Texas Mutual Insurance Company News

Texas Employer Indicted for Premium Fraud

A Travis County grand jury indicted G&M Construction and Glenda Gail Miller Howell on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. G&M Construction was a road repair contractor that performed crack seal operations and sign erection for …

Courts Order Combined $10K in Restitution to Texas Mutual

Travis County district courts sentenced two men, in separate cases, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The men collected a combined $9,928 in benefits they were not entitled to, according to an announcement by Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Jose Rodrigo Ramirez-Valdez …

Texas Man Ordered to Repay $806K to Texas Mutual

Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Howard Douglas Whiddon pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges in a Travis County district court. The court sentenced Whiddon to 10 years’ deferred adjudication and 160 hours of community service, and ordered him …

San Antonio Man Sentenced in Workers’ Comp Fraud

Travis County district court sentenced Anthony Coleman Garza of San Antonio on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to an announcement by Texas Mutual Insurance Company. The court sentenced Garza to deferred adjudication, including two years probated, and ordered Garza to …

Texas Mutual Serves up $670K Dividend to TRA Safety Group

Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $669,540 dividend to the Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) workers’ compensation safety group. The dividend was based largely on the group’s overall loss ratio. “Texas Mutual has a permanent, vested interest in helping our state’s …

Texas Mutual Hires Vice President of Loss Prevention

Texas Mutual Insurance Company, a provider of workers’ compensation insurance, has named Woody Hill its vice president of loss prevention. Hill will oversee the company’s ongoing initiative to deliver strategic workplace safety services that meet each of its 57,000 policyholders’ …

Texas Mutual Wraps up $175M Dividend Distribution

Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that it has begun distributing $2.6 million in workers’ compensation dividends among approximately 3,300 new policyholders. The money represents the final component of Texas Mutual’s $175 million dividend distribution in 2013. Dividends reward loyal policyholders …

Texas Oil and Gas Association Earns $500K Texas Mutual Dividend

Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced today that the Texas Oil and Gas Association (TxOGA) has earned a $500,000 workers’ compensation dividend. “The Texas oil and gas industry is experiencing a resurgence, and our economy is reaping the benefits,” said Jim …

Texas Business Indicted on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges

Austin-based Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a jury in Travis County found Ramco Group, LLC guilty of workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The district court ordered Ramco to pay restitution of $15,567, a $15,000 fine and court costs. The court …

Medical Group Earns Nearly $1M Texas Mutual Dividend

Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced the Texas Medical Group (TMG) has earned a $972,604 workers’ compensation dividend. The dividend is based largely on the group’s collective workplace safety record. Qualifying TMG members have shared in $4.6 million in Texas Mutual …