Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to Helping Husband Fake His Death
May 6 2005 // A Georgetown, Texas, woman pleaded guilty to helping her husband fake his own death by digging up a corpse from a cemetery and then staging a fiery car accident in which the body was burned beyond recognition. Molly...
TRCC: Third-Party Warranty Providers Must Register
May 4 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 commission announced it adopted rules...
AIG Private Client Group Rolls Out Auto Insurance for High Net Worth Individuals in Texas
May 4 2005 // AIG Private Client Group, a division of the personal lines property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group Inc. (AIG), has launched its enhanced AIG Private Client Group Auto Program in...
ICT: Texas Led Nation in Q1 Catastrophes
May 4 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...
Proposed Legislation Ensures Fairness in Standards Applied to Agents in Texas
Apr 29 2005 // Texas House Bill 2155 and Senate Bill 236 were recently debated before each Chamber’s respective committee. This critical legislation, sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas, merits broad support, as...
Insurer Groups Praise Texas Senate Passage of Asbestos Reform Legislation
Apr 29 2005 // Both the American Insurance Association and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America recently issued statements lauding the Texas Senate for passing comprehensive asbestos and silica litigation reform...
Texas Senate Passes Asbestos Bill
Apr 28 2005 // The Texas State Senate reported that after 10 years of searching for a balanced, bipartisan solution to the increasing number of asbestos lawsuits clogging the state’s courts, it has unanimously passed a measure that...
Auto Insurance Verification Bill Passed by Texas Senate
Apr 28 2005 // Senate Bill 1670, which addresses the problem of uninsured drivers in Texas, was passed by the state Senate. The bill by Sen. Todd Staples, R-Palestine, calls for a $1 fee on motor vehicle license renewals to pay for an...
The Attack on Credit Scoring and Other Risk-Based Insurance Pricing Tools
Apr 25 2005 // Independent Agents and Their Customers Have the Most to Lose As product manager for the state’s largest writer of auto insurance through independent agents, I want to take this opportunity to remind you that...
New Wholesale Broker Out of Houston, Texas
Apr 25 2005 // Lawrence Mennes and Stephen Vallender in association with Burnett Holdings, Inc. have announced they will form a new insurance broker -IMS Insurance Market Solutions based in Houston, Texas. IMS will be a full service,...
Higginbotham Names Three Executive Vice Presidents
Apr 20 2005 // Higginbotham & Associates, based in Fort Worth, Texas, named brokers John Collins, Dana Jones and Tami Rodgers executive vice presidents to reflect their 2004 sales volume. Collins and Jones are employee benefits...
Texas Uninsured Motorist Bill Passes Senate Committee
Apr 19 2005 // The Automobile Insurance Agents of Texas reported that just one day after several AIAT members testified on behalf of Senate Bill 1670, the Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security unanimously voted for the...
People & Places
Apr 18 2005 // Debra Richardson The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies named Debra Richardson as regional vice president of The Hanover Insurance Company’s Texas region. In this capacity, Richardson will be responsible for...
In or Out? Courts Continue to Struggle with the Issue of Extrinsic Evidence
Apr 18 2005 // The issue of whether, and when, extrinsic evidence may be used to determine a duty to defend has never been clearly defined under Texas law. While a number of courts have recognized an exception, the exact parameters of...
Workers’ Compensation Reform: Good Medicine But No Cure
Apr 18 2005 // As every employer knows, Texas’ workers’ compensation system is sick. In fact, some say it’s on life support. The remedies offered by the two bills currently before the legislature–House Bill 7 and...
HOUSTON CLINIC PLEADS GUILTY
Apr 18 2005 // The Texas Workers’ Compen-sation Commission reported that following a lengthy investigation of its billing practices by the Travis County District Attorney’s office, a Houston company owned by a former...
The Attack on Credit Scoring and Other Risk-Based Insurance Pricing Tools
Apr 18 2005 // Independent Agents and Their Customers Have the Most to Lose As product manager for the state’s largest writer of auto insurance through independent agents, I want to take this opportunity to remind you that...
Insurer Group Files Lawsuit Against Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission
Apr 15 2005 // The Insurance Council of Texas reported it filed a lawsuit against the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission challenging the agency’s proposed assessment of costly administrative penalties. ICT questions why...
ICT Honors University Students with Scholarships
Apr 14 2005 // The Insurance Council of Texas announced it has awarded scholarships to 16 university students. The University of North Texas scholarship recipients were Jeffrey Ambrose, Lauren Heger, Tracey Mallard and Wayne Moore, Jr....
The Parker Group Buys Gallagher Benefit Administrators
Apr 14 2005 // Lubbock, Texas-based The Parker Group, a health care and benefits management holding company, announced it has closed on the acquisition of Gallagher Benefit Administrators Inc., a national third-party employee benefits...
