Hotchkiss Insurance Agency's Texas Green Industry Workers' Comp Group Endorsed by Texas Nursery and Landscape Association.DALLAS -- Hotchkiss Insurance Agency, Inc. (HIA HIA Høgskolen I Agder HIA Health Impact Assessment HIA Hot Ion Analyzer HIA Housing Industry Association (Australia) HIA Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (Canada) HIA Hemp Industries Association ) announced today that the Texas Green Industry Workers' Compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. Group (TGI TGI Tribunal de Grande Instance TGI Target Group Index TGI Thank God It's Friday (US restaurant chain) TGI Tracheal Gas Insufflation TGI Tumor Growth Inhibition TGI Trato Gastrointestinal (Portugese) ) has received the endorsement of the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association (TNLA TNLA Texas Nursery and Landscape Association TNLA Tennessee Nursery and Landscape Association ), Austin, Texas. The purchasing group, which includes landscape contractors, nurseries, and irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. specialists as well as other green industry businesses, will provide qualifying members with a competitive option for workers' compensation coverage which includes an immediate 10.5% premium discount. HIA, the principal administrator for the purchasing group requested that the Texas Department of Insurance designate the group as an "open" program. Open program groups allow any Texas insurance agent to place a qualifying client into the group. The underwriting company, Texas Mutual Insurance Company will apply the same premium discount to each TGI Group member, regardless of individual premium size. The safety program will also give the TGI group members the opportunity to earn potential group dividends, in addition to any general dividends that their businesses may qualify for individually. "Hotchkiss Insurance Agency has done a fantastic job promoting the professionalism of the green industry with the TGI group," says Eddy Edmondson, president of TNLA. "They've dedicated the resources needed to help this group reach its potential. We're very excited about offering the Texas Green Industry Workers' Comp Group (TGI) to our members as a value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. endorsed service provider." "The green industry is a $9.6 billion powerhouse in Texas," adds Ken Hotchkiss, HIA vice president. "As a whole, the Texas green industry has an excellent loss ratio which can be directly attributed to the commitment to professionalism and safety exhibited by many of the TGI employers. We are very proud to be an endorsed service provider to the members of TNLA for both the TGI Group as well as for HIA insurance services." For more information about this news release, contact Susan Shahon at HIA via email at sshahon@hiainc.com or call 972-512-7760. For more information about the Texas Green Industry Workers' Compensation Group visit www.tnlainsurance.com or contact Ken Hotchkiss via email at khotchkiss@hiainc.com or call 713-956-9800. About Texas Nursery and Landscape Association TNLA, with over 1500 members is one of the largest and most respected trade associations, representing all segments of the Green Industry in Texas. Members are growers, landscape professionals, retail garden centers, and allied green industry businesses. For more information about TNLA call 800-880-0343, visit TNLA's website at www.tnlaonline.org, or email info@tnlaonline.org. About Hotchkiss Insurance Agency Founded in 1975, Hotchkiss Insurance Agency, Inc. (HIA) is an independent insurance agency offering a broad range of insurance products and services including commercial and personal insurance, life and health insurance, and workers' compensation insurance. As a member of select associations and the recipient of many local and statewide endorsements, HIA has developed specialty programs for many industries including; general contractors A general contractor is an organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction of a building, road or any other execution of work or facility. , home builders, landscape and irrigation contractors, nurseries, restaurants and churches. Headquartered in Dallas, HIA has statewide locations in Houston, San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , College Station, Texas College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in Central Texas. It is located in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near to three of the 10 largest cities in the United States - Houston, Dallas, and San Hill Country, Sherman and Kingwood. |
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