Latest Texas Headlines

Tucker Joins Houston’s Tryton as Associate Director, Marketing

Apr 26 2006 // Tryton Insurance Group LLC, based in Houston, Texas, announced the addition of Becki Tucker as associate director of marketing. In this position, Tucker’s responsibilities include the promotion of Tryton to...

Insured Losses to Top $100 Million in Texas Hail Storm

Apr 26 2006 // The hailstorm that struck Central Texas on April 21 is expected to exceed $100 million in insured losses, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. Baseball-size hail pounded the city of San Marcos smashing vehicles at...

McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP Adds Benefits Consultant in Austin

Apr 26 2006 // Insurance and risk management firm McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP (MHBT), announced the appointment of Trey Halbert as a consultant in the employee benefits group in the company’s Austin office. “We are pleased...

SIIS Unveils Program for Annual Conference

Apr 26 2006 // Southwestern Insurance Information Service announced the program for its 53rd Annual Educational Conference, June 27-28, 2006, at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Dallas, Texas. “We have arranged an outstanding array of...

Republic Launches HO- 3 Homeowners Product in Texas

Apr 24 2006 // The Republic Group, based in Dallas, has introduced a new Homeowners Form 3 product for Texas homeowners. “We are pleased to announce the introduction of our HO-3 product”, stated Parker Rush, Republic’s...

Merck Says It Will Appeal $32 Million Texas Vioxx Case

Apr 23 2006 // A Texas state jury found Merck & Co. liable for the death of a 71-year-old man who had a fatal heart attack within a month of taking its since-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx and ordered the company to pay $32 million...

Allstate Objects to Texas Ruling It Overcharges Homeowners 10%

Apr 20 2006 // Two judges have ruled that Allstate Insurance charges excessive rates for homeowners insurance and should reduce them. State insurance regulators want the company to reduce its homeowners rates by 10 percent and refund its...

New Markets

Apr 17 2006 // Excess Auto Liability Nuts & Bolts: Freberg Environmental, Inc. has announced an excess automobile liability program. The program is designed to provide excess limits over FEI’s hazardous material and hazardous...

Apr 17 2006 // People Hub International Ltd., a Chicago-based brokerage has named Jonathan Axel senior vice president of the Kagan-Kozberg Division at Hub International of California Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of the insurance...

The language gives rise to a chicken or egg conundrum: Must the ensuing loss follow the mold, or is mold covered if it e

Apr 17 2006 // The debate over ‘ensuing loss’ continues Mold ‘crisis’ put spotlight on policy language Despite all the recent changes in policy forms, a number of claims still exist under policies using...

Business Moves

Apr 17 2006 // Republic, American Vehicle Dallas-based Republic Companies Group Inc. announced an agreement in principal with American Vehicle Insurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of 21st Century Holding Company, an insurance...

Debra Bowers

Apr 17 2006 // People Conroe, Texas-based managing general agency and wholesale insurance broker Surplus Inc. announced key promotions within its management team. Debra Bowers was promoted to executive vice president. Bowers has 25 years...

TSLA’s Patterson: After 25 years, retirement is not an option

Apr 17 2006 // During April 2006, Jean Patterson, executive director of the Texas Surplus Lines Association, celebrates her 25th year with the organization. With this being the association’s 50th anniversary, Patterson can rightly...

News Currents

Apr 17 2006 // Tort reform remains an issue in South Central states Despite having passed tort reforms in 2003, Texas has one of the worst legal climates in the country according to a study released by the U.S. Chamber Institute for...

New Markets

Apr 17 2006 // New Markets Excess Auto Liability Nuts & Bolts: Freberg Environmental Inc. has announced an excess automobile liability program. The program is designed to provide excess limits more than FEI’s hazardous...

Professional Football Player Indicted in Texas for Workers’ Comp Fraud

Apr 14 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that the Lubbock County grand jury indicted Shaheed Richardson on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Richardson allegedly collected $1,534 in workers’...

Work Comp Groups Select Texas Mutual’s Health Care Network Option

Apr 14 2006 // Dallas-based Hotchkiss Insurance Agency Inc. (HIA) announced that Texas Home Builders (THB) Workers’ Compensation Purchasing Group and Texas Green Industry (TGI) Workers’ Compensation Purchasing Group members...

CIGNA HealthCare HRA Now Available to Texas Small Businesses

Apr 14 2006 // CIGNA HealthCare announced it is expanding the availability of its consumer-driven CIGNA Choice Fund Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) plans to businesses with 51-200 employees in Texas. The plan is also available in...

Texas AG Halts Father/Son Real Estate Scam Against Homeowners

Apr 10 2006 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced he has filed a court action to stop an El Paso, Texas, father and his two sons who operate an unlicensed “real estate” business from illegally taking earnest money...

Professional Underwriters’ Public Entity Programs Available in Texas

Apr 10 2006 // Professional Underwriters, a national program administrator for public entities, announced that their public entity programs are now available in Texas. Professional Underwriters will offer casualty line coverages through...