Texas Approves 10 Companies to Self-Insure for Workers’ Comp

Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved one initial application and nine renewals of the Certificates of Authority for companies to self-insure their workers’ compensation claims for a one-year period under the TDI-DWC Self-Insurance Program. These 10 companies collectively employ approximately 33,800 employees in Texas.

To qualify to self-insure for workers’ compensation claims, a company must have a minimum workers’ compensation insurance unmodified manual premium of $500,000 and meet other requirements subject to annual review.

The following companies received self-insurance certificates:

• ABF Freight System Inc., Fort Smith, Ark.
• Ameron International Corporation, Pasadena, Calif.
• Ascension Health, St. Louis, Mo.
• Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Beaumont
• Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Houston
• James Construction Group LLC, Baton Rouge, La. (new to program)
• Mount Vernon Mills Inc., Mauldin, S.C.
• PACCAR Inc., Bellevue, Wash.
• Textron, Inc., Providence, R.I.
• Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, Wash.

Source: TDI-DWC

Topics Texas Workers' Compensation