The full Oklahoma Senate has approved Senate Bill 878, a workers’ compensation bill authored by Sen. Patrick Anderson, R-Enid, and Sen. Anthony Sykes, R-Moore, the Senate announced. The bill was crafted in coordination with Governor Mary Fallin’s Workers’ Compensation Study …
Dallas-based Hispanic Affiliates General Agency LLC (HAGA) announced it is actively recruiting Hispanic independent agents in Texas. According to the company’s announcement, HAGA provides independent agents marketing assistance and insurance sales leads, and access to A-rated insurance companies with quality …
Louisiana will divide a $30 million BP grant for tourism marketing among all of the state’s parishes and will use a small slice to help fund an out-of-state spring tourism ad campaign sought by Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne. Dardenne, who …
Brown & Brown of Louisiana Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the insurance agency assets of Robert Ellis & Associates Inc. of Mandeville, La., the companies announced. With annualized revenues of approximately $1.3 …
Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Rod Bordelon recently announced final disciplinary actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) for February 2011. They included fines of up to $18,000. DWC Final Disciplinary Orders for February …
Texas State Rep. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, has introduced House Bill 2818, a comprehensive reform effort intended to address many of the problems confronting the Texas Windstorm Insurance Agency (TWIA). In announcing the bill, Rep. Taylor said the legislation is in …
Austin, Texas-based Capson Physicians Insurance Co. announced it is licensed to underwrite in six additional states: Alaska, Arizona, Louisiana, Indiana, Missouri and Nevada. Capson’s medical malpractice protection is now available to healthcare providers in a total of 18 states. Capson, …
Austin, Texas-based medical professional liability insurance carrier, Medicus Insurance Co., has added Kevin Wier as marketing manager. Prior to joining Medicus, Wier managed brand and communication efforts at The University of Texas at Austin’s Division of Continuing & Innovative Education. …
Texas lawmakers are considering eliminating a program that requires those charged with offenses including driving while intoxicated and failure to have insurance to pay state surcharges. Nearly 60 percent of those with the surcharges – about 1.2 million drivers – …
Cracks have formed in a Cocodrie, La., levee, one of the newest to be constructed as part of the Morganza-to-the-Gulf hurricane-protection system. Levee officials say the cracks aren’t serious enough to cause a failure in the levee, but the district …
