Latest Texas Headlines

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Committee Works Out Comp Compromise in Texas

May 26 2005 // A conference committee made up of members of the Texas House of Representatives and the state Senate worked out a compromise on workers’ compensation system reform that had stalled in the legislative process. The...

Texas Mutual to Pay $50M in Dividends

May 26 2005 // Approximately 32,000 Texas employers will receive a share of around $50 million in dividends from Texas Mutual Insurance Company. The company announced that its Board of Directors unanimously approved the 2005 dividend...

Allstate Rolls Out Your Choice Auto Insurance in Texas

May 24 2005 // Allstate announced the Texas rollout of a new product, Your Choice Auto Insurance, which the company says provides consumers more choices, innovative features and enhanced rewards for safe drivers. The product, available...

Chubb Introduces Texas Agreed Value Auto Policy

May 24 2005 // Texans can now purchase auto insurance that locks in the amount they would receive if their vehicle is stolen or totaled during the policy term, according to Chubb Group of Insurance Companies. Chubb announced it is...

National Advantage Insurance Services Now Writing in Texas

May 24 2005 // Clifford Mapes, president and CEO of Tustin, Calif.-based National Advantage Insurance Services Inc., announced that he has been appointed and approved for writing several insurance products in the state of Texas. The line...

Allstate, SIIS and Others Launch Flood Safety Campaign

May 23 2005 // Just in time for the Memorial Day weekend, public and private sector partners, including the Allstate Foundation and Southwestern Insurance Information Service, are joining forces to expand flood safety awareness in Texas...

TRCC: THIRD-PARTY WARRANTY PROVIDERS MUST REGISTER

May 23 2005 // Third-party warranty companies that provide services for Texas homeowners on behalf of builders/remodelers must now register with the Texas Residential Construction Commission. The companies must adopt the...

TWCC Approves COAs to Self-Insure for Seven Companies

May 23 2005 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission approved the reapplications for Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure for a one-year period by seven private employers during a public meeting on May 19. Texas law allows...

High-Value Autos in Texas

May 23 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: AIG Private Client Group, a division of the personal lines property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group Inc., has launched its enhanced AIG Private Client Group Auto...

People & Places

May 23 2005 // C. Jeff Pan U.S.I. Holdings Corp. appointed C. Jeff Pan senior vice president – Business Transformation. Pan, who will be based in Dallas, is responsible for transforming the company’s business processes from a...

TRCC: Third-Party Warranty Providers Must Register

May 23 2005 // Third-party warranty companies that provide services for Texas homeowners on behalf of builders/remodelers must now register with the Texas Residential Construction Commission. The companies must adopt the...

New Markets

May 23 2005 // Staffing Firms Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer and Company launched SpecialtyOne, an errors and omissions insurance program for management consultants and staffing firms. Target risks for the program include a...

People

May 23 2005 // U.S.I. Holdings Corp. appointed C. Jeff Pan senior vice president – Business Transformation. Pan, who will be based in Dallas, is responsible for transforming the company’s business processes from a...

Ballinger Describes Texas Stamping Office Operations to AAMGA University

May 23 2005 // Structural similarities and differences between stamping and service offices in the 15 stamping offices across the U.S. and how their markets differ were discussed by Phil Ballinger, executive director of the Surplus Lines...

Business Moves

May 23 2005 // Republic Republic Companies Group Inc., based in Dallas, filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of up to $115,000,000 of newly...

Ballinger Describes Texas Stamping Office Operations to AAMGA University

May 23 2005 // Structural similarities and differences between stamping and service offices in the 15 stamping offices across the U.S. and how their markets differ were discussed by Phil Ballinger, executive director of the Surplus Lines...

News Briefs

May 23 2005 // Louisiana Producer Arrested, Issued C&D A Caddo Parish, La., insurance producer was arrested and issued a cease and desist order for allegedly misappropriating insurance funds, according to the Louisiana Depart-ment...

To Subscribe or Not Subscribe That is the Workers’ Comp Question

May 23 2005 // As Texans, we pride ourselves on our rugged independence and our determination to forge our own path. That is certainly what Texas has done in the area of workers’ compensation, the state-regulated insurance program...

Number One in Q1 Catastrophes

May 23 2005 // The Insurance Council of Texas reported that a series of thunderstorms that pummeled portions of the Hill Country and central Texas in late March resulted in Texas leading the nation in insured losses during the first...

CAA Reports $304M in Production in 2004, Elects 2005 Management Team

May 20 2005 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC reported its members achieved over $304 million in production for 2004. The newly elected 2005 management committee was also announced, including CAA’s new chairman...