Here are the answers to the puzzles given out at our booth at the Texas PIA Insurance Expo and Trade Fair in Waco on May 17-18. Insurance Terms Crossword. Insurance Terms Word Find. Insurance Terms Word Scramble. Thank you for [...]
AUSTIN — The Insurance Council of Texas’ (ICT) spring scholarships and annual funding for students enrolled in insurance and risk management classes in Texas universities has topped the half million dollar mark. The program which began in 2002 with two schools has now provided scholarships and funding to 241 students at ten universities. Scholarships were [...]
Wisdom and Folly. “Wisdom is perishable. Unlike information or knowledge, it cannot be stored in a computer or recorded in a book. It expires with each passing generation.” —Sid Taylor. Insurance producers are made, not born. We suppose there are some advantages to having them spring, like Minerva, fully formed from the mind of Jove, [...]
LANCASTER — Gov. Rick Perry toured tornado damage in some of the hardest hit areas of North Texas, and met with emergency management personnel and local officials who continue to assess the impact and damage of this severe storm system. “Texas has an emergency response team that’s truly second to none. Time and again they [...]
HOUSTON — The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) recently honored several University of Houston Downtown donors and volunteers at its annual National Philanthropy Day Awards Luncheon. Hosted at the Hilton Americas-Houston hotel, the event drew nearly 900 participants and honored outstanding philanthropy and fundraising by corporations, foundations, media, and volunteers. This year, UHD honored the [...]
DALLAS — Tammy Land, CIC, recently joined the Independent Insurance Agents of Dallas as executive director. Land brings more than 20 years of insurance experience to the IIAD post. She began her career in March 1989 when she signed on as an adjuster with Safeco Insurance in Dallas, proceeding to senior claims adjuster after a [...]
DENTON — The University of North Texas Risk Management and Insurance Program became home to the largest Gamma Iota Sigma chapter in Texas when the Beta Zeta Chapter was chartered and 67 members were inducted on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. Gamma Iota Sigma is the International Risk Management, Insurance, and Actuarial Science Collegiate Fraternity. The [...]
DALLAS — William E. (Bill) Sleeper, CPCU, recently retired. He is former vice chairman of Dallas-based Sleeper Sewell Insurance Services Inc., a member company of The American National Bank of Texas. Sleeper Sewell, which was founded in 1962 by Bill Sleeper’s father as Dwight Sewell & Co., will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary in 2012. Bill [...]
AUSTIN—The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) presented its Independent Leadership Award to the Honorable Kelly Hancock, Texas House of Representatives, and the Honorable John Carona, Texas Senate. “Because we value independence in the insurance market, we seek to recognize those who value this ideal in their professional lives,” said IIAT President Bob Shepard of [...]
Industry in Early Hard Market. NEW YORK—Leaders of the property/casualty insurance industry believe the worst of the financial crisis is over and that the industry is now in the early stages of a hard market, according to a survey conducted by the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) at its 16th annual Property/Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum. [...]
