March 3, 2014
Confie Seguros, a national provider of personal lines insurance, announced it has acquired Ida Tunnell Insurance in Marble Falls, Texas, near Austin. Confie Seguros now has 120 total offices in the state. Founded in 1991, Ida Tunnell provides personal lines …
March 2, 2014
A federal appeals court has upheld judgment in favor of a former Texas cheerleader paralyzed in a tumbling accident who sued Nebraska-based insurance company Mutual of Omaha for refusing to pay his claim. The lawsuit focuses on an insurance policy …
February 28, 2014
USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and MGA, expanded its Arlington, Texas, operations with the addition of Angela Radke as an associate producer/broker. Radke most recently held the position of associate broker at Southwest Risk. She also has served …
February 27, 2014
A Texas judge has rejected Lance Armstrong’s request to stop an arbitration panel from reviewing $12 million in bonuses the cyclist was paid before admitting he used performance-enhancing drugs. Judge Tonya Parker declined to stop the panel from considering whether …
February 26, 2014
Dallas-based electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA, MarketScout, has expanded its national fine art and collectibles program with three new hires: Donna Hester, underwriter; Susan Soloman, underwriter; and Cheryl Fogel, underwriting assistant. The underwriting team will operate out of MarketScout’s …
February 24, 2014
Burns & Wilcox Brokerage hired Robert “Buddy” Taylor as casualty broker in the firm’s North Dallas office. Taylor, whose expertise has been in the trucking excess/umbrella arena, has more than 30 years of insurance industry experience, most recently with a …
February 24, 2014
Texas accounted for about 40 percent of the 663 workers the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said were killed nationwide in oil field-related industries between 2007 and 2012, according to a Houston Chronicle investigation that looked into safety records in …
February 21, 2014
Dallas-based MarketScout has expanded its commercial specialty program underwriting practice with the addition of Greg Whaley as assistant vice president, lead underwriter of its new national animal mortality facility. Whaley will oversee the firm’s underwriting facility from MarketScout’s Omaha, Neb., …
February 20, 2014
Texas will be privatizing many functions in its workers’ compensation system if a staff petition to adopt the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) Basic Manual, with Texas exceptions, and the national and Texas-specific endorsements and forms in the NCCI …
February 19, 2014
Traffic fatalities are down but the number of wrecks has risen in a 23-county area of South Texas where oil drilling has boomed in recent years. The San Antonio Express News reports there were 236 fatalities in 2013, a drop …