Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Is TWCC Headed Back to the Fee Guideline Drawing Board’
Sep 11 2002 // The new medical fee guideline approved by the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) last spring that was scheduled to go into effect Sept. 1 was recently stayed by a Travis County judge as part of a lawsuit...
Texas Man Gets Time for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud
Sep 10 2002 // James Webb of Houston was sentenced to 18 months in state jail by the Travis County, Texas, District Court for allegedly defrauding the workers’ compensation system by collecting workers’ comp benefits for...
Alliance Opposes Texas Plan to Restrict Insurer Denials
Sep 10 2002 // A proposal introduced in Texas that would put restrictions on insurers’ ability to make decisions on writing homeowners coverage when a water damage claim has previously been filed is being opposed by the Alliance of...
Texas Commissioner to Limit Denials for Homeowners Coverage
Sep 6 2002 // Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor revealed his intention to issue a rule preventing insurance companies from using past water damage claims as the sole basis for denying homeowners insurance in Texas. Montemayor made...
Farmers Sues Montemayor, TDI
Sep 5 2002 // Farmers operating units Farmers Insurance Exchange and Fire Insurance Exchange have filed suit against Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor and the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) in response to the issuance of...
CAA Elects New Management Committee
Sep 4 2002 // Texas-based managing general agency Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced the election of its new management committee. The new management committee, elected by CAA’s 28 member companies includes: chairman...
POA and IAQA Applaud TX AG’s Suit Against Mold Restoration Inc.
Sep 3 2002 // Austin-based Policyholders of America (POA) and the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) announced their support of the decision by Texas Attorney General John Cornyn’s to file suit against a mold remediation...
Is TWCC Headed Back to the Fee Guideline Drawing Board’
Sep 2 2002 // The new medical fee guideline approved by the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) last spring and scheduled to go into effect September 1 was recently stayed by a Travis County judge as part of a lawsuit...
Farmers to Stop Selling New Homeowners
Sep 2 2002 // Farmers Insurance Company’s troubles in Texas mounted with an August 13 emergency cease and desist order issued against Farmers by the Texas Department of Insurance in an effort to “stop unfair pricing...
MORE BIG MONEY
Sep 2 2002 // The Texas Oil and Gas Association (TxOGA) workers’ compensation purchasing group received $14,485 in dividends from Texas Mutual Insurance Company. The group dividend is the third earned by TxOGA since it partnered...
Texas AG Freezes Assets of Mold Clean-up Company
Aug 29 2002 // Texas Attorney General John Cornyn filed suit in Houston against Mold Restoration Inc., a mold remediation company, to stop alleged practices that have left many homeowners with unfinished restoration work meant to correct...
TWCC Reschedules Public Hearing
Aug 28 2002 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) public hearing originally set for August 22 has been rescheduled Thursday, August 29, 2002, at 10:30 a.m. at the Southfield Building, Tippy Foster Room (Room 910), in...
Texas House Insurance Committee Hears Testimony on Insurance Scoring
Aug 28 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) was among those who testified at a recent hearing held by the Texas House Insurance Committee on the use of credit histories in rating insurance. Other insurer groups...
Texas Association of Business Proposes Med-Mal Reforms
Aug 27 2002 // The Texas Association of Business (TAB) unveiled a set of proposals to reform Texas’ medical malpractice insurance system, and called on candidates for governor and lieutenant governor to commit to capping...
TWCC Fee Schedule Halted by Travis County Judge
Aug 26 2002 // The new medical fee guideline approved by the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (TWCC) last spring and scheduled to go into effect Sept. 1 was temporarily stayed by a Travis County judge. According to the Austin...
Texas Agent Commits Suicide as FBI Closes in
Aug 23 2002 // As FBI agents attempted to arrest him at a Fort Worth motel, a Tarrant County insurance agent who in May admitted guilt in federal fraud charges killed himself. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, authorities would...
Farmers to Stop Selling New Homeowners Policies in Texas
Aug 23 2002 // Farmers Insurance Company has directed its agents to discontinue selling new homeowners policies in Texas beginning Oct. 31. The company will also stop offering replacement policies, existing policies that are not renewed...
SE Texas Doctors Threaten to Turn Away Workers’ Comp Patients
Aug 22 2002 // A number of doctors in Southeast Texas are threatening to stop treating workers’ compensation patients on Sept. 1, the effective date of recent changes to the Texas workers’ compensation fee guidelines....
Groups Urge Regulatory Constraint at Fla. Mold Hearings
Aug 21 2002 // Both the American Insurance Association (AIA) and the Alliance of American Insurers urged Florida policyholders, insurers, and regulators to take a rational approach to mold issues at a recent hearing held by the...
Texas Gubernatorial Candidates Continue Brawl
Aug 19 2002 // Texas Governor Rick Perry and his Democratic challenger Tony Sanchez continue to use the state’s homeowners market crisis against each other as a new poll shows the race tightening. The Dallas Morning News reports...
