FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Safety pays for Cattle Raisers Safety Group

FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 9, 2008—More than $300,000 has been paid to the members of Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) Safety Group, more formally known as the TSCRA Workers Compensation purchasing group.

Approximately 300 TSCRA members purchase Workers Compensation policies through Wortham Insurance and Risk Management and Texas Mutual. This marks the fifth consecutive year that members of TSCRA's Workers Compensation purchasing group have received a group dividend in addition to the regular dividend.

This year's $300,000-plus is a more than 40 percent increase in the safety dividend dollars paid in 2007. Since 2004, the total safety dividend dollars have increased 10-fold.

"Since Texas is not a mandatory Workers Compensation state," says Jerri McDonald, TSCRA executive director of Insurance Services. "One large claim or lawsuit by an injured employee could wipe out a small business. I encourage all our members to consider this risk management tool for their ranching business. Our safety group has more than enough room for more TSCRA members to join."

For more information on TSCRA Insurance Services, visit www.texascattleraisers.org, or call 800/252-2849.

TSCRA is a 131-year-old trade organization whose 15,000 members manage approximately 4 million head of cattle on 51.5 million acres of range and pasture land, primarily in Texas and Oklahoma. TSCRA provides law enforcement services, livestock inspection, legislative and regulatory advocacy and educational opportunities for its members.

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