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TLIE Gives Back $4,000,000
January 2, 2024TLIE is proud to announce that the 2023 policy distribution totaled $4,000,000! This amount was approved by the TLIE Board of Directors at the December 2023 Board Meeting. TLIE is the only legal malpractice insurance company in Texas that is owned by the Texas lawyers and judges that it insures. Read the full post
Mike Yarber Retires from TLIE
November 8, 2023After more than 38 years of distinguished service to the legal profession, President and CEO Mike Yarber retired from Texas Lawyers’ Insurance Exchange at the end October, 2023. Steve Couch was elected to assume the role of President and CEO on Mike’s retirement. Mike received his B.A. in Economics from Read the full post
Texas Lawyers’ Insurance Exchange Appoints Steve Couch, JD as Next President & CEO
August 28, 2023August 28, 2023 – Austin, Texas Texas Lawyer’s Insurance Exchange (TLIE), the premier provider of legal malpractice insurance in the State of Texas, has elected Steve Couch, JD as the company’s next President & CEO. Mr. Couch will succeed Mike Yarber who will retire in October after 38 years with Read the full post
TLIE mourns the passing of its founding father, Jim Lovell
July 17, 2023James (Jim) Reed Lovell, TLIE’s founding father, passed away on July 4, 2023. Jim was 96 years old, and had recently moved from Dumas, TX to Amarillo, TX. He lived a long life, filled with family, service, education, productivity, leadership, willpower, good times, bad times, resilience and unrelenting optimism. His Read the full post
TLIE Gives Back $4,500,000
January 4, 2023Texas Lawyers’ Insurance Exchange is the only legal malpractice insurance company in Texas that is owned by the Texas lawyers and judges that it insures. Unlike a commercial insurance company, a member-owned company like TLIE exists solely to serve the insurance needs of policyholders, not to produce investment profits for Read the full post
TLIE adds New Members to Board of Directors
September 20, 2022TLIE is happy to announce the addition of three new members to its Board of Directors. Cynthia Benavides, Weslaco, Texas Cindy obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a law degree and MBA from Texas Tech in 2006. She was licensed by the State of Read the full post
TLIE mourns the passing of Board of Director Mary-Ann Bellatti
September 14, 2022TLIE said goodbye to long-time TLIE Director Mary-Ann Abbott Bellatti with her passing on August 5, 2022. Mary-Ann lived in Houston and had served on the TLIE Board of Directors since 1999. Mary-Ann was born February 24, 1945 in Tulsa, OK, and grew up in Stillwater, OK. She graduated from Read the full post
TLIE wins Texas Lawyer “Best of” Poll 2022
September 1, 2022For the twelfth straight year, TLIE has won the Texas Lawyer Best of readers’ poll! TLIE won for Professional Liability Insurance Provider and for Cybersecurity Insurance Provider. Also, since TLIE has won at least three of the last four years in Professional Liability and Cybersecurity, we were awarded the Texas Read the full post
TLIE Celebrates Tom Hanna
March 11, 2022Long-time Board member Thomas “Tom” Hanna passed away on February 6, 2022, during his 37th year of service on the Board of Directors of Texas Lawyers’ Insurance Exchange. TLIE and the Board will miss Tom’s leadership, business and legal acumen, his tireless dedication to TLIE and its policyholders, his generosity, Read the full post
In Memoriam: Thomas Lee “Tom” Hanna
March 1, 2022TLIE lost a great friend and champion with the recent passing of Thomas Lee “Tom” Hanna. Tom was born in Hall Summit, Louisiana on September 25, 1938 and moved to Nederland, Texas when he was five years old. He graduated from Nederland High School in 1957. Tom attended Baylor University Read the full post