Latest Texas Headlines
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TWCC Supports Inspector General Plan
Jan 17 2005 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry recently proposed the creation of a state Inspector General position that would monitor large state agencies—including the Texas Department of Insurance and the Texas Workers’ Compensation...
Texas Mutual Policyholders Cited for Excellence
Jan 16 2005 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that three of its policyholders received Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) awards from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The SHARP...
Texas Workers’ Comp Bill Presented
Jan 14 2005 // Texas State Senator Todd Staples of Palestine has introduced Senate Bill 5, designed to overhaul the state’s workers’ compensation program. “In Texas, we spend far more to treat on-the-job injuries, but...
Houston Man Fined for Workers’ Comp Fraud Scam
Jan 12 2005 // Austin-based Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Henry Prince of Houston has pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges and must pay restitution to the insurer. The Travis County 147th...
Texas AG Wins Refunds for Residents who Unknowingly Purchased Damaged Vehicles
Jan 11 2005 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Monday signed a settlement that ensures refunds totaling up to $10 million to Texans who unknowingly purchased vehicles that were previously damaged and deemed total losses by State...
Texas Senators to File Bill Banning Use of Credit Scores
Jan 11 2005 // Calling the practice discriminatory and unfair, Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis of Houston announced he and Senators Gonzalo Barrientos of Austin and Eliot Shapleigh of El Paso will file a bill that bans credit scoring as...
Industry Groups React to Texas State Senators’ Call to Ban Credit Scores
Jan 11 2005 // On Jan. 10, 2004, Texas State Senators Rodney Ellis of Houston, Gonzalo Barrientos of Austin and Eliot Shapleigh of El Paso announced their intent to file a bill in the legislative session that began Jan. 11 that would ban...
IIAT to Host Joe Vincent Management Seminar, Legislative Day Jan. 30-Feb. 1
Jan 6 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced that more than 400 of the state’s top independent agency principals and managers will gather for IIAT’s 42nd Annual Joe Vincent Management Seminar and Big I...
Affirmative Completes Acquisitions in Fla., Texas
Jan 5 2005 // Addison, Texas-based Affirmative Insurance Holdings Inc. announced the completion of two previously disclosed acquisitions. The first acquisition consists of the assets of the retail agency and franchise operations of 21st...
21st Century Begins Selling Auto Insurance in Texas
Jan 5 2005 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based 21st Century Insurance Group, a direct-to-consumer provider of personal automobile insurance, announced it has begun selling auto policies in Texas to provide consumers with the benefits of the...
Hold Again Named One of Industry’s Most Powerful
Jan 4 2005 // The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research in Austin, Texas announced that National Alliance President William T. Hold, Ph.D. was named to Insurance Newscast’s annual list of the “100 Most...
Burns & Wilcox’s North Texas Office Reports Additions
Jan 4 2005 // The Dallas/Fort Worth office of Farmington Hills, Mich.-based national specialty insurance wholesaler, underwriter and managing general agent Burns & Wilcox announced the appointment of four new underwriting...
Court TV Airs Texas Bus Crash Trial
Jan 4 2005 // Court TV, the cable television network dedicated to covering trials and legal issues, is telling viewers the story of the 2002 bus crash near Terrell, Texas that killed five people and injured many more. A group of crash...
Let the Games Begin
Jan 3 2005 // The fun and games are set to begin in Texas. No, not the Olympics nor the Super Bowl–but the Texas Legislature, of course. The legislature will open its doors Jan. 11 and bill filing started last month. Lobbyists,...
COUNTRYWIDE CUTTING HOMEOWNERS RATES:
Jan 3 2005 // Countrywide Insurance Group’s Texas subsidiary Balboa Lloyds Insurance Company, is lowering its rates on homeowners insurance by an average of 20 percent in Texas, the company said. The coverage will be offered...
People & Places
Jan 3 2005 // Stuart Dobbie Stuart Dobbie was appointed president and chief executive officer of Dallas-based Maclean, Oddy & Associates. The appointment is effective Jan. 1. Nancy Peterson He succeeds Roy B. Oddy, who has held the...
Texas, Oklahoma Enjoy Lower Workplace Injury, Illness Rates
Jan 3 2005 // For the second year in a row, Oklahoma workplaces set records for lower numbers of recordable injuries and illnesses, as well as lower injury and illness rates, according to the state’s Department of Labor....
Republic Launches New Farm & Ranch Owners Program
Dec 28 2004 // The Republic Group, headquartered in Dallas, introduced a new farm and ranch program that will be available beginning Jan. 3, 2005. According to the company, the new program includes farm and ranch property, machinery and...
Dewhurst, Jackson Lay Out Plan for Insurer Penalties
Dec 23 2004 // Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst once again called on State Farm to reduce homeowner’s insurance rates recently as he laid out the second part of the Texas Legislature’s insurance reform effort, the Associated...
Affirmative Acquires Assets of Agencies in Florida, Texas
Dec 23 2004 // Addison, Texas-based Affirmative Insurance Holdings Inc. reported it has signed definitive agreements to acquire the assets of two non-standard automobile insurance agency operations. In two separate transactions,...
