TDI Releases February 2011 Workers’ Compensation Violators

Workers Compensation Bad Faith

The Texas Department of Insurance on March 9, 2011, released final disciplinary decisions for violations of Division of Workers’ Compensation rules. Among these fines were the following insurer violations:

-Liberty Mutual [three fines for a total of $21,000]: Failure to timely pay income benefits; Failure to comply with TDI orders to pay income benefits; Failure to pay correct income benefit amount; Failure to timely pay medical bill.

These are fines paid to the state for violations of DWC rules and the Texas Insurance Code. Doyle is committed to helping individuals who have been harmed by such violations when they amount to bad faith activity by an insurance carrier. Click here for more information about the wrongful handling of workers compensation cases.

The complete list of fines is available here.