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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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., …
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 …
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 …
