A Texas lawmaker has proposed subsidizing the state’s underfunded windstorm insurance and flooding assistance by building casinos in coastal counties. State Rep. Joe Deshotel filed the bill on Dec. 7 to cover the cost of the Texas Insurance Agency by …
Several school districts, cities and other government agencies are still waiting for a Texas insurer to pay nearly $60 million in claims from Hurricane Ike, adding to more insurance worries in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The Texas Windstorm Insurance …
The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) remains financially sound and ready for the 2017 hurricane season by once again securing $4.9 billion in total funding. With $4.9B in total funding secured, #TWIA is financially sound and ready for the 2017 …
The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has agreed to pay nearly $8 million to settle an unpaid claims lawsuit filed by a southern school district, according to state district court records in Cameron County. The Brownsville Independent School District filed the …
Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has asked state lawmakers to consider shutting down a windstorm insurance provider for coastal Texans. Dewhurst asked a state Senate committee to look at phasing out the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. Dewhurst said if Texas …
Low catastrophe activity and claims experience so far this year have helped to put Texas’ insurer of last resort for properties along the Gulf Coast in a better position to face the 2014 hurricane season than it has been in …
The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the Texas coast, reported it has established a Claims Call Center that is open 24 hours, seven days a week. TWIA is encouraging its agents …
A Corpus Christi man is suing the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association for hundreds of millions of dollars because he says it improperly passed on costs to policyholders like him after Hurricane Ike in 2008. Ramiro Gamboa filed the lawsuit Monday, …
The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) announced it has released to a litigator what it calls “potentially offensive” emails as part of discovery in a lawsuit against the insurer brought on behalf of the Brownsville Independent School District. The lawsuit …
The primary windstorm insurer for Texas coastal properties won’t be raising limits of liability next year for property it covers. Insurance Commissioner Julia Rathgeber has denied a request by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association to raise the limits on both …