With estimates of economic losses, both insured and noninsured, from the winter storms in Texas rising, Zelle law firm hosted a one-hour webinar on March 2 to help insurers and agents understand the claims issues brought by the mid-February hard freeze event. By...

The legislation introduced at the request of the Texas Department of Insurance makes up 18 of the more than 6,500 bills that have been filed in the 87th Texas Legislature. Nearly 2,800 of the proposals were dropped into the hopper in the last week of filing, including...

The Independent Insurance Agents of Houston held a three-day long Houston I Day, combining in-person and virtual exhibits and offering continuing education classes, one for CE credit and one noncredit. On Feb. 24, the in-person event was held at the association’s...

The American Property Casualty Insurance Association took issue with Root Insurance Company’s mission to have credit-based insurance pricing outlawed across the country, either state-by-state or by federal fiat. Jessica Hanna, senior vice president public affairs,...

Root Insurance, a company that markets personal lines auto insurance based primarily on driver behavior, has launched a campaign against insurers’ use of credit-based scoring. In a Feb. 19 media release by Edelman, a global communications company, Jeremy Eisengrein...