This file is historical in nature. Links and contact information may be outdated and no longer valid.
December 9, 2009
TDI Commissioner Announces TWIA Board Appointments
AUSTIN – Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin announced new board members for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA), implementing new legislation that changed the makeup of the governing board.
House Bill (HB) 4409, passed by the 81st Texas Legislature in 2009, changed the composition of the nine member TWIA board. Previously, the board was composed of five insurance company representatives, two agent representatives, and two consumer representatives. The new board, whose terms begin January 1, 2010, will be composed of four insurance company representatives, four members who reside in coastal counties (at least one of whom must be an insurance agent), and one member who resides outside of the coastal region. In addition, HB 4409 added a non-voting member who must be an engineer. The new board members are:
Insurance Industry Representative Members
Alice Hardy Gannon
USAA
Michael Frank Gerik
Texas Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance
Peter James Kelly
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Craig Peter Nadziejka
State Farm Insurance
First Tier Coastal County Resident Members
Garry P. Kaufman (Galveston County)
Jahn Galveston Insurance Agency
Joseph Edward Minor, P.E. (Aransas County)
Self Employed
Georgia Rutherford Neblett, (Nueces County)
University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Robert Ward Shepard (Cameron County)
Shepard Walton King Insurance Group
Non-Seacoast Territory Representative Member
Richard Clifton Craig, Amarillo
Neely, Craig & Walton, LLP
(Randall County)
Non-voting Engineer Member
William David Franklin, Sr., P.E., LaMarque
Aran & Franklin Engineering
(Galveston County)
Five of the nine members are new to the TWIA board, and four have served in the past. "There is much work to be done, and I'm excited to be able to work on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead," said Commissioner Geeslin. "I appreciate the willingness of the new members to step up, and value the institutional knowledge of the previous members."
More information about TWIA can be found at www.twia.org and www.tdi.state.tx.us/wind.
For more information contact:
Last updated: 12/28/2009
This file is historical in nature. Links and contact information may be outdated and no longer valid.
