Latest Missouri Headlines
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Extended Auto Warranty Company Settles Missouri Lawsuit for $125K
Apr 26 2011 // Missouri is set to receive $125,000 under a settlement with a vehicle extended service contract seller. Attorney General Chris Koster said the state reached a settlement with St. Charles-based Dealers Warranty, LLC, d/b/a...
Missouri Black Caucus Urges Nixon to Veto Workplace Discrimination Bill
Apr 22 2011 // The Missouri Legislative Black Caucus is urging Gov. Jay Nixon to veto a workplace discrimination bill that recently gained legislative approval. In a letter to Nixon, the caucus said Senate Bill 188 would reverse...
Missouri Insurers Say 15,000 Cars Stolen in 2010
Apr 20 2011 // An insurance group says car thieves in Missouri targeted the Ford Taurus more than any other car in 2010. Citing numbers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Missouri Insurance Information Service says more than...
Missouri Insurance Dept. Returns More than $2M to Consumers in Q1 2011
Apr 19 2011 // The Missouri Department of Insurance reported it has helped consumers to retrieve $2.4 million from their insurance companies so far in 2011. The insurers returned the money to consumers after the department mediated...
Business Agenda Advancing in Missouri
Apr 4 2011 // Missouri’s business community is well positioned, legislatively, this year. Already, the House has passed five of the six items identified as priorities by a coalition of business organizations. The Senate has passed...
Missouri Bills Address Employee Liability in Workers’ Comp
Apr 1 2011 // Missouri legislators are considering two workers’ compensation bills to address whether an employee is liable when an employee is injured on the job SB 8 would restrict co-employee liability in workers’...
Missouri Updates Insurance Consumer Complaint System
Mar 31 2011 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has responded to Gov. Jay Nixon’s call for more efficient government by launching a new online system for verifying consumer complaints. The department now sends complaint data to...
Analysis: Business Agenda Advancing in Missouri
Mar 29 2011 // Frustrated by a perceived lack of success at a Missouri Capitol that professes job-creation as its top goal, more than a dozen representatives from businesses began meeting last summer to develop a winning strategy for...
Missouri Approves First $50K in Line of Duty Claims from Comp Fund
Mar 24 2011 // Missouri workers’ compensation regulators recently approved payment to families of individuals killed in the line of duty to protect the public. The Missouri Labor Department’s Division of Workers’...
Lawsuit: Failing Missouri Schools Should Pay for Transfers
Mar 22 2011 // Missouri lawmakers are trying to prevent an influx of students transferring out of failing schools after the state Supreme Court partially sided with a group of St. Louis parents suing to force unaccredited districts to...
Missouri Conservatives Back Health Insurance Exchanges
Mar 21 2011 // Nearly one year after a federal law overhauling the nation’s health care system was enacted, Missouri lawmakers have taken a small step toward implementing some of its provisions by creating a health insurance...
Missouri Fines Auto Insurer $256K; Orders Changes
Mar 21 2011 // A Chicago-based auto insurance company has paid $256,000 in fines and is required to more quickly process, investigate and pay claims under a settlement reached with the Missouri Department of Insurance. Universal Casualty...
Missouri Senate Endorses Workers’ Comp Changes
Mar 17 2011 // Missouri senators have given first-round approval to legislation that restricts employees from suing co-workers over injuries incurred on the job. The legislation also expressly states that occupational diseases, such as...
Missouri DOI Fines Auto Insurer $256K; Orders Operational Changes
Mar 11 2011 // A Chicago-based auto insurance company has paid $256,000 in fines and is required to more quickly process, investigate and pay claims under a settlement reached with the Missouri Department of Insurance, the department...
Missouri House Votes to Change Workplace Discrimination Laws
Mar 7 2011 // The Missouri House passed legislation that could make it more difficult for employees to win workplace discrimination lawsuits. The legislation, approved by a 95-59 vote, would require people to prove that discrimination...
Declarations
Mar 7 2011 // Higher Exposures, Limits “Clearly, companies are reacting to the fact that D&O liability exposures facing directors and officers are arguably at an all-time high. Insurance buyers continue to be threatened by an...
Medicus Insurance Lowers Liability Rates 20% in Missouri
Mar 7 2011 // Medical professional liability insurance provider, Medicus Insurance Co., announced it has lowered its base rates an average of 20 percent for medical professionals in Missouri. This rate decrease demonstrates...
Missouri Senate Endorses Change in Workplace Bias Law
Mar 4 2011 // Legislation revising parts of Missouri’s laws on workplace discrimination is moving through the state Senate. The chamber gave first-round approval to a bill changing the legal standard people must meet when they...
Missouri House Votes to Change Workplace Discrimination Laws
Feb 27 2011 // The Missouri House has passed legislation that could make it harder for employees to win workplace discrimination lawsuits. The legislation, approved by 95-59 vote, would require people to prove that discrimination was the...
Missouri: Consumers not Being Protected with Earthquake Insurance
Feb 23 2011 // On the 200th anniversary of the great New Madrid earthquake, Missouri’s insurance director says most homeowners would not be adequately protected from an earthquake today. John M. Huff, director of the Missouri...
