Now that the hard market has firmly set, it’s no secret that more and more standard property and casualty insurance carriers are seeking to stem losses by restricting coverage and revamping underwriting habits. As in previous periods of reduced capacity, …
Now that floodwaters in Central and South Texas have begun to recede, officials are anticipating hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to residential and commercial property at a time when the state’s homeowners and commercial property markets are already …
The U.S. insurance industry must have breathed a collective sigh of relief June 18, when the Senate approved terrorism insurance backstop legislation after months of debate and delay. But now legislators must reconcile the bill, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act …
Considering Texas has one of the most difficult insurance markets in the country right now, Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor comes across not at all as one might expect—an embattled public official scrambling to shore up an unprecedented homeowners crisis as …
Juneau Takes Office At the 105th Annual Convention of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) held June 13-14, in Houston, one of the most heavily attended in recent years, André P. Juneau of Frost Insurance Agency unit Nieman Hanks …
As what could become one of the most competitive election seasons in recent Texas history takes shape, it should come as no surprise that the homeowners crisis affecting consumers virtually statewide has taken on prime political importance. With both a …
As what could become one of the most competitive election seasons in recent Texas history takes shape, it should come as no surprise that the homeowners crisis affecting consumers virtually statewide has taken on prime political importance. With both a …
Mold may be getting all the attention at the moment as a major threat to insurers, at least in Texas and California, but another problem has wreaked havoc for homeowners, carriers, and contractors nationwide for several years, now: damages stemming …
Mold may be getting all the attention at the moment as a major threat to insurers, at least in Texas and California, but another problem has wreaked havoc for homeowners, carriers, and contractors nationwide for several years, now: damages stemming …
Mold may be getting all the attention at the moment as a major threat to insurers, at least in Texas and California, but another problem has wreaked havoc for homeowners, carriers, and contractors nationwide for several years, now: damages stemming …
