Texas DOI Re-Certifies 10 Firms to Self-Insure Workers’ Comp Claims

The Texas Department of Insurance’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) re-certified 10 employers to self-insure workers’ compensation claims.

In total, the companies employ about 15,000 people in Texas.

DWC renewed:

• Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
• E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
• The Sherwin-Williams Company
• Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
• FedEx Freight, Inc.
• Guardian Industries Corp.
• International Paper Company
• James Construction Group, LLC
• Louisiana-Pacific Corporation
• The Procter & Gamble Company

To be certified to self-insure, a company must meet state requirements and have a minimum workers’ compensation insurance unmodified manual premium of $500,000.

For more information on applying to the Self-Insurance Regulation program, visit the TDI website at www.tdi.texas.gov/wc/si/index.html.

Source: Texas Department of Insurance