New Benefits, a Dallas-based provider of employee benefits and services, announced that Brian Latkowski joined the company as executive vice president, employee benefits practice leader. Latkowski has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. Most recently, he …
A Houston-area insurance agent whose company included the word “integrity” in its name has been sentenced to four years in prison for stealing from about 40 clients. A judge in Galveston sentenced Christopher Vernon Murphy in a plea agreement and …
Payments per claim for the medical care of injured workers in Texas grew nearly 8 percent in 2011, largely the effect of price increases from earlier reforms, according to a 16-state study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The …
There are essentially two types of workers’ compensation fraud — premium fraud and claimant fraud — and insurance producers can play a role in the discovery and resolution of both, according to one investigator who has brought some 800 cases …
A Dallas-area man has pleaded guilty to fraud in staged traffic accident schemes worth $5 million that have been going on since 2005. Prosecutors in Dallas say 61-year-old Leroy Nelson of DeSoto pleaded guilty to mail fraud and to engaging …
Texas regulators are seeking comments on new rules related to surplus lines insurance. The Texas Department of Insurance is considering rules to implement Senate Bill (SB) 697 and 951, and House Bill (HB) 1405 (83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session); SB …
A wall of dust as tall as 1,000 feet and 200 miles wide that roared across parts of West Texas and New Mexico is yet another sign of how rain-starved the region is. National Weather Service meteorologist Charles Aldrich in …
Independent insurance brokers Higginbotham, based in Fort Worth, and Edgmon Insurance Agency, headquartered in Odessa, Texas, have merged their operations. Edgmon Insurance is a family-owned agency going on its third generation. Founded in 1986 by Pauline Appel, the agency was …
Houston, Texas-based independent Insurance agency, Brady, Chapman, Holland & Associates Inc., announced the election of Timothy J. Brady to senior vice president and equity partner. Prior to joining BCH, Brady gained experience in the wholesale brokerage and insurance company sectors. …
Texas’ rapidly expanding population has given rise to something else: more deadly car crashes. The number of fatal automobile crashes in Texas has been on the decline since 1980, but that trend may have come to a screeching halt. For …
