Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
FEMA Publishes New Flood Risk Maps for Texas Counties
Jun 9 2006 // The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is presenting draft flood risk maps to communities in Travis and Burnet counties in Texas – areas that flood frequently. The...
Attorneys: Summary Judgment in Texas Work Comp Case Sets Precedent
Jun 8 2006 // Attorneys Anthony Cox and Greta Matzen, with the Dallas-based law firm of Hermes Sargent Bates LLP, announced they obtained a summary judgment of damages stating that Section 41.0105 of the Texas Civil Practice and...
CompPAC Trust of Texas Expands Work Comp Eligibility to Artisan Contractors
Jun 6 2006 // The CompPAC Trust of Texas, a workers’ compensation self-insurance group administered by First Cardinal of Texas Ltd., reported it has received approval from the Texas Department of Insurance to expand its list of...
CAA Elects New Management Committee
Jun 6 2006 // At its annual meeting May 24-25, Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), based in Austin, Texas, announced its newly elected 2006 management committee, including CAA’s new president, Bill Bridges, executive vice...
M. J. Kelly Company Acquires Fort Worth’s Russell Grace
Jun 5 2006 // The Arkansas division of M. J. Kelly Company, an insurance brokerage firm headquartered in Springfield, Mo., announced that it executed an agreement to purchase certain assets of Russell Grace Inc., Fort Worth,...
Allstate report ranks South Dakota drivers as safest
Jun 5 2006 // Residents of Sioux Falls, S.D., are the safest drivers in the United States, according to the second-annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.” The largest city in South Dakota moves up from the...
TDI: ALLSTATE MUST REDUCE RATES, REFUND CUSTOMERS
Jun 5 2006 // In late May Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Gees-lin signed an order requiring Allstate Texas Lloyds to reduce rates for all Texas policyholders by 5 percent and to refund to policyholders the amount overcharged since...
People and Places
Jun 5 2006 // Oklahoma City-based managing general underwriter and third party administrator Midlands Management Corporation appointed Pamela McMillan Eyerly to the position of vice president of Human Resources. She will manage...
John Lary Kephart
Jun 5 2006 // Long time San Antonio insurance professional John Lary Kephart, age 86, passed away May 9, 2006, at his home in San Antonio, Texas, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Amorita, Okla., on March 30, 1920, to the...
Q & A with Texas Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Albert Betts
Jun 5 2006 // Chief of state’s workers’ comp division says much reform work has been done but there’s more to do Insurance Journal: What are some of the major aspects of the Division of Workers’...
Case Law Watch
Jun 5 2006 // ArkansasWorkers’ Compensation Jones Brothers Inc. v. Whitlock, et al. (Ark. May 4, 2005) Prime contractor liable for workers’ compensation benefits owed to employee of uninsured subcontractor: The Supreme Court...
Allstate moving windstorm coverage in Texas coastal areas to TWIA
Jun 5 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 Lloyds announced it is phasing out...
Allstate report ranks South Dakota drivers as safest
Jun 5 2006 // Residents of Sioux Falls, S.D., are the safest drivers in the United States, according to the second-annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.” The largest city in South Dakota moves up from the...
People
Jun 5 2006 // Oklahoma City-based managing general underwriter and third party administrator Midlands Management Corporation appointed Pamela McMillan Eyerly to the position of vice president of Human Resources. She will manage...
Allstate moving windstorm coverage in Texas coastal areas to TWIA
Jun 5 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 Lloyds announced it is phasing out...
Q & A with Texas Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Albert Betts
Jun 5 2006 // Insurance Journal: What are some of the major aspects of the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s Strategic Management Plan for implementing workers’ compensation system reforms? Commissioner Albert Betts:...
John Lary Kephart
Jun 5 2006 // Long time San Antonio insurance professional John Lary Kephart, age 86, passed away May 9, 2006, at his home in San Antonio, Texas, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Amorita, Okla., on March 30, 1920, to the...
Case Law Watch
Jun 5 2006 // Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Jones Brothers Inc. v. Whitlock, et al. (Ark. May 4, 2005) Prime contractor liable for workers’ compensation benefits owed to employee of uninsured subcontractor: The Supreme...
State Farm Files for Auto, Home Rate Changes in Texas
Jun 2 2006 // State Farm Insurance announced it has submitted several filings to the Texas Department of Insurance as it prepares to implement rate adjustments in the state. The company is reducing auto rates but increasing homeowners...
Crump Opens Austin Office, Adds Marquart in Dallas
Jun 2 2006 // Crump Insurance Services of Houston Inc. announced the opening of a new branch office in Austin, Texas. Crump Austin will provide specialized insurance programs for high hazard businesses nationwide. The Austin team,...
