Latest Missouri Headlines
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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,...
Mo. Malpractice Claims Drop While Premiums Rise, Study Says
Jul 27 2005 // Medical malpractice insurers paid out significantly less in claims to Missouri physicians last year, but continued to raise the premiums they charge doctors, according to new study. The National Association of Insurance...
Missouri Employers Mutual Joins Trusted Choice
Jul 22 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America announced that Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance (MEM), based in Columbia, Mo., has joined a growing number of leading carriers that are participating in the...
Missouri Lays Down the Law
Jul 4 2005 // After years of clamoring for relief from expanding workers’ compensation claims, payouts and premiums, Missouri employers are heralding legislative changes that may signal a growing trend by business to curtail...
Mo. DOI Refuses License to Woman With Felony Fraud Conviction
Jun 21 2005 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has refused to issue an insurance producer license to Rochelle K. Whatley of Kansas City due to a felony conviction involving dishonesty and fraudulent conduct. On March 23,2005,...
Mo. Bill Would Make Complaints Against Carriers Confidential
May 18 2005 // Among the many bills sent to Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt’s desk on the final day of the session is one that would make consumer complaints about insurance companies confidential. Supporters say the bill, HB 388, is...
Mo. DOI Won’t Renew Producer’s License of Deadbeat Dad Who Owes More than $33,000
Apr 21 2005 // The Missouri Insurance Department has refused to renew the producer’s license of a man who owes more than $33,000 in court-ordered child support payments. Thomas A. Varner of Kansas City was ordered in June 1995 to...
Missouri House Votes to Tigthten Med-Mal Rate Regulation
Apr 18 2005 // JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.–The House recently passed legislation that would tighten regulation of medical malpractice insurers as part of an effort to bring down premiums for physicians. The 141-11 vote sends the bill to...
Man Arrested at Hearing Before Judge
Apr 18 2005 // While appearing in a Sacramento County courtroom for a preliminary hearing, James Chester Taylor Jr., of Quartz Hill, California, was arrested on three additional counts of felony grand theft in a different case. The Los...
Missouri House Passes Bill to Regulate Med-Mal Rates
Apr 14 2005 // The Missouri House passed legislation Wednesday that would tighten regulation of medical malpractice insurers as part of an effort to bring down premiums for physicians. The 141-11 vote sends the bill to the Senate....
Gov. Blunt Signs Mo. Tort Reforms Into Law
Mar 30 2005 // The tort reform legislation just signed into law in Missouri by Gov. Blunt is a “fair and balanced” solution to the state’s growing liability problems, the Washington, D.C.-based American Insurance...
Heartland Marketing Group Hires Simpson to Manage Mo. Sales Office
Mar 29 2005 // Dallas-based wholesaler Heartland Marketing Group announced the hiring of Brian Simpson as the regional sales manager in Lee’s Summit, Mo. He will be responsible for Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas. HMG...
