TWCC Approves COAs to Self-Insure for 13 Companies

The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission approved reapplications for Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure from 12 private employers during a public meeting on August 17.

The Commission also approved the first-time application for a Certificate of Authority to Self-Insure for Starbucks Corporation and accepted the withdrawal of Target Corporation as a Certified Self-Insurer in Texas.

Texas law allows certain large, private employers to have the option of self-insuring their workers’ compensation liabilities for worker injuries. Each of these employers must have a minimum workers’ compensation manual premium of $500,000 and meet other requirements to be approved as a Certified Self-Insurer in Texas. Certificates are approved for a one-year period.

The Commission’s Self-Insurance Program is the approved program in Texas that allows larger private employers to self-insure their workers’ compensation liabilities for worker injuries, while retaining the protection of workers’ compensation insurance coverage as provided for by the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act.

Renewed Certificates of Authority to Self-Insure were approved by the Commission for the following companies that employ a total of 55,859 workers in Texas. The companies are listed with the city and state of the company headquarters:

–Albertson’s Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah
–ChevronTexaco Corporation, San Ramon, Calif.
–Costco Wholesale Corporation, Issaquah, Wash,
–Driver Pipeline Company Inc., Dallas
–Johns Manville, Denver, Colo.
–Kiewit Corporation, Omaha, Neb.
–Limited Brands Inc., Columbus, Ohio
–MeadWestvaco Corporation, Miamisburg, Ohio
–Poly-America L.P., Grand Prairie,
–Sam Kane Beef Processors Inc., Corpus Christi
–Southwestern Bell Telephone L.P., San Antonio
–The Stanley Works, New Britain, Conn.

The Commission approved the initial application for a Certificate of Authority to Self-Insure for Starbucks Corporation, which is headquartered in Seattle, Wash., and has about 4,800 employees in Texas. Also on August 17, the Commission approved the withdrawal of Target Corporation as a Certified Self-Insurer in Texas. A company that wishes to withdraw from the certified self-insurance program must submit a withdrawal plan that is acceptable to the Commission.

For more information on applying to the TWCC Self-Insurance Program, visit the Commission’s Web site at: www.twcc.state.tx.us under “About the Commission.”

Topics Texas Workers' Compensation