Tag Archives: workers comp
Texas Mutual Policy Holder 2022 Safety Grant
Helping clients build a safe workplace is one of Texas Mutual most important goals. Through their safety grant program, they award recipients up to $1,500 to purchase safety equipment. When the grant opens on July 6 at 8 a.m. CDT, … Continue reading
Acceptable Reasons for Termination
Clients ask me from time to time about different things and this recently came up. Here is some information from The Hartford’s website. Texas is an “at will” work state as far as I know. But I am not sure how that … Continue reading
Texas Mutual e-Learning
Since introducing e-Learning earlier this year, thousands of employers have taken advantage of this free workplace safety training tool. Texas Mutual clients can join in as well and start utilizing more than 200 new video courses and free record keeping. … Continue reading
Workers comp payroll billing
Hartford has an option for their workers comp policies to have a different billing method than the usual 10 pay. It is a pay as you go system that has a smaller down payment. It is based on actual monthly … Continue reading
Cutting Corners
I am on the road a lot. Between seeing clients and driving my kids around I get around the Houston area. Sometimes the things I see just baffle me. People that are trying to save time or they are running late do … Continue reading
Age Discrimination and Baby Boomers
Reading through one of the business insurance magazines that I get (yes it is terribly exciting) I found some notes and statistics that I thought were interesting. A couple of the articles were talking about as the workforce ages because … Continue reading
Friday news
Pearl Harbor remembered: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/07/pearl-harbor-heroes-remembered-on-71st-anniversary/ Unemployment numbers: http://www.gallup.com/poll/159104/unadjusted-unemployment-shoots-back.aspx Personal insurance rates are up: http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2012/12/07/273171.htm Commercial insurance rates are up: http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2012/12/06/273005.htm Texas workers comp notice: http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2012/12/06/273048.htm
NCCI modifier changes
An article that was sent via LinkedIn from businessinsurance.com. It talks about changes that are coming in the new year to the way your experience modifier is going to be calculated for workers comp policies. Short explanation: companies with … Continue reading
Texas Mutual dividend announcement
Board approves $150M dividend distribution On May 23, 2012, Texas Mutual's board of directors approved the company's $150 million individual policyholder dividend plan. Pending Texas Department of Insurance approval, they plan to begin distributing dividends in late July. This is the 14th … Continue reading
Memorial Weekend– Be Safe
Memorial Day—A federal holiday that honors soldiers and commemorates U.S. soldiers who died while in the military service. We want to thank them, remember them, and honor them for their sacrifices and service. Please be careful this weekend on the … Continue reading
