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The Nitsche Group’s Castro Appointed to Board of Austin Contractors, Engineers Assoc.

Sep 27 2019 // Frank Castro, a producer at Giddings, Texas-based independent insurance agency, The Nitsche Group, has been elected to the Austin Contractors & Engineers Association’s (ACEA) board of directors as...

Imelda Blamed for Mass Release of Air Pollutants in Industrialized SE Texas

Sep 26 2019 // Flooding caused by Tropical Storm Imelda triggered the release of about 100,000 pounds (45,000 kilograms) of toxic air pollutants from chemical plants and refineries in Southeast Texas, state environmental records...

RCV, ACV Policy Changes Are Coming, Texas Windstorm Insurer Says

Sep 26 2019 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association is alerting agents about an important, upcoming change to the policy conditions that determine how covered losses are settled. Current law says the type of loss settlement —...

Parts of Texas in Exceptional Drought; Governor Extends Disaster Declaration

Sep 25 2019 // Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has extended a drought disaster declaration to numerous counties in the state. The counties are deemed to be in exceptional drought due to significantly low rainfall and prolonged dry conditions that...

Texas Windstorm Insurer: New Laws Bring Organizational Changes

Sep 25 2019 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) reports that working to implement new laws that change how TWIA does business and serves policyholders. The association recently issued the following update on a few...

Texas Insurance Department Promotes 4, Names New Internal Audit Director

Sep 25 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance has promoted four staff members to new positions and hired a new director of internal audit. TDI selected Arby Gonzales as the agency’s new Internal Audit director. Gonzales comes...

Men and Women Respond Differently When Natural Disasters Strike, Researchers Say

Sep 25 2019 // Women are quicker to take cover or prepare to evacuate during an emergency, but often have trouble convincing the men in their life to do so, suggests a new University of Colorado Boulder study of how gender influences...

Texas Insurance Department’s New Division to Focus on Health Market

Sep 24 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance has created a new division to focus exclusively on the complex issues facing health insurance and selected Richard Lunsford as the deputy commissioner of the new Life and Health...

Nichols Exiting Role as Workers’ Comp Manager at Insurance Council of Texas

Sep 23 2019 // Steve Nichols, manager of Workers’ Compensation Services at the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), is moving on to pursue other opportunities, the insurance trade organization reports. Nichols has been with ICT for 19...

Widespread Damage, Five Deaths in Texas Linked to Imelda

Sep 23 2019 // The widespread damage brought to the Houston area by one of the wettest tropical cyclones in U.S. history came into broader view Saturday, as floodwaters receded to reveal the exhausting cleanup effort that lies ahead for...

How Forested Communities Are Trying to Adapt to Growing Wildfire Threat

Sep 23 2019 // Unless it’s Sunday, Kelly Loew is steering her rusty red Jeep down the same mail route in Shingletown, as she has six days a week for the last seven years. But she delivers less mail these days as California’s...

Essary Out as Executive Director of Texas Surplus Lines Stamping Office

Sep 20 2019 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) board of directors announced that SLTX Executive Director Norma Essary will separate from employment, effective Oct. 17, 2019. The board voted Sept. 17 to relieve Essary of...

Texas Seeks Comments on Proposed Rules for Surprise Medical Bill Law

Sep 19 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance is accepting comments on proposed rules to implement Senate Bill 1264, which protects consumers who have state-regulated health plans from surprise medical bills in certain situations. The...

Imelda Brings Flooding, Disaster Declaration to Southeast Texas

Sep 19 2019 // Flooding from Tropical Storm Imelda on Thursday left hundreds of people trapped in their homes and cars; led to water rescues, a hospital evacuation and power outages; and closed entire school districts, according to...

Texas Auto Insurer of Last Resort Files for Rate Increases

Sep 19 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance has extended the period in which recent rate increase request by the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA) may be approved. TAIPA, the state’s auto insurer of last...

Texas Mutual Pays $623.3K Dividend to Lone Star Auto Dealers Safety Group

Sep 19 2019 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has awarded a dividend of $623,341 to the Lone Star Auto Dealers Association (LSADA) Safety Group, which includes franchised auto, truck, RV, boat and...

Man Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud Must Repay $7.2K to Texas Mutual

Sep 18 2019 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Ramon S. Flores of Kingwood on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Flores reported a job-related injury while working as a...

Weakened Imelda Aims Foot or More of Rain at Flood-Prone Houston

Sep 18 2019 // Tropical Storm Imelda has lost some of its wind power, but continues to pour rain down on the U.S. Gulf Coast, with 12 to 15 inches already recorded and flood-prone Houston in its path. Imelda is now a tropical depression,...

Update: Tropical Storm Imelda Makes Landfall on Texas Coast

Sep 17 2019 // A tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico that quickly upgraded into Tropical Storm Imelda has made landfall on the Texas coast near Freeport. The National Hurricane Center said the storm likely will produce...

Low-Pressure System Off Texas Coast Expected to Bring Heavy Rain, Flooding

Sep 17 2019 // With a low pressure system hovering off the Texas Gulf Coast that the National Hurricane Center could become a tropical depression, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has elevated the state operations center to an increased readiness...