Latest Texas Headlines
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Lawyer of Businessman Accuses Okla. AG of Playing Politics With Probe
Mar 20 2006 // Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson disagrees that politics has been behind an investigation of a Texas businessman suspected of bribing former Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher. “The investigation is a year...
Kirchner Joins PWIB Texas as Senior Underwriter/Broker
Mar 20 2006 // PWIB Texas reported that Russ Kirchner has joined the company as senior underwriter/broker. Kirchner will work out of PWIB Texas’ San Antonio office at 1380 Pantheon Way, Suite 390. Kirchner has 35 years’...
Texas to Host Presentations on Treatment and RTW Guidelines
Mar 20 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation will hear presentations from treatment and return-to-work guideline vendors on March 23, 2006, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The presentations will be...
Texas, Louisiana surplus lines premium decreases in 2005
Mar 20 2006 // Insurance Journal South Central–Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas–vary widely in the amount of premium written in any given year. Texas has the biggest surplus lines market, followed by Louisiana,...
Bond companies ordered to cease and desist
Mar 20 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance ordered two bonding companies in the Houston area to cease operating in Texas. Both companies, International Fidelity & Surety Ltd. and Providential Surety Company Ltd., were issuing...
People and Places
Mar 20 2006 // Cathleen C. Beavers was named general manager of the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association. Previously, Beavers was residual market business advisor for USAA in San Antonio where she managed the auto residual market...
New Markets
Mar 20 2006 // Social Services Directors and OfficersNuts & Bolts: Irwin Siegel Agency Inc. (ISA), a Rock Hill, N.Y., specialty program underwriter for the social services field has a new directors and officers liability insurance...
Zurich, 9 States Settle Bid-Rigging Case for $171 Million
Mar 19 2006 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott reported that Texas and eight other states have reached a $171 million settlement with Zurich American Insurance Co. relating to bid-rigging and price-fixing in the commercial insurance...
Wind-Driven Fires Ease in Texas Panhandle, Conditions Worsen
Mar 17 2006 // The strong winds that pushed wildfires across nearly a million acres of the bone-dry Texas Panhandle were easing early on Thursday, March 16, but in Oklahoma, the fire danger was picking up. A series of wind-whipped grass...
Insurers Seek to Boost Hurricane Insurance Along Texas Coast
Mar 16 2006 // Texas insurers are seeking state approval of a plan to bolster a windstorm insurance pool for coastal property owners at risk during hurricane season. The industry wants the Legislature to approve $800 million in bonds to...
Most Losses in Texas Panhandle Fires Are Uninsured
Mar 16 2006 // Wildfires in the Texas panhandle have blackened hundreds of thousands of acres and leveled ranch houses and barns in its path. Unfortunately, most of the destruction including ranch land and cattle has been uninsured,...
South & Western, American Modern Offering CE Courses for Texas Agents
Mar 15 2006 // South & Western General Agency and American Modern Insurance Group are offering several continuing education courses to help Texas agents understand Motorcycle/ATV and Watercraft coverage issues. Each course provides...
Texas Responds to Deadly Wildfires in the Panhandle
Mar 14 2006 // Gov. Rick Perry said Texas is leading a coordinated effort to battle deadly blazes that have swept through the Texas Panhandle, burning about 663,000 acres and leaving at least 11 people dead. The Tradewind Aircraft...
Texas Workers’ Comp Seminar Offered in Round Rock on April 19
Mar 13 2006 // Texas State University Small Business Development Center will sponsor a one-day educational seminar on Workers’ Compensation 101 and Return To Work presented by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of...
Texas Workers’ Comp Public Hearing Set for Mar. 30
Mar 10 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold a public hearing on Mar. 30, 2006, at 9:30 a.m. in the Tippy Foster Room of the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s central...
Texas Workers’ Comp Stakeholders Meetings Scheduled for March
Mar 9 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold stakeholders meetings Mar. 9 and Mar. 22, 2006. For those who cannot attend the Mar. 9 meeting, TDI/DWC will hold a live Web cast...
CIGNA HealthCare of Texas Appoints Saad as VP
Mar 8 2006 // CIGNA HealthCare of Texas hired James Saad as its new vice president for small group sales, the company reported. Saad brings more than 20 years of health care benefit experience in the small group market to this...
Preparing for the worst
Mar 6 2006 // According to a new report released by GE Insurance Solutions, massive growth along the nation’s coastlines has dramatically increased the potential for insured losses, even without a cyclical increase in the...
People and Places
Mar 6 2006 // Jim Donelon became Louisiana’s Commissioner of Insurance on Feb. 16 following the retirement of J. Robert Wooley. Donelon previously served as the insurance department’s Executive Counsel and Chief Deputy...
TWIA to present Texas Legislature with a two-fold agenda
Mar 6 2006 // Unlike insurers of last resort in states like Louisiana and Florida, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association does not enjoy federal tax-exempt status. TWIA’s Board of Directors and its Executive Director Jim Oliver...
