospitalizing 10 and reducing homes to bare concrete slabs, officials said. An elderly couple were found dead in a destroyed home in the...
Texas Senate Approves Tax and Education Reform Bill
May 11 2006 // The Texas Senate passed a measure late on May 10 that would cut local school property taxes by one-third over the next two years, put more money into Texas schools, increase equity between districts, and raise teacher...
Texas Workers’ Comp Rulebook Supplement 2006-02 Available Online
May 10 2006 // Rulebook Supplement 2006-02 containing rules adopted by the Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation is available online from the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Division of Workers’ Compensation. The...
Texas Surplus Lines Group Heads to Calif. for Mid-Year Meeting in July
May 10 2006 // The Texas Surplus Lines Association (TSLA) will be hosting its 2006 Mid-Year Meeting July 23-26 at the Four Seasons Aviara in Carlsbad, Calif. TSLA celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Speakers scheduled for this...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Publishes Plan to Implement Reforms
May 9 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced it has published a Strategic Management Plan to define how the DWC will be organized and carry out reforms of the workers’...
TDI Offers Tips for Storm Season
May 9 2006 // As the recent severe storms across Texas have shown, a disaster can occur in any part of the state and often with little or no warning. Insurance offers financial protection against damage from natural disasters, but you...
Crews Work to Clean up Storm Damage in Central Texas
May 9 2006 // City officials in Austin, Texas, deployed garbage trucks to collect spoiled food in areas of the city where residents had no power for up to three days. Utility crews scrambled to repair power lines and trim trees on...
