Dozens of Dangerous Texas Chemical Plants Operate near Public Centers: Report January 29, 2016 Dozens of Texas plants similar to a fertilizer facility that exploded in the town of West in 2013, one of...
Workers’ Comp Maintenance Tax Reduced in Texas January 13, 2016 Texas Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Ryan Brannan is lowering the maintenance tax rate paid on premiums collected by workers’ compensation insurance...
TWIA Files for Changes to Dwelling and Commercial Policies January 7, 2016 The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has submitted new mandatory endorsements for its dwelling and commercial insurance policies to the Texas...
Insured Loss Estimate from Texas Tornadoes at $1.2B, So Far December 30, 2015 By Mark Hollmer Texas is dealing with approximately $1.2 billion in insured losses so far from nine confirmed tornadoes that struck the metro-Dallas...
Texas Repeals Retrospective Workers’ Comp Rating Plan Manual December 23, 2015 The Texas Department of Insurance has issued an order to repeal the rules, factors, values, endorsements, and forms in the...
TDI Actuarial Director Receives Top Award from National Insurance Commissioners Group November 30, 2015 Texas Department of Insurance reported that Actuarial Director Mike Boerner is this year’s recipient of the Robert Dineen Award, the...
Waitt Retiring as TDI General Counsel; Garcia, Strickland to Lead Legal Division November 20, 2015 Sara Waitt, general counsel at the Texas Department of Insurance, is retiring in December after 24 years with the agency....
Deadline for Applying to Texas FAIR Plan Assoc. Governing Committee Extended October 20, 2015 The Texas Department of Insurance has extended a deadline to apply to serve on the board that governs the Fair...
Texas Sets Work Comp Discount, Interest Rate at 3.96% October 5, 2015 The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has set the workers’ comp interest/discount rate for the fourth quarter...
Texas Windstorm Insurance Assoc. Seeks Hike in Liability Limits September 21, 2015 The Texas Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing on a request by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association to...