Latest Texas Headlines
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TDI Orders Unauthorized Health Plans to Cease and Desist in Texas
Mar 7 2005 // On March 2, 2005, Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor signed an order to stop the sale of unauthorized health insurance products to Texas consumers, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. Montemayor signed a...
Heads Up! Employees at Large
Mar 7 2005 // Wal-Mart, Morgan Stanley, Boeing, Texaco, State Farm and Farmers have all been the targets of recent employment practices lawsuits. Wal-Mart was hit with sexual harassment charges. Farmers was sued for wrongful...
ACE USA Launches Product for Texas Non-Subscribers
Mar 4 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, announced the expansion of its Occupational Accident product offering to now include employer liability coverage for Texas employers who have...
Home State Makes Makes Management Changes
Mar 4 2005 // Texas-based Home State Insurance Group Inc. announced the promotion of two executives. Michael G. Toole has assumed the position of chief underwriting officer. Since 1991 Toole has served the company as executive vice...
TWCC to Host Statewide Safety and Health Conference
Mar 3 2005 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced it will host its 9th Annual Safety and Health Conference, the Texas Safety Summit, on May 11 and 12 in Austin at the Omni Austin Hotel Southpark, 4140 Governors...
TDI Issues Bulletin to Insurers Regarding ChoicePoint Inc. Release of Information
Mar 3 2005 // Insurers who use credit scoring in underwriting and rate setting must take into consideration a recent security breach at the data collection company ChoicePoint Inc., according to a bulletin issued by the Texas Department...
Workers’ Comp Bill Substitute Filed in Texas Senate
Mar 2 2005 // The media services division of the Texas Senate reported that State Sen. Todd Staples of Palestine has laid out a substitute for Senate Bill 5, the comprehensive workers’ compensation reform bill. Staples filed the...
Texas Lawmaker Files Bill in Response to ChoicePoint Security Breach
Mar 2 2005 // The Texas House of Representatives reported that on the heels of the revelation of a major security breach at data broker ChoicePoint, State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, Austin, has introduced a measure to give Texas consumers...
Fink Joins Texas Mutual
Mar 2 2005 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that Donna Fink is the new underwriting and marketing manager for its Houston regional office. She will oversee the company’s Houston region underwriting and marketing...
Judge Rules Against TWCC in Insurance Council of Texas Lawsuit
Feb 27 2005 // The Insurance Council of Texas reported that on Feb. 24, 2005, Travis County District Court Judge Suzanne Covington ruled in favor of ICT in its lawsuit against the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission. The court...
The Doctors Co. Reports Rate Decrease for Texas
Feb 25 2005 // The Doctors Company, a physician-owned medical malpractice carrier, will file with the Texas Department of Insurance to decrease its average rate level. Ninety percent of the company’s current Texas insureds will...
Staples Presents Texas Workers’ Comp Bill to State Affairs Committee
Feb 23 2005 // On Jan. 21, Texas State Sen. Todd Staples presented recommendations on reforming the state’s workers’ compensation system to the Senate State Affairs Committee in the form of Senate Bill 5. The legislation...
Texas House Committee Hears Testimony on Insurance Score Ban
Feb 23 2005 // In a packed hearing room at the Texas Capitol, members of the Texas House Insurance Committee on Jan. 21 heard the views of consumers and their advocates, as well as insurers and their representatives, regarding House Bill...
State Rep. Says Reforms Are Healthy For Texas
Feb 21 2005 // Texas’ landmark medical lawsuit reforms, passed just 18 months ago, are producing healthy benefits for the state’s doctors, patients, hospitals and nursing homes, according to State Rep. Joe Nixon. A Texas...
Republic Makes Key Personnel Appointments
Feb 21 2005 // The Republic Group, based in Dallas, recently announced two key personnel appointments. Steven L. Nyberg was named vice president of Personal Lines and Richard A. Mayer was promoted to vice president of Commercial...
The Facts About Credit Information and Insurance
Feb 21 2005 // The use of credit history, one of many underwriting tools, is not a new concept and one that has received strict scrutiny from insurance regulators and consumer advocates around the country. Some insurers have used...
NO BASIS FOR CREDIT SCORE BAN
Feb 21 2005 // Texas Insurance Commissioner José Montemayor in late January delivered to Gov. Rick Perry and the Texas Legislature the final report on a credit scoring study conducted by the Texas Department of Insurance. In a letter...
People & Places
Feb 21 2005 // Rodolfo Revuelta Rodolfo Revuelta was elected senior vice president and chief investment officer of New Orleans-based Pan-American Life Insurance Company. In addition, Luis Inglés Jr., senior vice president for...
A Conversation with TSLA President Marshall Leicht
Feb 21 2005 // When Marshall Leicht was installed as president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association in November 2004 he reminded attendees at TSLA’s annual meeting of the many issues confronting surplus lines agents. Leicht, who...
In What Direction is the Wholesale Market Heading’
Feb 21 2005 // Panel examines state of the market at IIAT seminar. When a group of insurance wholesalers gathered at the 42nd Joe Vincent Management Seminar–held recently in Austin by the Independent Insurance Agents of...
