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Texas Mutual Insurance Issues $524K in Dividends

Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers (TAEP) safety group has earned a $398,735 workers’ compensation dividend, and the Lone Star Energy (LSE) safety group earned a $124,962 dividend. Both dividends were based largely on …

Texas Mutual to Host AASCIF Annual Conference in Austin

Texas Mutual Insurance Co. will host the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds (AASCIF) Annual Conference. The 2013 AASCIF Annual Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, Texas, from July 14 – 17. Registration is now …

Texas Mutual: 3rd Provider Sentenced in Fraud Scheme

Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Michael T. Douglas of Denton, Texas, pleaded guilty to charges of perjury in a workers’ compensation fraud-related case. A Travis County district court sentenced Douglas to one year of deferred adjudication and ordered him …

Yurkovich Rejoins Texas Mutual as Senior VP of Strategic Planning

Workers’ compensation insurance provider, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., announced that Joe Yurkovich has accepted the position of senior vice president of strategic planning. He returns to Texas Mutual after serving as region president for the Southern Region at SeaBright Insurance …

Texas Mutual: Woman Sentenced in Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme

Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Barbara A. Douglas of Denton pleaded no contest to felony workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Douglas, her father, Howard T. Douglas, III, M.D., of Hurst and their company, Western Medical Evaluators, were indicted in 2010 …

Court Orders Doctor to Repay $98K to Texas Mutual

Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that a Travis County district court convicted Howard T. Douglas III, M.D., of Hurst, Texas, and his company, Western Medical Evaluators, on felony workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Western Medical Evaluators, Douglas and his daughter, Barbara …

Wright Retiring as Texas Mutual President, CEO; Gergasko Named Successor

Ron Wright, who has served as president and chief executive officer of Texas Mutual Insurance Co. since 2009, has announced that he will retire. Richard J. Gergasko, an insurance professional who most recently has worked with Seattle-based SeaBright Insurance Co., …

Texas Mutual Awards $300K in Safety Education Grants

Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has awarded a combined $300,000 in grants to Kilgore College, Midland College and College of the Mainland in Texas City near Houston. The grants will continue to fund free workplace safety courses for employers, employees and …

Texas Mutual Looks to Sever Last Ties to State Oversight

The insurer of last resort for workers’ compensation coverage in Texas is seeking to cut its last ties to the state government that created it. Texas Mutual Insurance Co. was established by the Texas Legislature in 1991 as the result …

Texas Mutual’s General Counsel Awarded for In-House Counsel Excellence

Mary Barrow Nichols, senior vice president and general counsel for Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has been awarded the 2012 Magna Stella Award for Major Litigation from the Texas General Counsel Forum. The Magna Stella Awards program recognizes in-house excellence in …