WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
February 12, 2001-10:30A
HB 45
For: Graves, William (Progressive Insurance)
Against: Thompson, Jay (Association of Fire & Casualty Companies
in Texas, Farm Bureau Insurance Companies)
On: Ruggiero, Denise (State Farm Insurance Companies)
Schneider, Rob (Consumers Union)
HB 162
For: Brodnax, W.M. (DeSoto Police Department)
Loya, Flower (Self)
Loya, Fred (Self)
Loya, Jr., Fred (Self)
Salazar, Jr., Benjamin (Self)
Stone, Mark (DeSoto Police Department)
HB 184
For: Schneider, Rob (Consumers Union)
Against: Davis, Will (American National Lloyds and Foremost
Lloyds)
Geiger, Richard (Association of Fire & Casualty
Companies in Texas)
Thompson, Jay (Farm Bureau Insurance Companies)
Vanek, Greg (Independent Lloyds Coalition)
On: Presley, Philip (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Birnbaum, Birny (Self)
Lambe, Dan (Texas Watch)
Toney, Doug (TPA/TDNA)
Against: Gilbert, Bo (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Huxel, Robert (Farmers Insurance Group)
Ruggiero, Denise (State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Companies)
Woods, Joe (Alliance of American Insurers)
HB 185
Against: Thompson, Jay (Association of Fire & Casualty Companies
in Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Lambe, Dan (Texas Watch)
Schneider, Rob (Consumers Union)
Against: Klein, Jonathan (Progressive County Mutual)
HB 186
For: Johnston, Michael (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Lambe, Dan (Texas Watch)
HB 296
For: Birnbaum, Birny (Self)
Royer, Mark (Farmers Insurance Group of Companies)
Against: Bresnen, Steve (USA Training)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Davis, Will (USAA)
Lambe, Dan (Texas Watch)
Murphy, William (Automobile Insurance Agents of Texas)
Woods, Joe (Alliance of American Insurers)
Against: Hackney, Clint (Driver Training Associates)
HB 362
For: Davis, Will (USAA Life Insurance Co., Texas Association
of Life & Health Insurers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Tooley, Kenneth (Texas Association of Insurance and
Financial Advisors)
HB 530
For: Birnbaum, Birny (Self)
Kincaid, Mark (Self)
Lambe, Dan (Texas Watch)
Schneider, Rob (Consumers Union)
Against: Boggins, Joseph (American International Group, Inc.)
Geiger, Richard (Association of Fire & Casualty
Companies in Texas)
Klein, Jonathan (Progressive County Mutual)
Thompson, Jay (Association of Fire & Casualty Companies
in Texas, Farm Bureau Insurance Companies)
On: Bordelon, Rod (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Sanchez, Joe (Mexican American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund)
Against: Huxel, Robert (Farmers Insurance Group)
Ruggiero, Denise (State Farm Insurance Companies)
HB 765
For: Strain, H.W. "Sputnik" (Self and Texas Motorcycle Rights
Association)
Walters, Audrey (Self)
Against: Geiger, Richard (Association of Fire & Casualty
Companies in Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Green, Paul (Self)
Against: Davis, Will (USAA)
Huxel, Robert (Farmers Insurance Group)
Ruggiero, Denise (State Farm Insurance Companies)
HB 793
For: Birnbaum, Birny (Self)
Geiger, Richard (Association of Fire & Casualty
Companies in Texas)
On: Durden, David (Texas Department of Insurance)