Texas Mutual Insurance Company News

Texas Mutual Ranks High in Workers’ Comp Performance Assessment

Texas Mutual Insurance Company was recently named a high performer by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) during the DWC’s fourth Insurance Carrier Performance Based Oversight (PBO) assessment. Insurance carriers were assessed on the timeliness of: …

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

Mary Barrow Nichols, senior vice president and general counsel for Texas Mutual Insurance Company, was awarded the 2012 Magna Stella Award for Major Litigation from the Texas General Counsel Forum during this month’s awards dinner for the Forum’s 14th Annual …

Texas Mutual Rewards Three Safety Groups With $435K in Dividends

Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced today that three workers’ compensation safety groups have earned a combined $435,324 in dividends. The dividends were based largely on each group’s overall loss ratio. The largest dividend, $261,132, went to the Texas Automotive Safety …

Texas Business Pleads Guilty to Hiding Payroll

AB Abatement, Inc. of Midland, Texas, pled guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to Austin-based Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Vanco Insulation, Inc., owned by Robert Crow of Midland, obtained workers’ compensation coverage through Texas Mutual from April 2003 to …

NFIB, Texas Mutual Partnership Pays $267K Dividend

Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $267,364 workers’ compensation dividend to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) wholesale/retail safety group. The dividend was based largely on the safety group’s overall loss ratio. Members of the NFIB wholesale/retail safety group …

Houston Man Pleads Guilty to Hiding Payroll

Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported today that Marvin Solano, of Houston, pled guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. A Travis County district court ordered Solano to pay $140,038 to Texas Mutual, pay a fine of $1,000, serve 10 years of …

Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme Costs Texas Business $149K

Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that Granbury Contracting & Utilities, Inc., of Granbury, Texas, pled guilty to workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. A Travis County district court ordered the company to pay $149,000 in restitution to Texas Mutual. Granbury Contracting & …

Texas Man Sentenced on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges

Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported today that a Travis County district court sentenced Richard Merriman of Bryan, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. The court sentenced Merriman to two years’ deferred adjudication and ordered him to pay $3,197 in restitution …

Texas Man Convicted of Workers’ Compensation Fraud

A Travis County court sentenced Robert Rosette on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Rosette reported a job-related injury while working as a delivery driver and warehouseman for Affordable Rent-to-Own, LLC in Beaumont, Texas. He claimed …

Texas Man Sentenced to Jail Time for Workers’ Comp Fraud

A Travis County court sentenced Clifford K. Franklin of Village Mills, Texas to 180 days in jail based on workers’ compensation fraud charges relating to $1,453 in benefits he fraudulently received, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Franklin reported a …