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People Moves: WSS Adds Brininstool in Texas; Skyward Specialty Expands With New Hires
Aug 10 2021 // Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Plano, Texas-based wholesale brokerage and general agency Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers (WSS), an XPT Partners company, hired Blake Brininstool as a broker and...
Texas Surplus Lines Premium Total for July 2021: $836.1M
Aug 9 2021 // Texas surplus lines premium for July 2021 reached $836.1 million, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reported. The number brings the year-to-date total up to $5.42 billion as of the end of July, a 16.1%...
Staffing Crisis Hits Texas Hospitals as Burnout Depletes Workforce, Virus Surges
Aug 6 2021 // Texas nurse Jenna Price gets half a dozen solicitations a day from hospitals and staffing agencies that want to pay her four times her current salary to leave her job at a suburban Central Texas emergency room and take a...
Van Carrying 25 in Texas Crashes; Leaves at Least 11 Dead, Others Injured
Aug 6 2021 // An overloaded van carrying about 25 passengers crashed Aug. 3 on a remote South Texas highway, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than a dozen others, authorities said. The crash happened shortly after 4 p.m. on...
Filtration System Blamed for Chemical Leak at Texas Water Park
Aug 6 2021 // A Texas water park says a chemical exposure that sent dozens of people to hospitals was caused by “improper installation” of a water filtration system. Six Flags officials said a third-party service company...
Alliant Acquires Benefit Concepts in Texas
Aug 5 2021 // Alliant Insurance Services acquired group and individual benefits agency, Houston-based Benefit Concepts Inc. (BCI). Founded in 1983, BCI provides a full range of employee benefits products and services to businesses and...
New Agency, Emergent Insurance Solutions, Launched in Texas
Aug 5 2021 // Doug Phenix, founder of Texas Printers Insurance Agency (TPIA), is now leading a newly established agency, Emergent Insurance Solutions (EIS), based in Houston. Phenix, president of EIS, has more than 30 years of...
Texas Awards $13.6M in Grants to Fight Motor Vehicle Crime
Aug 4 2021 // Communities across Texas are sharing $13.6 million in grant funding aimed at reducing and preventing motor vehicle crime in the state. The Texas Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority (MVCPA) grants provide support for...
Sigo Seguros Launches Spanish-First Auto Insurance Product in Texas
Aug 4 2021 // Sigo Seguros, an auto insurance provider serving the Spanish-speaking community, launched its own auto insurance product in Texas that it says is transparent, affordable and natively available in Spanish and English. By...
Confie Acquires ASAP Insurance in Texas
Aug 3 2021 // Huntington Beach, California-based personal lines insurance distribution company, Confie, acquired ASAP Insurance in Texas. With the acquisition of ASAP Insurance, the company broadens its presence in Texas. ASAP stores...
Texas Surplus Lines Premiums Rise to $947.48M, an All-Time High
Aug 2 2021 // Texas set another record in June for the amount of surplus lines premium recorded by the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX). The $947.48 million in premium reported in June brings the year-to-date total to $4.58...
TSLA’s Patterson Honored by Texas House for 40 Years of Service
Aug 2 2021 // In 2006, when Jean Patterson, executive director of the Texas Surplus Lines Association, was marking her 25 years with the organization, she said her relationships with the “wonderful members” of TSLA are what...
Texas Doctor Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud, Drug Crimes
Jul 30 2021 // A North Texas doctor will pay $376,368 in restitution after pleading guilty to mail fraud conspiracy in federal court, the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation reported. Clinton Battle...
2 Dead; 7 Injured After Leak at Texas Chemical Plant
Jul 29 2021 // Two people are dead and dozens more were injured after a chemical leak at a Houston-area plant, officials said. The incident happened about 7:35 p.m. on July 27 and involved an acetic acid leak at the LyondellBasell...
Texas Insurance Department Warns of Fake Text Scams
Jul 28 2021 // The Texas Department of Insurance said fake text messages claiming to be from the agency have been reported. Texas residents should beware of these text messages, TDI said. Scam artists can make phone numbers appear to be...
Hendricks, President of Texas’ Specialty Insurance Managers, to Retire
Jul 28 2021 // Sherri Hendricks, a Texas insurance professional with an extensive career in the industry and current president of Austin-based Specialty Insurance Managers, is retiring. In 1980, Hendricks began her career in insurance in...
Texas Veterans Homes Often the Deadliest Places During COVID-19 Pandemic
Jul 27 2021 // Mary Kay Dieterich was encouraged last year when Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush promised to shake up the management of the El Paso nursing home where her father died of COVID-19. She knew it wouldn’t bring...
‘Holy Moly!’: Inside the Fight Against a Texas Ransomware Hack
Jul 27 2021 // It was the start of a steamy Friday two Augusts ago when Jason Whisler settled in for a working breakfast at the Coffee Ranch restaurant in the Texas Panhandle city of Borger. The most pressing agenda item for city...
Texas Lifting Insurance-Related COVID-19 Suspensions
Jul 26 2021 // A bulletin issued by the Texas Department of Insurance outlines actions the agency is taking to return to the ordinary course of business after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott rescinded suspensions of insurance-related statutes and...
Study: Many Texas Households Lack Homeowner’s Insurance
Jul 26 2021 // A study conducted the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University following winter storm Uri revealed a widespread lack of homeowners insurance in the state. The study shows households that are...
