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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, James P. Elbert of Lake Jackson is retiring from his |
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position as the president of the board of directors of the Texas |
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Windstorm Insurance Association on March 20, 2007, and this event |
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provides an opportunity to reflect on his distinguished 36-year |
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career in the insurance industry; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Elbert graduated from Brazosport High School in |
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Freeport in 1955; he received his bachelor's degree from |
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Southwestern University in Georgetown in 1959 and his master of |
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divinity degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas in |
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1962; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1971, he joined the Elbert Insurance Agency, |
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which was run by his family, becoming its vice president; he |
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maintained that title after the Elbert Insurance Agency merged with |
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another firm to become the Bennett-Burnett-Elbert Company in 1976; |
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the agency became the Bennett-Elbert Company; in 1983, James Elbert |
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relocated to Galveston and became vice president and general |
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manager of the Jahn-Austin Insurance Agency; he served in that |
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capacity until the mid-1990s, when he returned to Lake Jackson and |
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reopened the Elbert Insurance Agency; in 1998, his agency purchased |
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the Brazoria Insurance Agency, and the combined company is known as |
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Insurco, Inc.; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout his career, James Elbert has held |
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important positions in insurance industry organizations and |
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regulatory agencies, including the Texas Association of Insurance |
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Agents, the Texas Department of Insurance, the Brazosport |
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Association of Insurance Agents, and the Galveston Insurance Board; |
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since 1998, he has been a member of the board of directors for the |
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Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, which focuses on providing |
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Texas citizens with coverage for wind and hail damage, and he has |
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provided assured guidance for this vital group during his tenure as |
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president of the board; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Elbert has made significant contributions to the |
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community in other ways as well; he assumed high-profile positions |
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with organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, the Rotary |
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Club of Galveston Island, the Brazosport Chamber of Commerce, the |
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Galveston Chamber of Commerce, the City of Galveston Property |
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Finance Authority, and the Galveston Housing Finance Corporation; |
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his civic and professional accomplishments have been recognized |
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with a number of honors; he was named Rotarian of the Year, Board |
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Member of the Year, and a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club of |
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Galveston Island, and he is included in Marquis Who's Who in the |
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South and Southwest and Marquis Who's Who in America; and |
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WHEREAS, A public and professional leader possessing great |
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skill and dedication, James P. Elbert is deserving of recognition |
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for his many years of exceptional service to the Texas insurance |
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industry; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor James P. Elbert on his retirement as |
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president of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association board of |
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directors and extend to him sincere best wishes for good fortune and |
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happiness in all his future endeavors; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Elbert as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |