Texas Insurance Rates Seen Stabilizing After Reform
Texas Watch and AARP Texas protest as homeowners pay 1390 in premiums, down 4 percent from 2003, below the 12 to 18 percent drop expected from last session. They claim Texans overpaid about 287 million since last August per Texas Department of Insurance data. Jerry Johns of Southwestern Insurance Information Service says rates have stabilized and may fall in three years as more details emerge. The department notes last year figures under the reform.
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Texas Watch
AARP
Texas
Texas Department of Insurance
Jerry Johns
Southwestern Insurance Information Service
Johns
Florida
California
Steve Murdock
Henderson County
Maria Elena Garza
Greg Abbott
Dallas
Garza
Seven Points
U.S
Tool
Northern District of Texas
Watch Dog Groups Alarmed by Texas Insurance Rate Rollbacks
Texas Insurance Department ordered rate rollbacks at insurers including State Farm and Farmers. While 27 companies settled, their rollback amounts were reduced. Loss ratios dropped to 58 percent last year from 108 percent in 2002 and 118 percent in 2001, a trend the Insurance Council of Texas says benefits consumers long term. The department notes overall improvement and cites a shrinking homeowners crisis.
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Insurance
Texas
State Farm
Insurance Council of Texas
Department of Insurance
Department
Jim Hurley
Boomtown USA 7 BD keys to rural prosperity
Guest Column by Thomas D. Rowley evaluating Jack Schultz 7 BD keys from Boomtown USA. Keys include adopt a can do attitude leadership local control and brand building, plus the teeter totter factor. Examples show rural counties posting higher growth, but success requires effort and leadership across sectors.
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Boomtown USA
Jack Shultz
Schultz
National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
Martin Luther King
Wal-Mart
Highspeed Internet
America
Plains Cotton Growers 47th Annual Meeting lineup announced
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc sets its 47th Annual Meeting for April 1 2004 at Lubbock Memorial Civic Center with Lt Governor David Dewhurst as headliner if available. Other speakers include Dr Gary Adams Mark Messura and Woody Anderson. Registration opens 8 00 am with program at 830 am in the Banquet Hall.
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PCG
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc
Lubbock Memorial Civic Center
Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association
David Dewhurst
Texas
Dewhurst
Robert Duncan
Lubbock
Gary Adams
National Cotton Council
Memphis
Mark Messura
Cotton Incorporated
Carey, NC
Woody Anderson
Colorado City
U.S
Council
Gary
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
FAPRI
University of Missouri
Adams
Brazil
World Trade Organization
Messura
Mark Williams
Farwell
Steve Verett
Plains Cotton Improvement Committee
Dale Swinburn
Tulsa
National Cotton Council of America
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
National Marine Fisheries Service
Environmental Protection Agency
ESA
EPA
Congress
North Fairfax
Arlington
Chris Nolan
United States Fish & Wildlife Service
Prs.gov
Reflections on the Veil Tearing and Open Access to Grace
An inspirational column from Pastor Chris Seaton of Abundant Harvest Community Church reflects on Matthew 27 50 51 and Hebrews 4 16. The torn temple veil symbolizes Jesus crucifixion opening direct access to God for believers and daily divine presence.
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Abundant Harvest Community Church
Jesus
Temple
Holy Place
Holy of Holies
Golgotha
Jerusalem
God
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