Making a call or sending text messages with a hand-held cell phone while behind the wheel would be a crime in Arkansas under a legislator’s proposal. Rep. Ray Kidd, D-Jonesboro, filed a bill Dec. 3 prohibiting the use of hand-held …
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved thirteen companies to self-insure for workers’ compensation claims for a one-year period under the TDI-DWC Self-Insurance Regulation program. These thirteen companies collectively employ approximately 26,500 employees in Texas. Under …
TAGA, an independent privately-owned managing general agency based in the Austin, Texas, area, announced it is now managing general agent for Great American Insurance Group to offer admitted property and inland marine markets. Great American Insurance Group is rated A …
Only 5,000 Arkansans of a potential 50,000 have enrolled in a state program to provide health insurance to low-income workers through their employers. The Arkansas Department of Human Services launched ARHealth Networks in 2006 and expanded the enrollment cap in …
A new federal study of the New Madrid Seismic Zone predicts Tennessee would see the highest level of damage if there is a 7.7 magnitude earthquake. The study notes that the total economic impact of a series of NMSZ earthquakes …
Peter Lauve, of Abilene, Texas, has been named president of Texas-based Insurors Group. As Insurors Group president, Lauve, also a partner with CBS Insurance located in Abilene, will lead a network of Texas agents that recently was ranked as the …
Congressional candidates from the South Central states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas pulled in big donations from a variety of insurance industry interests in 2008, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan independent research group that tracks …
A Lawsuit-Driven System “Our lawsuit-driven system provides little benefit to injured workers and devours financial resources that would otherwise be used to grow our economy and create new jobs.” —Oklahoma State Rep. Mark McCullough says he plans a renewed push …
The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Waste Haulers Market Detail: ELM Insurance Brokers Inc. offers automobile and general liability coverage for …
President George W. Bush has granted pardons to 14 individuals, including a Texas woman sentenced in 1998 for her part in an insurance fraud scheme. Brenda Jean Dolenz-Helmer of Fort Worth, Texas, was convicted of concealing knowledge of a crime. …
