Cassie Brown was appointed Texas Commissioner of Insurance on Sept. 7, nearly a full year after Commissioner Kent Sullivan’s resignation from the position effective Sept. 30, 2020. Brown’s appointment is for a term set to expire Feb. 1, 2023.Brown has served as...

Do you know Gigi Heffernan? Then, think Erin Keefe LeBlanc, Heffernan’s daughter, and the opposite is true, or so LeBlanc says. Their main difference is decibel level. Their love for family, friends, co-workers and community and their enthusiasm for their insurance...

On Aug. 12, the Dallas Association of Insurance Professionals awarded two $1,000 scholarships to two Texas college students, Julia Rist, who will attend Texas Women’s University this fall, and Zachary Malcomb, who attends Jacksonville Junior College.The scholarship...

AnalysisWhether or not the TWIA board acted in accordance with legislative intent in proposing a five percent rate increase, the board did act within its mandate and followed explicitly the law in force at the time the board requested the rate increase. The House...

The future trend for insurers to worry about, said Robert Hartwig, is the increasing amount of insured catastrophe losses, with Texas in the bullseye. Increasing numbers of named storms are a challenge, and high populations and developments in harm’s way exacerbate...

With insured catastrophe losses occurring with greater frequency and rising to higher costs, the Insurance Council of Texas/AFACT Property Casualty Symposium offered insurers insight on what can be done to build a more resilient future. The highly credentialed panel,...

At the beginning of August, the Covid-19 pandemic appeared to be winding down, and the economy seemed to be rebounding. At the same time, claims were down in some areas, but there was an uptick in claims in other areas, with social inflation and third party funding of...