Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
TX Updates Consumer Bill of Rights
Jun 10 2002 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor has approved updates to a consumer bill of rights, which automobile and residential property insurers are obligated to provide their policyholders. According to the Texas...
Caliber One Exiting E&S Lines; Calif., Texas Were Top 2 States of Business
May 27 2002 // Saying the move will allow the company to devote all of its financial resources and managerial attention to its best performing businesses, PMA Capital has decided to withdraw from the excess and surplus (E&S) lines...
Protect Your Customers from Watered-DownPWC Coverage
May 27 2002 // The United States boasts nearly 51 million acres of lakes, 633,000 miles of rivers and 88,600 miles of coastal shoreline. So, it’s little wonder that water recreation is a popular summer pastime. In recent years,...
Politics of a Long, Hot Summer
May 27 2002 // Like summer, the political season is bearing down upon us. And like summer, this political year is destined to only get hotter and hotter. In Texas, with the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general...
Caliber One Exiting E&S Lines; Calif., Texas Were Top 2 States of Business
May 27 2002 // Saying the move will allow the company to devote all of its financial resources and managerial attention to its best performing businesses, PMA Capital has decided to withdraw from the excess and surplus (E&S) lines...
Watch the Skies, Weather Still Causing Trouble for Homeowners Markets
May 27 2002 // For the past year, while the Texas homeowners insurance market reeled from the effects of mold claims on premium (and still does), homeowners markets in other states have begun bracing themselves for similar nightmare...
Politics of a Long, Hot Summer
May 27 2002 // Like summer, the political season is bearing down upon us. And like summer, this political year is destined to only get hotter and hotter. In Texas, with the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general...
Court Cripples Insurers’ Med. Bill Audits
May 27 2002 // A Texas appellate court has ruled that insurers have no authority to audit medical bills, a move that could hobble their ability to prevent fraud and keep down workers’ compensation costs, according to the American...
USAA Ordered to Pay Sales and Use Taxes
May 27 2002 // Texas District Court Judge Margaret Cooper has ruled that USAA Insurance Co. of San Antonio is liable for sales, motor vehicle and fuel taxes, and Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander believes the ruling could save the...
Technology Bites
May 13 2002 // About the time we were heavily into the production cycle for the current issue of Insurance Journal-Texas/South Central, with its focus on technology issues, technology took a bite out of our offices. We were attacked by...
TX HOME EXTERIORS CHARGED
May 13 2002 // A Travis County, Texas grand jury indicted Texas Home Exteriors Inc. and its vice president Derek Baker for falsifying a workers’ compensation claim to Texas Mutual Insurance Company—a third-degree felony. Texas...
ALLSTATE UNIT MUST PAY $3.8 MILLION
May 13 2002 // A Denton County, Texas, jury ordered Allstate Texas Lloyds to pay actual and exemplary damages of more than $3.8 million in a suit alleging the unit did not pay claims for damage to a home caused by plumbing leaks....
TWCC Cuts Medical Reimbursements
May 13 2002 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission adopted a new medical fee guideline (MFG) that cuts doctor reimbursement fees by an average of 15 percent to reduce claims for care of injured workers. Both the Houston...
IJ Asks: How Long Will the Hard Market Last’
May 13 2002 // When the market is soft, the insurance industry speculates how long it will be until it turns hard … similarly, when it is hard, everyone speculates how long it will be until it turns soft. Insurance Journal pulled out...
Texas Offers IIABA’s First Virtual University Online Education Course
May 13 2002 // The first online continuing education course offered through the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America’s (IIABA) Virtual University has been unveiled—in Texas. The course is available on the...
TDI Rejects State Farm’s Request for Higher
May 13 2002 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor has denied a second request in three months by State Farm Insurance Co., to raise its auto insurance premiums. According to the Austin American Statesman, State Farm raised auto...
Driving Season
Apr 29 2002 // I like the new Ford Thunderbird convertible. With its sleek lines and retro look it’s perfect for a freewheeling trip down a two-lane black top on a gorgeous spring afternoon. No e-mails, no phone calls to deal with,...
Premium Variance Reveals Nationwide Savings for Consumers
Apr 29 2002 // You’re leaving money on the table, and there are savings to be added if you’re willing to spend some energy looking for it.” Those are the sentiments of Alex Ho, consumer brand director for Progressive...
Insurance Litigation and Bankruptcy, or How to Escape from Wonderland
Apr 29 2002 // In the tale of “Alice in Wonderland,” little Alice heedlessly follows the white rabbit into the rabbit hole and falls ever so long before landing upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves. Jumping up and looking...
Is the Texas Personal Auto Market Another Homeowners in the Making’
Apr 29 2002 // The personal automobile insurance market in Texas may not be approaching the crisis level at which the homeowners market currently finds itself, but signs indicate that it may be in for a rough ride. According to the Texas...
