Latest Missouri Headlines
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Nov 6 2005 // ILLINOIS Garrett Bonham, 29, seeks more than $75,000 in a lawsuit filed last month for injuries sustained in his 10 years of employment as a performing knight at the Schaumburg, Ill., Medieval Times, according to the...
Mo. DOI Issues Crackdown on Felonious Bail Bond Agents
Nov 4 2005 // Missouri Insurance Director Dale Finke today announced a crackdown on bail bond agents with felony convictions who have obtained licenses from the Insurance Department during the past several years. “The Missouri...
Mo. Health Program Reform Increases Cost for Families
Oct 17 2005 // More than 12,000 Missouri families saw health insurance on their children lapse this month when they failed to pay new premiums required by the state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program. The new premiums,...
OSHA Hits Mo. Manufacturer with $159,000 Fine
Oct 17 2005 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued citations to Industrial Steel Fabrication Inc., Hazelwood, Mo., proposing penalties totaling $159,200 for alleged failure...
Mo. Auditor Weighs Eliminating Insurance Tax Credit
Oct 13 2005 // Missouri State Auditor Claire McCaskill has proposed that the state consider eliminating a tax credit that helps insurance companies offset their costs of state reviews. An audit by McCaskill’s office said Missouri...
Mo. Consumers Reportedly Choose Privacy in DOI Complaints
Oct 5 2005 // Consumers who file complaints with the Missouri Department of Insurance about their insurance company are choosing to keep their personal information confidential, according to the department’s statistics tabulated...
More Than 12,000 Mo. Families Lose Health Insurance
Oct 5 2005 // More than 12,000 Missouri families saw health insurance on their children lapse this week when they failed to pay new premiums required by the state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program. The new premiums,...
Mo. Court Awards $800,000 to Auto Fraud Defendants
Sep 30 2005 // Two Missouri people acquitted of automobile insurance fraud were awarded $800,000 in damages for malicious prosecution of their case. A Jackson County Circuit Court jury on Tuesday ruled that State Farm Insurance and the...
Mo. Employers Mutual Lowers Workers’ Comp Base
Sep 6 2005 // Missouri Employers Mutual said recently the average workers’ compensation insurance base rate will decrease by 5 percent for new and renewal business, starting Jan. 1, 2006. The workers’ comp insurer cited the...
Missouri Jury Tells State Farm to Pay
Sep 5 2005 // A Kansas City jury recently had some bad news for one of the nation’s top insurers in deliberations that reportedly took less than six hours. The message to State Farm–pay up. Five former State Farm Insurance...
Missouri Jury Tells State Farm to Pay
Sep 5 2005 // A Kansas City jury recently had some bad news for one of the nation’s top insurers in deliberations that reportedly took less than six hours. The message to State Farm-pay up. Five former State Farm Insurance agents...
Missouri Jury Tells State Farm to Pay Up
Sep 5 2005 // A Kansas City jury recently had some bad news for one of the nation’s top insurers in deliberations that reportedly took less than six hours. The message to State Farm-pay up. Five former State Farm Ins-urance agents...
Missouri Jury Tells State Farm to Pay Up
Sep 5 2005 // A Kansas City jury recently had some bad news for one of the nation’s top insurers in deliberations that reportedly took less than six hours. The message to State Farm-pay up. Five former State Farm Ins-urance agents...
Former Agent Settles with Mo. DOI
Aug 31 2005 // A former St. Louis insurance agent with A.J. Gallagher agreed to a settlement with the Missouri Department of Insurance that will require him to be supervised, the department said Wednesday. Jeffrey Combs made efforts to...
Mo. Legislature to Address Comp Glitch
Aug 30 2005 // Senate Bill 1, Missouri’s new workers’ comp reform law, contains a drafting error the legislature intends to address during a special session set to take place in mid September. However, since the law goes into...
Missouri Makes Push to Rein In
Aug 22 2005 // A recently released study from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) points out that Missouri med-mal insurers paid out much less in claims in 2004 to state doctors, yet premiums continue to...
Missouri Insurance Agent Sentenced in Tax Scheme
Aug 19 2005 // A former Missouri tax preparer and insurance agent was sentenced in federal court for his role in a scheme that involved phony tax shelters. Donald Hicks, 72, was sentenced to five years of probation by U.S. District Judge...
Kansas, Missouri Insurers Grew Profits in 2004
Aug 15 2005 // Forty-four property and casualty insurance companies based in Missouri reported total earnings of $224 million in 2004, compared with a loss of $423.5 million in 2003, according to Weiss Ratings Inc. In Kansas, 22 property...
New Missouri Commissioner Brings Agent Experience to the Job
Aug 8 2005 // How W. Dale Finke Was Selected a Matter of Controversy Dale Finke doesn’t see what all the fuss is about. When Missouri’s Republican Gov. Matt Blunt nominated Finke to be the state’s insurance director...
New Missouri Commissioner Brings Agent Experience to the Job
Aug 8 2005 // Interviewed by Kevin B. O’Reilly Dale Finke doesn’t see what all the fuss is about. When Missouri’s Republican Gov. Matt Blunt nominated Finke to be the state’s insurance director back in February,...
