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Houston Builder Lands Safety Award from Construction Safety Group

Houston-based D.E. Harvey Builders has been honored with the first ever General Contractor Job Site Safety Award from the TX Construction Association Safety Group. The general contractor won the award for its dedication to keeping job sites safe, according to …

Texas Mutual Distributes $3M in Early Qualifier Dividends

Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has paid more than $3 million in early qualifier dividends to approximately 4,000 newer workers’ compensation insurance policyholder owners across the state. This payout is the final component of Texas Mutual’s $225 million dividend distribution in …

Manufacturing Safety Group Gets Nearly $630K Dividend from Texas Mutual

Texas Mutual Insurance Co., a policyholder-owned company, recently awarded a dividend of $629,849 to the National Federation of Independent Businesses Manufacturing (NFIB) safety group. The dividend was earned based on the group members’ dedication to making safety a priority in …

Texas Mutual Pays $721K Dividend to Auto Dealers Safety Group

Texas Mutual Insurance Co., a policyholder-owned workers’ compensation insurer, announced a dividend of $721,113 to the Lone Star Auto Dealers (LSA) safety group. The dividend was earned based on the group members’ dedication to making safety a priority in their …

Texas Mutual Pays $4M-Plus Dividend to Texas Oil & Gas Assoc. Group

Austin-based Texas Mutual Insurance Co., a policyholder-owned company, announced it awarded a dividend of $4,019,352 to the Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA) safety group. The dividend was earned based on the group members’ dedication to making safety a priority …

Workers’ Compensation Eyes Telemedicine As Treatment Option

Cost savings, better access to care, immediate triaging of injuries and faster claims closings are just some of the benefits of telemedicine, according to workers’ compensation experts, who also say its use is growing. Telemedicine could potentially deliver more than …

Agents Need to Know: Texas Workers’ Comp E-Mods Changing

The number 1.00 means different things to different people. In baseball, 1.00 represents a perfect batting average. But in college, a 1.00 grade point average is about as bad as it gets. In workers’ compensation, a 1.00 experience modifier, or …

Medical Chain Pleads Guilty to Work Comp Fraud, Repays Texas Mutual $6.5M

Nova Healthcare Management, headquartered in Houston, Texas, entered a plea of guilty to felony workers’ compensation fraud related charges, according to an announcement by Texas Mutual Insurance Co. and the Travis County District Attorney. According to the court documents, Texas …

Recreation Safety Group Dividends Texas Mutual Reach $1M-Plus

Texas Mutual Insurance Co. recently paid a dividend of $163,691 to the Texas Recreation Safety Group, bringing the total dividend payout for this group to $1,160,945 since 2009. The dividends earned are based largely on the group members’ dedication to …

Texas Man Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud

Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Rodney Williams of Seabrook, Texas, for workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The court sentenced Williams to deferred adjudication and ordered him to pay $6,156 in restitution to Texas Mutual. …