Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Universal Insurance Company of Texas Adds Staff
Oct 11 2005 // Universal Insurance Holdings of North America announced it has added new members to the Universal Insurance Company of Texas (UICTX) team, based in San Antonio. Katherine Moore, vice president of Texas operations for UICTX...
Hotchkiss Notes Launch of Texas Home Builders Workers’ Comp Group
Oct 11 2005 // Hotchkiss Insurance Agency Inc. (HIA) announced its newest workers’ compensation purchasing group: the Texas Home Builders Workers Compensation Group (THB-WC Group). The group includes home builders for whom specific...
Allstate Ordered to Cover Expenses of Rita Evacuees
Oct 10 2005 // A state judge in Texas has ordered Allstate Insurance Co. to cover the living expenses of its Texas policyholders displaced by Hurricane Rita last month. Acting on a petition filed by the attorney general and the Texas...
Cooper Re-Appointed to Texas Mutual Board of Directors
Oct 4 2005 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that Texas Gov. Rick Perry re-appointed Richard Cooper to serve on the Texas Mutual board of directors. Cooper will serve another six-year term, which will end in July...
Picking Up the Pieces
Oct 3 2005 // Although Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are behind us, hurricane season continues through the end of November. And while it does, residents on the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts are picking up the pieces and rebuilding their lives,...
People & Places
Oct 3 2005 // Pat Mulady RISC Inc. in Dallas, announced the appointment of Pat Mulady, to the position of vice president in the Brokerage Department. Mulady’s focus will primarily be tough casualty risks. Kenneth Rassi Mulady...
Residential Contractors General Liability
Oct 3 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Quadrant Insurance Managers added two new contractor programs to be based out of its Texas office: residential homebuilders/contractors general liability and roofing contractors general liability. The...
Case Law Watch
Oct 3 2005 // Exclusions–Criminal Acts Bamert v. Johnson (La. App. Aug. 17, 2005) Insured claims self-defense/question of fact on applicability of intentional, willful and malicious acts exclusion: This concerned an...
Hurricane Rita Losses Not as High as Previous Storms
Oct 3 2005 // But destruction will add to totals from Dennis, Katrina and Ophelia. While indications are that damages from Hurricane Rita won’t come close to equaling those of its immediate predecessor, Hurricane Katrina, that...
Citizens COO Quits; Investigations Ongoing After Kickback Accusations
Oct 3 2005 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Chief Operating Officer R. Paul Hulsebusch is facing accusations by Universal Risk Insur-ance Services in Houston, Texas, that after last year’s hurricanes he sought kickbacks from...
People
Oct 3 2005 // RISC Inc. in Dallas, announced the appointment of Pat Mulady, to the position of vice president in the Brokerage Department. Mulady’s focus will primarily be tough casualty risks. Mulady joins RISC with over 12 years...
New Markets
Oct 3 2005 // Residential Contractors General Liability Nuts & Bolts: Quadrant Insurance Managers added two new contractor programs to be based out of its Texas office: residential homebuilders/contractors general liability and...
Hurricane Rita Losses Not as High as Previous Storms
Oct 3 2005 // But destruction will add to totals from Dennis, Katrina and Ophelia. While indications are that damages from Hurricane Rita won’t come close to equaling those of its immediate predecessor, Hurricane Katrina, that...
Business Moves
Oct 3 2005 // CCA, J.S. Edwards and Sherlock, Central Insurance Cos. Combined Agents of America LLC, based in Austin, Texas, announced that member agency J.S. Edwards and Sherlock Insurance Agency was awarded the Blue Streak Circle of...
Editor’s Note: Picking Up the Pieces
Oct 3 2005 // Although Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are behind us, hurricane season continues through the end of November. And while it does, residents on the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts are picking up the pieces and rebuilding their lives,...
LOUISIANA
Oct 3 2005 // Bamert v. Johnson (La. App. Aug. 17, 2005) Insured claims self-defense/question of fact on applicability of intentional, willful and malicious acts exclusion: This concerned an insurer’s obligation to defend and...
TDI Increases Assistance in East Texas; Expands Help Line Hours
Sep 30 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced it is sending additional insurance specialists to East Texas to help consumers affected by Hurricane Rita. Six assistance centers have already been established around the state,...
Texas Gov. Perry Asks Federal Government for Full Reimbursement of Rita Costs
Sep 28 2005 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry has sent a letter to federal officials requesting that Texas get the same level of reimbursement for Hurricane Rita as for Hurricane Katrina. Perry also joined with Houston Mayor Bill White and Harris...
Hurricane Victims in Texas Can File Claims Before Seeing Damage
Sep 27 2005 // Texans who can’t return home because of the damage caused by Hurricane Rita can file a claim without seeing what has happened to their property, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. By filing a claim now, the...
Fitch: Hurricane Rita Won’t Cause Widespread U.S. Insurance Company Rating Changes
Sep 26 2005 // Fitch Ratings said Monday it expects Hurricane Rita will represent a material loss to the insurance industry and will create further strain on insurers’ claims-adjusting resources. However, Fitch does not expect any...
