Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Labor Unions File Suit Against Missouri Workers’ Comp Law
Dec 1 2005 // More than 70 labor groups filed suit this week challenging the constitutionality of Missouri’s new workers’ compensation law, claiming it tilts toward employers so dramatically as to breach a social contract...
Missouri Department Alleges Agency Failed to Remit Premiums
Nov 29 2005 // The Missouri Department of Insurance is seeking to discipline a Missouri insurance agency whose employees it says committed multiple violations of Missouri laws by failing to remit a total of $3,500 in insurance premiums...
Insurer Seeks Guidance on Splitting Damages for Mo. Bus Crash 40 Ways
Nov 28 2005 // A Missouri bus company’s insurance company has asked a federal judge to determine how $5 million in potential damages would be distributed to more than 40 possible people or groups involved in crash of a bush...
Missouri Radio Host on Trial for Killing Wife for BMW
Nov 21 2005 // A radio journalist accused of poisoning his wife by spiking her Gatorade with antifreeze told a friend he planned to spend his life insurance money on a house and a BMW convertible, according to prosecutors. He also said...
DOI HITS FELONIOUS BAIL BOND AGENTS:
Nov 21 2005 // Missouri Insurance Director Dale Finke 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 Supreme...
ILLINOIS
Nov 20 2005 // Lawmakers Pass Kids’ Health Plan: The Illinois House passed H.B. 806, Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s “All Kids” health insurance program on a 79-28 vote, following Senate approval on a 32-23 vote. The...
Missouri Radio Host on Trial for Killing Wife for BMW
Nov 20 2005 // A radio journalist accused of poisoning his wife by spiking her Gatorade with antifreeze told a friend he planned to spend his life insurance money on a house and a BMW convertible, according to prosecutors. He also said...
Missouri Radio Host in Mass. Trial Accused of Killing Wife for BMW
Nov 13 2005 // A radio journalist accused of poisoning his wife by spiking her Gatorade with antifreeze told a friend he planned to spend his life insurance money on a house and a BMW convertible, according to prosecutors. He also said...
AUDITOR MAY AXE INSURANCE TAX CREDIT:
Nov 7 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...
News Briefs
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...
