Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas Surplus Lines Premium Comparison
Jan 26 2004 //
Texas Ranks High in Workers’ Comp Costs per Claim
Jan 23 2004 // Workers’ compensation costs per claim in Texas increased at double-digit rates for the third consecutive year, according to a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. Workers’ compensation...
Texas FAIR Plan Wants Rate Increase
Jan 23 2004 // The Texas Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan Association requested that the Texas Department of Insurance allow the Plan to increase homeowners insurance rates by an average of 12 percent statewide in order...
Fla. Nursing Home Fix Should Include Litigation Reform
Jan 22 2004 // Although many complex issues need to be resolved to solve Florida’s nursing home crisis, tighter litigation reforms are reportedly key to solving these problems. “The passage in 2001 of S.B. 1202 provided only...
ATRA to Kick Off Texas “Judicial Hellhole” Campaign
Jan 19 2004 // The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) announced it is launching a campaign this week against judicial districts in Texas that have gone askew. The campaign kicks off Jan. 22, 2004 in Jefferson County, Texas, which...
Federal Court Halts Enforcement of Texas HB 1131
Jan 15 2004 // Allstate Insurance Company announced that the United States Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas has granted Allstate and Sterling Autobody Centers’ request for a preliminary injunction against...
Fraud Targeted by New Texas Initiative
Jan 14 2004 // With the creation of the Texas Committee on Insurance Fraud, the Texas insurance industry, state and county agencies, and national organizations are pulling together for the first time a coordinated effort to battle...
Time to Make a Change
Jan 12 2004 // Another year, another chance to make a change. January 1 is a day just like any other. Its assignment as the first day of a new year, however, provides a target date to begin changing things—hopefully for the better,...
ICT Details New Laws Taking Effect in 2004
Jan 12 2004 // The Insurance Council of Texas recently issued a reminder that new insurance legislation affecting the use of credit scores, water damage claims and the regulation of public adjusters is being put into place in Texas in...
TEXAS WC COMMITTEE CHOSEN:
Jan 12 2004 // Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst has formed the Senate Select Committee on Workers’ Compensation to work on solutions to what he called a developing crisis in workers’ comp. Senator Todd Staples was appointed...
Perry Says Reforms are Paving Way for Regulatory Modernization
Jan 12 2004 // To start off the new year, Insurance Journal asked Texas Governor Rick Perry to share his views on insurance reforms initiated by the Texas Legislature in 2003, and to comment on issues he believes need to be addressed in...
Texas-More than Just the Alamo and Football
Jan 12 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Texas at 20,851,820. Approximately 76 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 16 percent had...
NAMIC Report Details State Tort Reform Efforts
Jan 9 2004 // A report detailing state legislative efforts to reform the U.S. civil justice system was recently released by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). The report, part of a NAMIC series regarding...
National Alliance’s Hold Named One of Industry’s ‘Most Powerful’
Jan 8 2004 // William T. Hold, Ph.D, president of The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research in Austin, Texas, was named to Insurance Newscast’s annual list of the “100 Most Powerful People in the...
Republic Exec. Elected Chairman of ICT
Jan 7 2004 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) announced it elected Richard A. Mayer to serve as chairman of the board of directors beginning Jan.1, 2004. Mayer was elected at the December board meeting in San Antonio. Mayer is the...
Safeco Signs Master Contract With CAA
Jan 7 2004 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), based Austin, Texas, reported that Seattle-based Safeco has signed a master contract with all 28 CAA member agencies. Under the contract all CAA members gain access to this major...
PIFC Elects Board Chairman and Officers for the 2004 Operating Year
Jan 6 2004 // Dan Dunmoyer, president of the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC), announced that Ron Coble, vice president and California state executive director, Farmers Insurance Group, was elected chairman of the...
Brooke Corp. Sub Acquires Texas All Risk
Jan 5 2004 // Overland Park, Kans.-based Brooke Corporation’s insurance brokerage subsidiary, CJD & Associates, announced the acquisition of Texas All Risk General Agency Inc., of Dallas, Texas. CJD & Associates...
Jan. TDI Hearings Include Credit Score, TWIA
Jan 2 2004 // The Texas Department of Insurance has scheduled hearings in January concerning two issues affecting the property/casualty insurance industry: use of credit scores in establishing rates for personal lines insurance and...
TWCC Reports Discount Rate for Q1
Dec 24 2003 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced it has determined, pursuant to the authority and direction given under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act (Texas Labor Code, Section 401.023), that any...
