Articles by Stephanie K. Jones

Texas-Based Goosehead Insurance Going Public With IPO

A North Texas-based insurance agency that operates nationally via a franchise model will begin trading on the Nasdaq exchange when its expected initial public offering (IPO) goes through on April 27. Goosehead Insurance, headquartered in Westlake, Texas, will trade under …

Wisconsin-Based Accelerator Boosts Startups in Insurance and Beyond

The insurance industry is not the only focus of the Madison, Wisconsin-based startup accelerator, gener8tor, but insurance is its oldest and largest operational sector. Founded in 2012 by attorneys Troy Vosseller and Joe Kirgues, gener8tor seeks out startups from around …

Investment in Innovation to Rock Chicago Stadium at Insurtech Conference

Three stages, a packed football stadium overlooking Lake Michigan, decked out luxury suites. A rock concert? No, it’s an insurance innovation and investment event. But some attendees might be star-struck by the industry heavyweights in attendance at the OnRamp Insurance …

Texas Moves to Liquidate ‘Impaired’ Access Insurance

Stephanie K. JonesTexas insurance regulators placed into receivership and started the process of liquidating a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that the insurance department says is insolvent. Access Insurance Co. provides non-standard auto insurance and is licensed in 22 states, …

Georgia-Based Auto Insurer Access Insurance To Be Liquidated

Insurance regulators in the Southeast are notifying policyholders in their states of a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that is to be liquidated after being placed in receivership. Access Insurance Co. is primarily a provider of non-standard auto insurance licensed …

‘Impaired’ Non-Standard Auto Insurer, Access, to Be Liquidated

Texas insurance regulators placed into receivership and started the process of liquidating a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that the insurance department says is insolvent. Access Insurance Co. is primarily a provider of non-standard auto insurance and is licensed in …

Texas Moves to Liquidate Non-Standard Auto Insurer, Access

Texas insurance regulators placed into receivership and started the process of liquidating a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that the insurance department says is insolvent. Access Insurance Co. is primarily a provider of non-standard auto insurance and is licensed in …

Barred Video Leads Texas High Court to Toss Finding in Workers’ Comp Suit

Disagreeing with the decision of a lower court to exclude, without having watched it, a company’s surveillance video of an injured employee in a workers’ compensation case, the Texas Supreme Court reversed the ruling favoring the injured worker and remanded …

Texas Appeals Court Backs Arbitration Agreement in Dram Shop Case

An appeals court in Dallas has reversed a lower court’s denial of a motion to compel arbitration in a dispute between a night club and its contracted entertainer. In Dallas Food & Beverage LLC d/b/a Buck’s Cabaret v. Lantrip, Joy …

Barred Video Leads Texas Court to Reverse Jury Finding in Workers’ Comp Suit

The Texas Supreme Court has disagreed with the decision of a lower court to exclude, without having watched it, a company’s surveillance video of an injured employee in a workers’ compensation case. Because it found the lower court erred in …