Texas Business Owner Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud, Tax Evasion
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Gary C. Quintinsky of Houston to a two-year prison term for workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Upon...
View ArticleTexas Woman Sentenced in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Ellynn A. Ogilvie of Houston to five years of probation, 450 community service hours and a $2,000 fine for workers’...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Distributes $155M in Policyholder Dividends
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced it is distributing to policyholders $155 million in workers’ compensation dividends. Texas Mutual estimates that about 77 percent of its policyholders will earn a...
View ArticleCompany Ordered to Pay $300K to Texas Mutual Insurance
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that Bar H Concrete Inc. of Sulphur Springs pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. A Travis County district court ordered Bar H Concrete to...
View ArticleTexas Supreme Court: Bad Faith Claim Inconsistent with Worker’s Comp
The Texas Supreme Court has concluded that while bad faith claims against workers’ compensation carriers are not permissible under the state’s Insurance Code, claims made under the Code against...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Announces Safety Group for Oil and Gas Industry
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced a new workers’ compensation safety group: Texas Alliance of Energy Producers (TAEP). The group is open to qualifying businesses in the oil and gas production...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Wraps up $155M Dividend Distribution
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced it has begun distributing about $1.5 million in workers’ compensation dividends among approximately 2,800 new policyholders. The early-qualifier dividends represent...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Promotes Lentz to VP of Underwriting
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has promoted Jeff Lentz from senior manager of underwriting and marketing to vice president of underwriting. In his new role, Lentz will be responsible for directing...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Board Elects New Officers
Workers’ compensation provider Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that its board of directors has elected two new officers — Linda Foster-Smith of Georgetown and Jay Eisen of Beaumont. Foster-Smith...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Pays Combined $690K to 4 Safety Groups
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that four workers’ compensation safety groups have earned a combined $690,036 in dividends: Texas Recreation Group, $278,353; Texas Construction Supply, $200,752;...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Pays $450K Dividend to NFIB Construction Group
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced a $450,058 workers’ compensation dividend to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) construction safety group. The dividend was based largely on the...
View ArticleTexas High Court Reaffirms Bar Against Policyholder Negligence Claims
In a decision that workers’ compensation experts say is good for Texas employees and employers alike, the Supreme Court of Texas issued a unanimous opinion on January 27, 2012, that bars negligence...
View ArticleTexas Business Pleads Guilty to Hiding Payroll
A Midland, Texas-based company has pleaded guilty to misrepresenting the payroll of an affiliated firm, according to workers’ compensation insurer Texas Mutual Insurance Co. AB Abatement Inc. of...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Adds Jackson as Sr. Manager of Underwriting, Marketing
Workers’ compensation insurance provider Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has hired Bill Jackson as senior manager of underwriting and marketing in Dallas. Jackson will be responsible for managing marketing...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Insurance Co. Names Huckaby General Auditor
Workers’ compensation insurance provider Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has named Bill Huckaby as its new general auditor. Huckaby previously served as the company’s senior manager of finance and...
View ArticleSchools, Manufacturers Earn Combined $1M in Texas Mutual Dividends
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that the Texas Schools Group and Texas Association of Manufacturers safety groups earned a combined $1,094,336 in dividends. The workers’ compensation dividends...
View ArticleTexas Mutual to Distribute $150M Policyholder Dividend
Texas Mutual Insurance Co.’s board of directors has approved the company’s plan to distribute $150 million in workers’ compensation dividends. This marks the 14th consecutive year the board has...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Pays $355K Dividend to Apartment Group
Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that the Texas Apartment Association (TAA) safety group earned a $355,922 dividend. The workers’ compensation dividend was based largely on the group’s overall...
View ArticleSocial Service Agencies Earns $281K Dividend from Texas Mutual
Texas Mutual Insurance Co., working in partnership with Care Providers Insurance Services, announced today that the Social Service Agencies of Texas (SSA) safety group has earned a $280,638 dividend....
View ArticleTexas Mutual Wraps up $150M Dividend Distribution
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. t it is distributing approximately $1.8 million in workers’ compensation dividends. Approximately 3,000 new policyholders earned dividends based largely on their workplace...
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