Latest Texas Headlines
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Texas Sunset Commission States the Obvious: TWIA Is Financially Unsustainable
Nov 19 2018 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA), the state-created residual market that provides windstorm insurance policies in 14 designated coastal counties, suffers from “fundamental flaws” in the...
Texas’ Hochheim Mutual Insurers Removed From Credit Watch Negative
Nov 19 2018 // S&P Global Ratings has removed Texas-based Hochheim Prairie Farm Mutual Insurance Assn. (HPFMIA) and its subsidiary, Hochheim Prairie Casualty Insurance Co. (HPCIC, collectively Hochheim) from Credit Watch Negative,...
Leicht Elected President of Texas Surplus Lines Association
Nov 16 2018 // At its recent annual meeting, the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. elected Matt Leicht, owner/underwriter at the Houston-based wholesale insurance firm, Craig & Leicht, as the group’s president. Jennifer...
Nearly 3.5 Tons of Chicken Salad Recalled by Houston Company
Nov 16 2018 // A Houston company has recalled nearly 3.5 tons (2.72 metric tons) of ready-to-eat chicken salad that regulators say may be contaminated with listeria. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Nov. 14 announced the recall by...
Gas Leak Blamed for Deadly Texas Hospital Blast
Nov 15 2018 // Investigators say an explosion that killed three people and injured 13 others at a Texas hospital this year was caused by natural gas that leaked into a boiler room and an adjacent mechanical room. The Waco Tribune-Herald...
Researchers Raise Concerns About Texas Coastal Barrier Plan
Nov 14 2018 // Rice University researchers are concerned about the Army Corps of Engineers and the Texas General Land Office’s preferred $31 billion proposal to protect the Houston-Galveston region from devastating storm surge. A...
Texas Automobile Insurance Plan to Raise Rates in 2019
Nov 14 2018 // Rates will increase next year for both personal and commercial auto insurance provided by the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA). Texas Insurance Commissioner Kent Sullivan on Nov. 9 issued an order...
Early Bills Filed for 2019 in Texas Include Insurance-Related Measures
Nov 13 2018 // Lawmakers have begun filing bills in the Texas Legislature for the legislative session that begins in January 2019. Among the bills filed so far that relate to property/casualty insurance include: HB 259: Relating to named...
Texas Associates Insurors Adds Loaeza, Rodriguez in Employee Benefits Division
Nov 13 2018 // Texas Associates Insurors, based in Austin, has hired two new account managers in its expanding Employee Benefits Division. Esther Loaeza joins the agency with 30 years of experience in the industry. She has overseen the...
Awareness Campaign Aims to Curb Auto Burglaries/Thefts in Texas
Nov 13 2018 // More than 200,000 vehicles were burglarized last year in Texas, the Insurance Council of Texas reports. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the value loss from both auto thefts and burglaries in the state...
Texas Agents Group, Wingman Insurance Partner on Cyber Liability Coverage
Nov 8 2018 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has entered an exclusive partnership with Wingman Insurance for cyber liability coverage. IIAT members can now access the Wingman Cyber online platform to provide cyber...
Texas DOT Urges End to Streak of Daily Traffic Deaths
Nov 8 2018 // Since Nov. 7, 2000, at least one person has died on Texas roadways every single day, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. More than 66,000 have died from vehicle crashes on Texas roadways since that day,...
DMS Insurance Holdings’ Sherman Partners on Purchase of Texas Agency
Nov 7 2018 // A longtime Texas insurance agency is now operating under its former name, Sleeper Sewell Insurance, following the purchase of the assets of ANBTX Insurance Services by agency president Von E. Breaux and industry veteran D....
Texas Agency Sleeper Sewell Regains Name Following Asset Purchase
Nov 6 2018 // A longtime Texas insurance agency is now operating under its former name, Sleeper Sewell Insurance, following the purchase of the assets of ANBTX Insurance Services by agency president, Von E. Breaux, and industry veteran...
Texas Mutual, UT Dallas Partner on Risk Control, Safety Engineering Class
Nov 5 2018 // Workers’ compensation provider, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., is partnering with The University of Texas at Dallas’ (UT Dallas) Naveen Jindal School of Management for a brand-new Risk Control and Safety...
Texas Underground Tank Contractor Cited for Excavation Hazards
Nov 5 2018 // Federal workplace safety regulators have cited Texas-based UST Systems Inc. for trench safety violations after the company allowed its employees to enter an excavation site in Austin without proper protections or training...
Officials Propose Texas Coastal Protection Plan
Nov 5 2018 // State and federal officials on Oct. 26 recommended a plan to protect the Texas coast from hurricanes — particularly the Houston area — with a barrier system made up of floodwalls, floodgates and seawall...
TWIA’s Request to Hike Liability Limits Denied; Rate Increase Decision Suspended
Nov 5 2018 // Texas’ property insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the Texas coast suffered a couple of setbacks in mid-October when the state’s insurance commissioner denied its request to raise maximum limits of...
Texas Pilot Who Crashed Plane for Insurance Sentenced to Prison
Nov 5 2018 // A 33-year-old pilot, formerly of Kemah, Texas, was sentenced in early October to more than five years in prison and ordered to repay nearly $1 million in an insurance fraud-related case. Theodore Robert Wright III...
Texas Insurer Group Provides $31K in University Student Scholarships
Nov 2 2018 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation recently honored 20 students studying insurance and risk management at universities in Texas with $31,000 in scholarships. Funds for ICT’s scholarship program...
