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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The insurance company VFIS, a division of Glatfelter |
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Insurance Group, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2019; and |
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WHEREAS, In the late 1960s, insurance executive Arthur |
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J. Glatfelter recognized a need in the emergency service sector for |
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specialized insurance coverage, so in 1969 he established Volunteer |
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Firemen's Insurance Services, Inc., in Pennsylvania; during the |
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company's early years, he visited hundreds of fire service |
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organizations in order to learn their concerns; and |
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WHEREAS, Known today as VFIS, the company has become one of |
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the nation's leading providers of insurance, education, training, |
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and consulting services for emergency service organizations; it is |
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also a member of Glatfelter Program Managers, a group that offers |
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similar services to other governmental and nonprofit institutions; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, VFIS issued its first policies in Texas in 1976, and |
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today it insures more than 1,500 nonprofit emergency service |
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organizations in the Lone Star State, including volunteer fire |
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departments and ambulance and rescue squads; through the years, the |
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company has paid thousands of claims, playing a vital role in the |
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aftermath of natural disasters such as Hurricanes Rita, Ike, and |
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Harvey, as well as the 2013 fertilizer plant explosion in West; and |
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WHEREAS, For half a century, VFIS has helped to ensure |
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greater financial security for the emergency responders who risk |
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their own safety to preserve the lives and property of the public, |
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and it is indeed fitting to recognize the company as it marks this |
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milestone year in its history; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commemorate the 50th anniversary of VFIS and |
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extend to all those associated with the company sincere best wishes |
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for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for VFIS as an expression of high regard by the Texas House |
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of Representatives. |