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What is a Purchasing Group?
State law allows employers in similar industries to reduce their workers' compensation premiums by purchasing
their coverage as a group. Purchasing groups provide the most cost-effective and advantageous workers' compensation
insurance options available.
With the Emergency Service Organization workers' compensation purchasing group, you'll
save money and get great coverage for your employees and volunteers. More than 450 emergency service organizations
in Texas have joined the ESO Workers’ Compensation Purchasing Group.
What's in it for you?
- Receive an up-front 10.80% premium discount.
- Receive an additional 12% discount for choosing the health care network option (for qualifying policyholders).
- Potential to receive individual policyholder dividends AND purchasing group dividends (over $515,000 to-date in group dividends). *
- Industry-specific safety plan, interactive safety tools at www.texasmutual.com
and loss prevention seminars.
- You retain your own policy and loss experience.
- You maintain your long-standing relationship with your insurance agent.
How can you find out if you qualify?
The ESO Purchasing Group is open to eligible chartered, non-profit fire departments and EMS organizations in the state of
Texas. Qualifying class codes included in the ESO Purchasing Group are 7704 and 7720. Have your agent contact
Texas Mutual group underwriter Dick Dathe at 512-505-6116 and ask for a no obligation quote in the ESO Purchasing
Group. Or contact us for more information.
Grant Assistance
Rural fire departments may be eligible for grant funding assistance from the Texas Forest Service under HB3667. This
grant will reimburse your premium cost up to $85.00 per firefighter for calendar year 2010. This
grant is available to any chartered, non-profit volunteer fire department that participates in a firefighter certification
program and has 20 or less paid members. Click here for more information
on this grant.
* Past dividends are not a guarantee of future dividends. The Texas Department of Insurance must approve all dividends.
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