Texas coast leaders rally over windstorm insurance State Rep. Hunter: ‘We are forming today what is called the Coastal Windstorm Task Force’ Corpus Christi Caller Times By Rick Spruill CORPUS CHRISTI — Local leaders from up and down the Texas Gulf coast and as far inland as Victoria Friday morning packed the City Council chambers…

Hunter announces Coastal Windstorm Task Force Corpus Christi Caller Times By Rick Spruill CORPUS CHRISTI — A rally Friday at City Hall against windstorm rate increases also will be a forum for announcing a new coalition aimed at developing solutions on windstorm issues. State Rep. Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, said the Coastal Windstorm Task Force…

Texas Department of Insurance meetings in Austin, Corpus Christi postponed The department’s decision follows weeks of debate between Coastal lawmakers and Insurance Commissioner Eleanor Kitzman Corpus Christi Caller Times By Rick Spruill AUSTIN — The Texas Department of Insurance on Tuesday postponed meetings and a rule implementing a surcharge on insurance policies in Nueces and…

Too big to fail: Can Texas solve windstorm insurance? Corpus Christi Caller Times By Rick Spruill CORPUS CHRISTI — Building a consensus among lawmakers on how to rebuild the Texas Windstorm Insurance Agency always has been a challenge. It’s not going to get any easier next legislative session. Suggestions for diffusing costs of providing insurance…