Latest Missouri Headlines
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Mo. Comp Rate Hikes Almost Flat
Feb 17 2004 // Insurers are applying the brakes to workers’ compensation rate increases in Missouri, according to the state’s insurance department. After almost one-third of such insurers filed rate changes in January,...
Mo. DOI Finds Insurance Scoring Harms Poor, Minorities; Governor Calls for Ban
Feb 2 2004 // Insurers’ use of credit scoring in underwriting and rating personal lines insurance harms poor and minority policyholders in Missouri, according to a study released by the state’s insurance department. The...
INDUSTRY, MO. REGULATORS AGREE COMP COSTS SHOULD FALL IN 2004:
Jan 26 2004 // State regulators and the insurance industry’s principal workers’ compensation trade group have called for a reduction in Missouri workers’ compensation insurance rates, providing financial relief for the...
Mo. Court Strikes Down Managed Care WC Rules
Dec 15 2003 // A Missouri court has ruled against the Missouri Department of Insurance, enjoining the department from enforcing rules requiring workers’ compensation insurers to pay for managed care organizations’ services,...
MDI: 2002 Med-Mal Payments Didn’t Keep Pace With Injuries
Dec 11 2003 // Severity of patient injuries reached an all-time high for medical malpractice payments in 2002, but victim awards have not kept pace with inflation and increasing disabilities, the Missouri Department of Insurance said in...
New Mo. Law Requires Revocation of Producer Licenses for Unpaid Income Taxes
Dec 5 2003 // Missouri’s House Bill 600 has taken effect, requiring persons with professional licenses to file and pay their state taxes or face license revocation. Affected under the legislation are Missouri Department of...
Alliance Urges Against Mo. Mold Cover Mandate
Oct 29 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers has urged the Missouri Department of Insurance not to issue a proposed bulletin that would require insurers to provide coverage for mold damage in personal lines policies. “The...
Mo. WC Tax Cut to Save Employers $12 Million
Oct 23 2003 // Missouri Gov. Bob Holden announced that the administrative tax on Missouri workers’ compensation insurance premiums will drop 50 percent in 2004, saving employers more than $12 million. The administrative tax will...
Mo. Governor Forms Group to Reduce Medical Errors
Sep 29 2003 // Missouri Gov. Bob Holden announced the creation the 17-member Missouri Commission on Patient Safety to improve the quality of health care and further reduce the number of medical malpractice claims in the...
Mo. Obtains Injunction Barring Unlicensed Med Mal Sales
Sep 29 2003 // A Cole County, Mo., Circuit Court judge has granted the Missouri Department of Insurance (MDI) a permanent injunction that prohibits a Virgin Islands-based insurer from soliciting or making medical malpractice sales until...
325 Mo. Policies Affected By Farmers Withdrawal
Sep 26 2003 // Farmers Insurance Group told the Missouri Department of Insurance that it is withdrawing from medical malpractice coverage in all 18 states where the firm operates. Affected in Missouri is physician and hospital business...
Court Date Set on Unlicensed Mo. Med-Mal Insurer
Jul 23 2003 // A Cole County, MO., Circuit Court judge will hear arguments Aug. 14 on whether to issue a preliminary injunction against medical malpractice insurance sales by an unlicensed Virgin Islands-based company, Security Trust...
Mo. DOI to Hold Meetings for May Tornado Victims
Jul 23 2003 // Missouri Department of Insurance Director Scott Lakin announced that his staff will conduct “town hall” meetings Aug. 7 in Hillsboro and Aug. 11 in Stockton for Missourians who suffered tornado damage in early...
Alliance Disappointed in Mo. Gov.’s Veto of Tort Reform Bill
Jul 11 2003 // Yesterday’s veto of a comprehensive civil justice reform bill will not only hurt insurers, but also consumers in the long run, according to the Alliance of American Insurers, an industry lobbying group. The bill (SB...
Mo. WC Pool Will See Average Rates Fall
Jul 3 2003 // For the next year, average workers’ compensation rates will fall slightly for Missouri employers that buy coverage through the state’s “pool” of last resort, according to Scott Lakin, director of...
Mo. Commish to Examine Need for Med Mal JUA
Jun 30 2003 // Missouri Director of Insurance Scott Lakin will hold a public hearing on whether the need exists for a state-sponsored medical malpractice insurance program at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 11 in Room 492 of the Truman State...
Mo. DOI to Counsel Storm Victims in 7 Towns
Jun 9 2003 // Missouri Department of Insurance Director Scott B. Lakin said consumer service representatives will counsel victims of the state’s May tornados in seven communities later this month. The counselors will visit...
New Medical Malpractice Insurer Approved in Missouri
Jun 3 2003 // The Missouri Department of Insurance (MDI) announced it licensed a new medical malpractice insurer in the state, the seventh to be okayed this year. The newly approved entity is a physician-organized carrier organized in...
Mo. Tort Reform Bill May Get Gov’s Veto
May 27 2003 // In the final hours of the 2003 Missouri legislative session lawmakers pushed through a tort reform bill designed to overturn the effects of a devastating court case that is largely responsible for sharp increases in...
Mo. Storms Hit Insurers for $400 Million, Says Commish
May 14 2003 // Missouri’s insurers are likely to pay at least $400 million to more than 60,000 Missourians for insured property damage from last week’s tornadoes and other violent storms, according to Insurance Commissioner...
