Frakes, Texas Mutual’s Third Employee, Retires
Terry Frakes has retired from Austin-based workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., after more than 25 years of service to the company. Frakes was Texas Mutual’s third employee after...
View ArticleTexas Attorney Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County grand jury has indicted attorney Leslie Casaubon of Lewisville, Texas, on three counts of workers’ compensation...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Announces 2 Workers’ Comp Fraud Convictions
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. recently announced that Marcos Ricoy of Harlingen, Texas and Enrique Colon of Deer Park, Texas, pleaded no contest to a felony charge of engaging in organized criminal...
View ArticleTexas Nurse Sentenced on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Kaydra Moore of Cedar Hill, Texas. on workers’ compensation fraud charges. The court sentenced Moore to a Class A...
View ArticleTexas Mutual, UT Dallas Partner on Risk Control, Safety Engineering Class
Workers’ compensation provider, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., is partnering with The University of Texas at Dallas’ (UT Dallas) Naveen Jindal School of Management for a brand-new Risk Control and Safety...
View ArticleTexas Woman Sentenced for ‘Double Dipping’ on Workers’ Comp
A New Braunfels, Texas, woman must perform community service and pay more than $7,000 in restitution after being sentenced on workers’ compensation fraud charges. Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Grants $100K to Houston Construction Trade Training Center
Workers’ compensation carrier Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has awarded a $100,000 grant to the nonprofit Construction Career Collaborative (C3) to strengthen the skilled craft workforce in the Greater...
View Article4K Texas Businesses Share $3M in Early Qualifier Dividends from Texas Mutual
Austin-based workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has paid more than $3 million in early qualifier dividends to approximately 4,000 newer policyholder owners across the state....
View ArticleTexas Mutual to Distribute $330M in Policyholder Dividends
Workers’ compensation insurer Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced plans to distribute $330 million in dividends to policyholders in 2019. The dividends will be distributed to over 55,000 business...
View ArticleMan Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud Must Pay $26.4K to Texas Mutual
A man sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud must repay Texas Mutual Insurance Co. more than $26,000, a Travis County district court said. According to Texas Mutual, Ricky Allen Martinez of Sugar...
View Article11 Texas Colleges to Share $1.1M in Safety Education Grants from Texas Mutual
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced it is awarding $1.1 million in grants to 11 colleges across Texas to fund workplace safety courses for employers, workers and the general public. The company said...
View ArticleMan Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud Must Repay $7.2K to Texas Mutual
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Ramon S. Flores of Kingwood on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Flores reported a job-related injury while...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Pays $623.3K Dividend to Lone Star Auto Dealers Safety Group
Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has awarded a dividend of $623,341 to the Lone Star Auto Dealers Association (LSADA) Safety Group, which includes franchised auto, truck, RV,...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Commits $5M to Help Tropical Storm Imelda-Impacted Policyholders
Austin-based workers’ compensation carrier, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., is offering a grant of $5 million for policyholders affected by Tropical Storm Imelda. The grant is intended to support the...
View ArticleTexas Man Convicted of $6K Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court has sentenced Joe D. Lozano, Sr. of Midland, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Lozano reported a job-related...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Donates $100K to Community Foundation for Dallas Tornado Recovery
Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has donated $100,000 to Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT), the state’s largest community foundation. The donation, which will go toward...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Distributes $3.5M in Early Qualifier Dividends
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. recently paid $3.5 million in early qualifier dividends to approximately 3,200 newer policyholder owners across the state. This payout is the final component of the company’s...
View ArticleTexas Woman, Man Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud in Separate Cases
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that two Texans have been convicted of workers’ compensation fraud in two separate cases. The workers’ compensation insurer said Sharon Boachie of Arlington and...
View ArticleTexas Mutual Distributes $1.1M in Grants for Workforce Development
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has distributed $1.1 million in grants to 16 organizations across the state to fund workforce development programs. “The Texas workforce is one of the strongest in the...
View ArticleTexas Business Owner Must Pay $50K in Restitution in Work Comp Fraud Case
The owner of a South Texas truck stop has been ordered to pay $50,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to workers’ compensation fraud. James Russell Williams owns George West Truck Stop pleaded...
View ArticleTexas Mutual: Massachusetts Firm Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
A Massachusetts company has pleaded guilty in a Travis County, Texas, district court to workers’ compensation fraud, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Co. Texas Mutual says EME International Inc....
View ArticleTexas Mutual to Distribute $330M in Policyholder Dividends Two Months Early
Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., will distribute $330 million in policyholder dividends to be paid out two months early than scheduled. The company has historically paid...
View ArticleLentz Named Senior VP – Underwriting at Texas Mutual Insurance Co.
Workers’ compensation provider, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has appointed Jeff Lentz as the company’s senior vice president (SVP) of underwriting. He most recently was vice president of underwriting at...
View ArticleInsurers Score a Win in Texas Air Ambulance Fee Dispute
State law prevails in disputes between insurers and an air ambulance service over reimbursements under the Texas workers’ compensation system, the state’s highest court recently ruled. In Texas Mutual...
View ArticleTexas Mutual, VFIS of Texas Award $500K to Emergency Service Groups
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. and Volunteer Firemen’s Insurance Services of Texas are awarding $500,000 to nonprofit emergency service organizations across Texas through two separate grant programs....
View ArticleTexas Mutual Names Strong VP, Underwriting Operations
Paschal Strong has been appointed vice president of underwriting operations at workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co. In this newly created position within the underwriting division,...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Hands Texas Insurers a Win in Air Ambulance Billing Battle
A 2020 decision by the Supreme Court of Texas that limits workers’ compensation air ambulance payments to what is “fair and reasonable,” has been allowed to stand by the U.S. Supreme Court, according...
View ArticleTexas Mutual to Distribute $330M in Policyholder Dividends
Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., will distribute $330 million in policyholder dividends in June, the company said. More than 57,000 Texas business owners, representing...
View ArticlePeople Moves: Texas Mutual Promotes Potter to CFO, Martin to Sr. VP-HR
Texas Mutual Workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., has promoted Bill Potter to chief financial officer (CFO). Potter, a certified public accountant, succeeds Mike Barron, who...
View Article5th Circuit: Texas May Not Regulate Air Ambulance Fees
A federal appellate court ruled on Aug. 4 that the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation may not enforce a law that regulates fees charged by air ambulance companies that...
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