WITNESS LIST

              SB 455

              Senate Committee Report

              Business & Commerce

              March 4, 2025 - 8:00 AM

                        FOR:

                                          Bostick, Ches    (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Association of Public Insurance

                                          Adjusters (TAPIA)), Dallas, TX

                                          Eiland, Craig    (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Assn), Austin, TX

                                          Raizner, Jeff    (Self) , Houston, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Meroney, Shannon    (Self; Velocity Risk Underwriters), Austin, TX

                                          Thompson, Jay   Lawyer  (also providing written testimony)  (Wholesale Specialty

                                          Insurance Association), Austin, TX

                        ON:

                                          Ellmer, Regan   Director of Governor of Affairs  (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas),

                                          Austin, TX

                                          Walker, Jamie    (Texas Department of Insurance), Austin, TX

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                        FOR:

                                          Beneke, Jim    (Self; National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters), Austin, TX

                                          Calliham, David    (Abba Claims Consultants), Dallas, TX

                                          Cascio, Charles   Associate State Director  (AARP Texas), Austin, TX

                                          Wendell, Ware   Executive Director  (Texas Watch), Austin, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Betts, Albert   Executive Director  (Insurance Council of Texas), Austin, TX

                                          Marlow, John   Senior Vice President  (Chubb), Austin, TX

                       Providing written testimony:

                        AGAINST:

                                          Gonzales, Walter    (American Property Casualty Insurance Association), Austin, TX

                                          Tisdale, Ward    (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies), Austin, TX

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