Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Missouri AG Settles with TPAs Over Workers’ Comp Violations
Feb 21 2011 // Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster reached agreements with two companies that the attorney general’s office says violated Missouri’s workers’ compensation law by knowingly failing to report worker...
Internet v. Courts: Googling for Perfect Jurors
Feb 18 2011 // When picking a jury, lawyers always try to stack the panel with people likely to take their side. Now, some are taking the vetting process to a new level: they’re quietly trawling social networks and other sites to...
Missouri AG Files Class Action Against BP on Behalf of Pension Funds
Feb 16 2011 // Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, acting as counsel for lead plaintiffs for a class of pension plans and investors around the country, has filed in U.S. District Court in Houston a consolidated class-action against...
Martin Promoted to Administration Leader at Missouri DIFP
Feb 16 2011 // The Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration (DIFP) named former budget officer Grady Martin as the new director of its Resource Administration Division. In this position he is...
Overby-Seawell Adds Hollister to Missouri Staff
Feb 9 2011 // Overby-Seawell Co. has announced that Lee-Ann Hollister has joined its executive sales team as part of the company’s nationwide expansion. She will be based in the firm’s Kansas City, Missouri, office and will...
Missouri Business Leaders Outline Agenda to Create, Keep Jobs
Feb 7 2011 // Tort, Workers’ Comp Reform Among Legislative Proposals Business leaders in Missouri are asking state lawmakers for reforms that they say will help protect and create jobs. Among the priorities for the Fix the Six...
Missouri AG Settles with TPAs Over Workers’ Comp Violations
Feb 4 2011 // Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has reached agreements with two companies who the attorney general’s office says violated Missouri’s workers’ compensation law by knowingly failing to report worker...
Agriculture, Energy Help Bolster Mid-America States Economy
Feb 2 2011 // The economy is gaining strength in nine Midwest and Plains states because global growth and continued low interest rates have provided a boost to agriculture and energy businesses, according to a new survey released Feb....
Missouri Insurance Department Returns $10M to Consumers
Jan 31 2011 // Enforcement by the Missouri Department of Insurance resulted in consumers receiving $10.5 million from their insurance companies in 2010, the DOI reported. The money was returned through the department’s mediation...
Missouri Doubles Number of Licensed Captive Insurers
Jan 24 2011 // Missouri doubled the number licensed captive insurers last year, from six at the end of 2009 to 12 at the end of 2010. The Missouri Department of Insurance says the growth is an indication of Missouri’s...
Missouri Business Leaders Urge Tort, Workers’ Comp, Employment Law Reforms
Jan 24 2011 // Business leaders in Missouri are asking state lawmakers for reforms that they say will help protect and create jobs. Among the priorities, which proponents are calling “Fix the Six,” are bottom-line issues for...
Missouri House Approves Tax Break for Small Businesses
Jan 21 2011 // Missouri House members have given first-round approval to a tax break for small businesses, which is a priority for the chamber’s Republican leaders. The businesses would be eligible for a $10,000 tax deduction for...
