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Texas Mutual Pays Combined $690K to 4 Safety Groups

Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that four workers’ compensation safety groups have earned a combined $690,036 in dividends: Texas Recreation Group, $278,353; Texas Construction Supply, $200,752; Texas Green Industry, $133,453; AgriComp, $77,478. The dividends were based largely on each group’s …

TWFG Expands in Texas, California

The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), a retail and managing general agency headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, announced new branch locations. Chad Luitwieler opened a new office in Brea, Calif. Luitwieler comes to TWFG with four years of experience in …

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Doak Has Had a Full Plate in 2011

In his first year as insurance commissioner of Oklahoma, John Doak has been a busy man. Doak and the agency he leads have had their hands full implementing reforms in the workers’ compensation system, dealing with a host of natural …

Allstate Rates for Texas Homeowners Could Go Up

Allstate Insurance has asked Texas regulators to allow the company to raise homeowner rates by nearly 10 percent for some customers. Allstate spokesman Joe McCormick told the Dallas Morning News that the industry is concerned about the potential for more …

Appeals Court in Texas Accepts State Farm Refunds Case

State Farm Insurance has asked an appeals court to throw out an order requiring the company to refund about $350 million to Texas customers. A three-judge panel of the 3rd Court of Appeals in Austin took the case under advisement …

FEMA Expands Wildfires Declaration to 119 Texas Counties

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has expanded its wildfires disaster declaration area for Texas to include 119 counties. Gov. Rick Perry announced that FEMA has granted the state’s request to increase the original 45 counties eligible to seek disaster help. …

Louisiana Asks for Reconsideration of Medical Loss Ratio Waiver Denial

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is requesting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reconsider its denial of the medical loss ratio (MLR) waiver that the state requested earlier this year. The MLR is a requirement of …

FEMA: Texas Wildfire Survivors Should Consider Flood Insurance

Flood protection might be the last concern of Texas wildfire survivors these days. Yet Texans — even those who live in areas not rated at high risk of flooding — should consider purchasing a flood insurance policy now, according to …

Texas Mutual Board Elects New Officers

Workers’ compensation provider Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that its board of directors has elected two new officers — Linda Foster-Smith of Georgetown and Jay Eisen of Beaumont. Foster-Smith has been appointed as the new vice chair of the board. …

Texas School May Build Safety Wall After Shooting Injures Students

Dozens of law enforcement officers trudged through soggy brush near a South Texas middle school on Dec. 13 looking for casings and other evidence to help explain how two boys were shot while they were trying out for the school …

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