The stretch of the Guadalupe River in Central Texas near the town of New Braunfels is a popular, easy waterway for rafters and tubers seeking fun and relief from the normally searing summer sun. Floating the river is usually a …
For an insurer, understanding climate change is a matter of understanding trends in risk and changes in those trends. For Wendy Baker, president of Lloyd’s Amer-ica Inc., staying on top of those trends in the United States — where her …
At a congressional hearing in Washington, D.C. last month, insurance industry group representatives generally spoke in favor of a bill that would extend the federal backstop for terrorism insurance coverage for another 10 years. The Bush administration opposed this extension …
A bill that would allow Louisiana’s state government to use $100 million in taxpayer money to offer incentives for insurance carriers to write homeowner’s policies in the state’s southern regions is moving through the legislature and Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon, …
In the waning days of the 2007 session of the Texas Legis-lature, marked by a tumultuous, unsuccessful struggle to oust the current Speaker of the House of Representatives, windstorm insurance legislation that was almost universally supported by insurance agents and …
With regard to insurance issues, the 2007 Texas legislative session was fairly uneventful, with one major bill favored by the industry going down in the waning days of the session and many “bad” bills failing to make the cut early …
The statutory surplus for property and casualty insurers is at a record $488 billion, according to the CEO of one Dallas-based regional carrier, and they are going to be looking for somewhere to put that cash to work. Mergers and …
A statewide system to verify that drivers in Texas have insured their vehicles to the extent required by law is in the process of being developed and is expected to go online in early 2008, according to one individual whose …
Event based process to be implemented first, ongoing verification to start later A statewide system to verify that drivers in Texas have insured their vehicles to the extent required by law is in the process of being developed and is …
This session will be tough, next one even worse, lobbyist says Despite its focus on fiscal matters, Louisiana’s 2007 legislative session, which began April 30, is certain to have plenty of impact on the insurance industry, according to one industry …
