Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hine Elected President of Texas Surplus Lines Association
Nov 17 2020 // Amicia Hine, executive vice president with Worldwide Facilities LLC, MHI-MGA Division, in San Antonio, has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. Justin Kotrla, senior vice president, Property,...
Texas Issues Call to Insurance Companies for 2019 North Texas Storm Data
Nov 17 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a call to insurers licensed to write property/casualty insurance in Texas, including surplus lines and farm mutual insurers for the collection of data about a 2019 storm in...
Texas Automobile Insurance Plan’s 4.8% Commercial Auto Rate Hike Approved
Nov 16 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has approved the request by the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA) for a 4.8% increase in commercial auto rates, with an effective date of March 1, 2021. TAIPA...
Business Moves
Nov 16 2020 // East Griffin Owens Insurance Specialists, Leavitt Group Griffin Owens Insurance Specialists has affiliated with Leavitt Group. Agents and staff will continue to work with clients from their current location following the...
25K Virus-Linked Claims Filed with Texas Workers’ Comp Carriers Through June 30
Nov 13 2020 // As of Sept. 27, workers’ compensation insurance carriers in Texas had reported more than 25,000 COVID-19 claims and 103 fatalities to the state’s regulators. The numbers cover virus-related claims reported to...
Vertafore Reveals Potential Breach of Texas Driver Information
Nov 13 2020 // Denver, Colo.-based insurance information technology company, Vertafore Inc., says a potential breach has occurred of data involving information about anyone who was issued a driver’s license in Texas prior to...
Texas Seeks Comments on Windstorm Insurer Rules, Classification for Oil, Gas
Nov 12 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) seeks comments on an informal draft to improve the structure of Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) rules. These updates do not include revisions to the rule text. Visit the...
Fire, Explosions Shut Down Production at Texas Smoked Turkey Facility
Nov 12 2020 // A company in eastern Texas that sells about 200,000 smoked turkeys every holiday season was forced to shut down after a fire and at least two explosions destroyed part of the facility. Greenberg Smoked Turkey Inc. in...
Two Conservative Supreme Court Justices Appear to Side with Obamacare Supporters
Nov 10 2020 // U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled they are unlikely to strike down the Obamacare healthcare law in a legal challenge brought by Texas and 17 other Republican-governed states and joined by President Donald...
Supreme Court Again Weighs Fate of Affordable Care Act
Nov 10 2020 // The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday dives back into politically perilous waters as it hears arguments over a Republican challenge backed by President Donald Trump’s administration aiming to...
Judge Upholds El Paso Virus Surge Business Restrictions
Nov 9 2020 // A Texas district judge has upheld an order from El Paso County’s top elected official shutting down businesses while the region fights an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases. The decision from Judge Bill Moody of El...
Texas Selects Insurance Services Office as Statistical Agent for Cat Event Plan
Nov 6 2020 // Texas has selected Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO) as the statistical agent for the Texas Catastrophe Event Statistical Plan for Personal and Commercial Risks. ISO’s selection follows the Sept. 15, 2020,...
Texas’ TWFG Insurance Opens New Branches in 4 States
Nov 6 2020 // TWFG Insurance is expanding nationally with opening of eight new branches in four states, with two pioneer locations opening in Nevada. New branches also have opened in Maryland, Oklahoma and Texas. By focusing on health...
Companies to Pay $70K to Settle Harassment, Retaliation Suit Filed in Texas
Nov 5 2020 // Federal officials in San Antonio say a pair of construction-related companies have agreed to pay $70,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...
Texas Urging Safety as 20 Year Anniversary of Daily Traffic Deaths Nears
Nov 4 2020 // Texas will soon reach its 20th year of daily deaths on its roadways, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. On Nov. 7 Texas will mark the loss of more than 70,000 innocent lives to preventable fatal crashes...
Man Wrongly Arrested in Fatal Shooting in Texas Sues for $3M
Nov 2 2020 // A man who was arrested and charged with murder a year ago in a fatal shooting near Greenville, Texas, before being cleared is suing the county sheriff’s office, sheriff and law enforcement officials for more than $3...
Texas Nonstandard Auto Insurer, ACCC, Placed into Receivership
Nov 2 2020 // A Travis County, Texas, judge has approved an order placing a Houston-based nonstandard auto insurer into receivership. On Oct. 21, Travis County District Judge Tim Sulak signed the application by the Texas Department of...
My New Markets
Nov 2 2020 // Transportation Workers’ Comp Market Detail: Midwestern Insurance Alliance (www.midwesterninsurance.com) writes workers compensation for most transportation type risks. All accounts on a guaranteed cost basis; all...
Higginbotham, Brisky & Perez Insurance Agency Merge in Texas
Oct 28 2020 // Independent insurance agency, Higginbotham, and Brisky & Perez Insurance Agency, an independent firm in Brownsville, Texas, have merged operations, expanding Higginbotham’s reach in South Texas. Both firms broker...
El Paso Judge Imposes Curfew as Virus Cases Overwhelm Hospitals
Oct 27 2020 // Residents in the Texas border city of El Paso have been urged to stay home for two weeks as a spike in coronavirus cases overwhelms hospitals, prompting the state to dedicate part of the city’s civic center as a...
