With a massive hole in the state’s budget and the duty to redistrict, insurance issues are likely to be low priority items for Texas 82nd Legislature, which began its session in January. But Texas agents are backing insurance-related measures they …
Final disciplinary actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) for January 2011 include individual fines up to $68,000. The final actions include orders related to violations of the Texas Labor Code and rules promulgated …
Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced a partnership with two new companies, Allied Insurance and Allied General Agency Company. Under the terms of the contract, CAA member agencies can now offer its customers a wider range of commercial and …
Austin, Texas-based All Web Leads Inc., an online sales lead generation company supplying the U.S. insurance industry, has acquired InsuranceLeads.com, a provider of online leads to insurance agents, brokers and carriers. To finance the acquisition All Web Leads teamed with …
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) aided Louisiana insurance consumers in receiving more than $9.6 million in insurance payments from consumer complaints last year. This is an additional $1.4 million over the amount …
Austin, Texas-based 360training.com has appointed Matt Ray as director of Regulatory and Accreditation. Previously, Ray served in various roles with Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) for more than 23 years, most recently holding the post of Deputy Commissioner. In his …
Giddings, Texas-based independent insurance agency, Insurance Network of Texas, announced that agency founder R.J. Nitsche has passed his responsibilities as chief executive officer to his son Robert. Robert Nitsche most recently served as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. …
CNA’s Spa & Pool Contractors Program (SPLASH) has been expanded to the middle market segment in Texas. CNA’s SPLASH program offers coverages for an array of customers, including builders or installers of swimming pools, spas and hot tubs as well …
Louisiana’s congressional delegation is asking BP to help Louisiana’s oyster industry immediately. In November, Louisiana asked BP PLC to give it $15 million so the state could start repairing oyster beds damaged by the Gulf oil spill. But Louisiana’s congressional …
An icy blast tugged temperatures well below zero degrees in a large swath of the South on Feb. 10 leaving ranchers and farmers fretting about their animals after a winter storm dropped 2 feet of snow on parts of Arkansas …
