Latest Texas Headlines
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Mitchell to Head Information & Technology Services at Texas Stamping Office
Sep 15 2015 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) has appointed Tara N. Mitchell as director of Information & Technology Services. Her appointment is effective Sept. 21, 2015. For the past seven years, Mitchell has...
Texas AG: Residential Underwriting Guidelines Not Confidential
Sep 15 2015 // The Office of the Attorney General of Texas (OAG) has issued an open records ruling indicating that residential property underwriting guidelines are not made confidential by Insurance Code, Section 38.002, the Texas...
Vista Equity Buying Texas Insurance Claim Software Provider
Sep 15 2015 // Solera, based in Westlake, Texas, is being acquired by an affiliate of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners for about $3.74 billion in cash. The company, which makes insurance claims software, said in August that it...
Texas Associates Insurors Adds Steanson in Austin
Sep 14 2015 // Texas Associates Insurors added J.D. Steanson as its newest risk and insurance advisor, specializing in commercial contractor, home construction contractor and trade contractor risk assessment. Steanson is a member and has...
Texas Oil Wells Services Company Cited for Rig Fatalities
Sep 10 2015 // Federal safety officials have cited a Texas oil well services company in the deaths of three workers killed while working to install a blowout preventer, which seals, controls and monitors a rig. The Occupational Safety...
TDI Posts Summary of Bills Affecting Property/Casualty Insurers
Sep 9 2015 // The Texas Department of Insurance has produced a summary of various bills passed by the Texas Legislature this year that impact property/casualty insurance companies. Many but not all of the following were effective Sept....
2 Hurt as Freight Trains Collide in Texas
Sep 9 2015 // Two crew members were hurt when two freight trains hauling new vehicles collided on Union Pacific property in Northeast Texas. UP spokesman Jeff DeGraff says four cars derailed early on Sept. 8 in Texarkana,...
Construction Contractors in Texas Fined $88K for Safety Violations
Sep 8 2015 // Federal safety officials have cited two contractors at a construction site in Austin, Texas, for safety violations. Hensel Phelps Construction Co. and CVI Development LLC were cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Palmer & Cay of Texas: Focused on Specialization
Sep 8 2015 // Georgia-based Palmer & Cay may have a lot of history behind it but what’s driving the expansion of the independent insurance brokerage into Texas is a very modern sense of what it takes to succeed in the...
People – South Central
Sep 7 2015 // Gulfstream Property and Casualty Insurance Co., a regional property carrier providing homeowners, condominium, renters, dwelling fire and flood coverage with operations in five states, appointed David N. Block as chief...
Litigation Relief Needed for TWIA Depop Program to Work, Lawmakers Say
Sep 7 2015 // A new law that became effective Sept. 1 in Texas will give the state’s property insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the coast more leeway in its plan to reduce overall exposure by incenting private...
Business Moves
Sep 7 2015 // Distinguished, Fulcrum Distinguished Programs Holdings LLC announced the pending acquisition of Bellevue, Wash.-based Fulcrum Insurance Programs. The businesses will be combined and rebranded as Distinguished Specialty....
Stamping Offices Report Moderate Growth in U.S. Premium
Sep 7 2015 // Collectively, the 14 U.S. surplus lines stamping offices have reported moderate growth in surplus line premiums during the first half of 2015. Approximately 60 percent of all surplus lines insurance is processed by...
Texas Oil Field Co. to Pay $30K to Settle EEOC Retaliation Suit
Sep 4 2015 // An Iraan, Texas, oil field construction and services company will pay $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency...
McCormick Joins Centauri Insurance as Sales Manager in Texas
Sep 4 2015 // Joseph McCormick has joined Centauri Insurance as the company’s new regional sales manager for Texas. McCormick brings more than 26 years of sales and agency management experience to Centauri Insurance and is charged...
Lighthouse Property Insurance Adds Gomez as Texas Marketing Rep
Sep 3 2015 // Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp., based in Orlando, Fla., appointed Maureen Gomez as marketing representative for Texas. With more than 22 years of experience in the insurance industry, Gomez has held marketing,...
Kingstone OK’d to Write P/C Insurance in Texas
Sep 2 2015 // Kingstone Companies Inc., a multi-line regional property/casualty insurance holding company based in New York, announced that its subsidiary, Kingstone Insurance Co., has received approval from the Texas Department of...
Blue Bell Selling Ice Cream Again after Listeria Recall
Sep 1 2015 // Blue Bell ice cream is back. Blue Bell Creameries resumed selling its products at select locations on Aug. 31, four months after the Texas-based retailer halted sales due to listeria contamination. Blue Bell ice cream is...
CAA Expanding into Nebraska; Elliott to Lead New Central Region
Sep 1 2015 // The Texas-based agency partnership Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced it is expanding into Nebraska and elected Rick Elliott to serve as central regional vice president. The insurance agency aggregator will be...
Texas Wholesale Insurance Group Founder, Myron Steves, Passes
Aug 31 2015 // Texas independent managing general agency and wholesale insurance broker, Myron Steves, announced the passing of its founder and namesake, Myron F. Steves, Sr., with the following message: With a heavy heart we share the...
