Austin, TX – The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved 14 renewals of the Certificates of Authority for companies to self-insure their workers’ compensation claims for a one-year period under the TDI-DWC Self-Insurance Program. These companies collectively employ approximately 30,300 employees in Texas.
Under Texas law, certain large, private companies can self-insure for workers’ compensation claims, while retaining the protection of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act for the company and for its employees. To qualify, a company must have a minimum workers’ compensation insurance unmodified manual premium of $500,000 and meet other requirements subject to annual review.
The following companies received self-insurance certificates:
- AAA Cooper Transportation, Dothan, AL
- Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc., Kansas City, KS
- Bradford Holding Company, Inc., Corpus Christi
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE
- Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO
- FedEx Freight, Inc., Harrison, AR
- Guardian Industries Corp., Auburn Hills, MI
- International Paper Company, Memphis, TN
- James Construction Group, LLC, Baton Rouge, LA
- Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Portland, OR
- The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH
- The Sherwin-Williams Company, Cleveland, OH
- Textron, Inc., Providence, RI
- Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, WA
For more information on applying to the Self-Insurance Regulation program, visit the TDI website.
Source: TDI-DWC