Latest Texas Headlines
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More Than $5B Headed to Texas for Flood Control Projects
Jul 9 2018 // Almost a year after Hurricane Harvey dumped historic rains on Texas, the state will receive more than $5 billion for a range of flood control projects, repairs and studies, the Trump administration announced on July 5. The...
Credit Ratings Assigned to Texas’ Service American Indemnity Co.
Jul 6 2018 // A.M. Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “a-” to Service American Indemnity Co., headquartered in Austin, Texas. The...
Dealing with It: Texas’ Never Ending Hail Problem
Jul 6 2018 // Texas has a hail problem. OK, from an insurance perspective, Texas has a weather problem, period, but that’s another story altogether. Back to hail. On June 6, a hailstorm walloped heavily populated areas of North...
20 Accused of Stealing Heavy Equipment Worth $765K in Texas
Jul 5 2018 // Investigators in San Marcos, Texas, say 20 people have been indicted for allegedly being part of a Texas crime ring that stole heavy equipment and sold the expensive items for cash or drugs. San Marcos police on July 3...
Texas’ Hotchkiss Insurance Programs Rebrands as Catapult Insurance Solutions
Jul 3 2018 // Dallas-based Hotchkiss Insurance Programs, a privately held managing general insurance agency, is changing its name to Catapult Insurance Solutions. The name change reflects the organization’s expertise in launching...
Austin’s Employer Solutions Group Joins INSURICA
Jul 3 2018 // Insurance broker INSURICA, headquartered in Oklahoma City, has acquired employee benefits provider Employer Solutions Group (ESG), based in Austin, Texas. ESG operates throughout Texas under the leadership of Michael...
2nd Worker Dies From Injuries in Texas Hospital Explosion
Jul 2 2018 // A second worker has died from an explosion at a Central Texas hospital that left more than a dozen injured. Police reported the death of 36-year-old Filiberto Morales of Round Rock, Texas, who died June 28 after being...
Texas Prosecutors Clear Karolyis in Sex Assault Suit; Nassar, Trainer Charged
Jul 2 2018 // Texas prosecutors on June 29 filed sexual assault charges against Larry Nassar and a trainer who worked at his side, expanding the worst abuse scandal in U.S. sports history beyond Michigan while also clearing...
A-MAX Auto Insurance Names Genest as VP of Sales and Operations
Jul 2 2018 // Dallas-headquartered A-MAX Auto Insurance has appointed Rick Genest as its new vice president of Sales and Operations. Genest, a seasoned insurance executive with over 25 years’ experience in the insurance services...
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Jul 2 2018 // Cassie Brown has been appointed Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation. She succeeds Ryan Brannan, who left the division on May 1....
Texas DWC: 40% of Workers’ Comp Claimants Have Previous Injuries
Jul 2 2018 // There are about 200,000 new claims each year in the Texas workers’ compensation system, representing about 2 percent of covered Texas employees. About 40 percent of those new claims involve claimants who have had at...
Dealing with It: Texas’ Hail Problem Is Not Going Away
Jul 2 2018 // Texas has a hail problem. OK, from an insurance perspective, Texas has a weather problem, period, but that’s another story altogether. Back to hail. On June 6, a hailstorm walloped heavily populated areas of North...
North Texas Attorney Charged with $400K Insurance Fraud
Jul 2 2018 // A Travis County grand jury has indicted a Texas attorney on charges of workers’ compensation fraud for allegedly billing clients for services that were not provided, false billing and tampering with a government...
Brightway Insurance Opens Office in California
Jun 29 2018 // Brightway Insurance has opened an office in Redwood City, Calif. The firm this week also opened its first office in Kansas, as well as in Texas. Manny Aguilar is opening Brightway, The Aguilar Agency in Redwood City. Other...
Texas Insurance Dept. Earns National Award for Support of Guard, Reserve Employees
Jun 29 2018 // The Texas Department of Insurance is one of 15 employers across the nation to earn the 2018 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, the highest honor given for support of National Guard and Reserve...
RHSB Adds Allen as AVP, Personal Client Services Practice
Jun 28 2018 // Texas-headquartered independent brokerage, RHSB, has added Lane Allen as assistant vice president in its Personal Client Services Practice. Based in Dallas, Allen will be a personal risk advisor providing concierge...
10 Months After Harvey, Popular Texas Beach Town Still Recovering
Jun 27 2018 // Hurricane Harvey battered Deven Bhakta’s Port Aransas, Texas, hotel until it was uninhabitable. The Austin American-Statesman reports the Category 4 hurricane’s 130 mph winds blew out windows and stripped parts...
IIAT Honors Shepard for Political Action; Davis as Account Manager of the Year
Jun 26 2018 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) honored Harlingen independent insurance agent Bob Shepard with its Paige Eiland Political Action Award at IIAT’s 121st Annual Conference and Trade Show in San...
Texas Attorney Sentenced for Insurance Fraud Involving Hail Claims
Jun 26 2018 // A former Texas attorney is headed to prison on charges of insurance fraud and barratry for a scheme involving fraudulent lawsuits filed after hail storms, the state insurance department announced. A Tarrant County judge...
Tropical Weather System Drenches South Texas, Flooding Reported
Jun 22 2018 // The entire Texas coastline has been drenched this week with heavy rains resulting in flooding in many areas with several cities reporting rainfall totals in excess of 12 inches. The Insurance Council of Texas is issuing a...
