September 9, 2013
Friday marks the anniversary of the costliest hurricane to hit Texas. On September 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike hit Galveston Island. According to Mark Hannah with the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), insured losses as a result of the storm totaled …
August 23, 2013
A massive hailstorm that moved through Amarillo, Texas on May 28 has resulted in $500 million in insured losses to the panhandle region. The final figure was released today by the Property Claim Services of the Insurance Services Office (ISO) …
May 28, 2013
An industry group says insured damage from last week’s deadly tornadoes in North Texas could reach $250 million. Mark Hanna with the Insurance Council of Texas says the rough estimate could change as insurers continue to gather information from the …
April 25, 2013
“Daddy, are we dead?” Those were the first words from 9 year old Kaden Anderson after an explosion ripped apart the fertilizer plant in West on April 17. Kaden was riding with his father Bryan who had driven over to …
March 21, 2013
The Mesquite Police Department reports the simple message from the Lock, Take and Hide crime prevention signs have had a tremendous impact on reducing auto thefts and burglaries in their city. The police department recently contacted the Insurance Council of …
January 18, 2013
While tornadoes and hailstorms were pounding their way through the Dallas/Fort Worth area last year, consumers had confidence that their insurance companies would be there to help with repairs to their cars, homes and businesses, according to a survey commissioned …
November 30, 2012
The residents of Fort Worth, Texas, and its suburbs in Tarrant County share the dubious honor of being the area most pounded by hailstorms than in any other part of the state, according to data compiled from the National Oceanic …
June 20, 2012
Insured losses from last week’s violent hailstorm in Dallas should be just under $1 billion, a trade group for Texas insurers said on Tuesday, sharply less than what another industry group estimated last week. The Insurance Council of Texas, via …
February 28, 2012
The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has joined with the Grand Prairie Police Department in a crime prevention campaign aimed at preventing auto thefts and auto burglaries. The program involves the funding and distribution of signs that read, “LOCK your …
September 14, 2011
An industry group says insured losses from a week of Texas wildfires could reach $250 million. The Insurance Council of Texas on Monday offered the estimate for more than 180 wildfires reported statewide since Labor Day weekend. The nonprofit organization …