Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Employers, Medical Providers Join Forces to Fix Workers’ Comp System
Oct 13 2004 // Texas’ workers’ compensation system is one of the worst in the nation with skyrocketing costs, mediocre care and a poor record of getting workers back on the job, according to Texans for Workers’...
Specialty Risk Services Brings Claims Experience to Texas WC System
Oct 13 2004 // Employers opting out of the Texas Workers’ Compensation system now have a new ally in the ongoing battle to manage rising loss costs. Specialty Risk Services, LLC (SRS) is bringing its claim management expertise to...
Newsome Installed as President of IIA San Antonio
Oct 12 2004 // Dennis Newsome of Barnard-Donegan Insurance Agency Inc. was recently installed as the 83rd president of the Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio (IIASA). In addition, IIASA announced that Greg Stevens of Texas...
Evans, Ewan & Brady Honored as a Central Insurance Companies Blue Streak Agency
Oct 12 2004 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) reported that one of its member agencies, Evans, Ewan & Brady Insurance Agency Inc. of Georgetown, Texas, has been appointed a Blue Streak representative for the Central Insurance...
Advisory Commission Thinks Sun Should Set on TWCC
Oct 11 2004 // The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission believes the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commision should be abolished. At a Sept. 15 meeting, the committee recommended dismantling TWCC’s current structure and shifting...
TMLT CUTS RATES AGAIN:
Oct 11 2004 // Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) announced plans to reduce rates by an additional 5 percent for member physicians. The 5 percent reduction is in addition to a 12 percent rate cut the insurer implemented earlier this...
TEXAS AG, INSURERS SETTLE:
Oct 11 2004 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced court-approved settlements with two major auto insurers that he says will result in refund more than $3.4 million to Texas policyholders who paid more out of pocket on claims...
People & Places
Oct 11 2004 // Mike Barron Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that Mike Barron is the company’s new senior vice president of financial services. Barron is a certified public accountant with over 30 years of experience in...
Agents E&O is Focus of IIA San Antonio Luncheon
Oct 8 2004 // Independent Insurance Agents of Texas President Bill Harrison, Jr., is slated to speak on agents’ professional liability issues at the Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio meeting and luncheon on Oct. 21. IIAT...
Malpractice Claims Drop in Okla. a Year After Reforms
Oct 7 2004 // Reforms to Oklahoma’s civil justice system passed last year have contributed to a drop in medical malpractice cases, officials say. “Our claims have gone down as dramatically, if not more dramatically, than...
Pettigrew Named Pres., CEO of Caliber Collision Centers
Oct 7 2004 // Caliber Collision Centers, an Irvine, Calif.-based operator of collision repair facilities in California and Texas, appointed Dan Pettigrew its president and chief executive officer. As president and CEO, Pettigrew will...
Texas Gov. Requests Hurricane Preparedness Report
Oct 6 2004 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry notified legislators from coastal areas across the state that he has directed Homeland Security Director Steve McCraw to assess Texas’ ability to handle large scale evacuations in the event of a...
Judge Halts Implementation of TWCC’s Alternate Medical Necessity Dispute Review Rule
Oct 4 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) reported that a Travis County District Judge has granted a temporary restraining order to prevent TWCC from implementing or enforcing new Commission Rule 133.309...
Allstate the Winner in Texas Chiropractic Lawsuit
Oct 1 2004 // A Dallas jury ruled on Friday that Texas’ largest chiropractic chain, Accident & Injury Pain Center Inc., reportedly conspired in a statewide scheme designed to defraud Allstate Insurance Company and Encompass...
TWCC Promotes Drive Safely Work Week
Sep 30 2004 // Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced it is teaming up with employers to promote the eighth annual Drive Safely Work Week campaign, Oct. 4 – 8, 2004. According to TWCC by the end of the week, nearly...
IIAT’s InfoCentral Now Free to Members
Sep 30 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) reported that InfoCentral, its premium Web reference library service, becomes absolutely free for all members beginning Oct.1. The service was launched in 2001. “The...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Texas Brokerage
Sep 23 2004 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired the Sheridan Insurance Group of Friendswood, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1984, the Sheridan Insurance Group, doing business as...
Texas Coastal Residents Advised to be Prepared
Sep 23 2004 // Should Tropical Storm Ivan cause widespread damage from high winds and wind-driven rain along the Texas Gulf Coast those who sustain damage are urged to have patience since many adjusters have been assigned to Florida,...
TWCC: Texas Occupational Fatalities Increased in 2003
Sep 22 2004 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) reported that occupational fatalities in Texas increased by 17.7 percent in 2003, while the national number of fatalities increased less than 1 percent compared to...
WCRI November Conference to Have a Texas Focus
Sep 21 2004 // The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute announced that it’s annual Issues & Research Conference, to be held Nov. 10-11, 2004, in Cambridge, Mass., will feature a session on the Texas workers’...
