In Texas, private employers can choose to carry workers’ compensation coverage (subscribers), but it is not required in most cases. Employers without workers’ compensation coverage are called non-subscribers. Employers can also apply for a certificate to self-insure, which allows the employer to pay their own workers’ compensation losses, rather than buy an insurance policy.
The coverage data we keep comes from information that insurance carriers and employers send to us.
Subscribers:
- Verify if an employer has workers' compensation coverage (subscribers).
- Verify if a company is certified to self-insure in Texas (certified self-insurers).
- Find a self-insured government employer.
Non-subscribers
- Some employers are required to report to us if they’ve chosen not to get workers' compensation insurance coverage.
- Fact sheet - Non-covered or non-subscribing employers/ Hoja informativa - Empleadores sin cobertura de seguros de compensación para trabajadores.
Coverage-related forms
- DWC Form-005, Employers' Notice of No Coverage or Termination of Coverage
- DWC Form-205, Locations of Employers' Business(es) [addendum to DWC005 and DWC020]
- DWC Form-020SI, Self-Insured Governmental Entity Proof of Coverage
- DWC Form-027, Insurance Carrier Representative Information Submission Form
- All other forms
- Coverage-related forms may be faxed to the Insurance Coverage Section at 512-804-4346.