Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
MDI, Industry Group Recommend Further Cuts in 2001 Workers’ Comp Rates
Nov 30 2000 // Both the Missouri Department of Insurance and a key industry group are recommending that several years of workers compensation rate reductions continue into 2001. “We have been prepared for this long cycle of rate...
Missouri Uninsured Driver Rate Down 18 Percent in 1999
Nov 22 2000 // Missouri’s projected rate of uninsured passenger vehicles dropped by 18 percent—or 63,000 autos—during 1999, reaching the lowest levels since the state enacted its current mandatory insurance law in 1987,...
General American Agrees to $55 Million Settlement with Missouri DOI
Sep 8 2000 // The Missouri Department of Insurance and General American Life Insurance Co. of St. Louis have agreed in principle to an estimated $55 million settlement for policyholders and a $120,000 fine for alleged deceptive sales...
General American Settles Lawsuit For $55 Million
Aug 25 2000 // General American Life Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $55 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging the company deceived life insurance policyholders. If approved by a federal judge, the money would go to 251,000...
Missouri Auto Rate Guides Available for Consumers
Aug 3 2000 // Insurance agents wanting to assist consumers can point them in the direction of Missouri’s new insurance rate guides. Agents can also use the guides as benchmarks for their current offerings. The guides—with...
Missouri Workers’ Comp Carriers Continue to Cut Rates
Jul 24 2000 // Insurers writing most workers compensation business in Missouri are continuing a six-year trend of cutting rates, based on filings in the first half of 2000, the Department of Insurance (MDI) announced last...
Taparanskas Appointed Associate Commissioner at Maryland Ins. Administration
Jul 20 2000 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Steven B. Larsen has named Wendy J. Taparanskas, Ph.D., Associate Commissioner for Life and Health. Dr. Taparanskas will replace Donna B. Imhoff who left the agency in June. Dr. Taparanskas...
Missouri Passes Reciprocal Agent Licensing Bill; Legislative Session Ends
May 23 2000 // Missouri has become just the second state this year to pass legislation streamlining insurance producer licensing, action that 27 other states must take by November 2002 to meet a federal mandate. The Missouri legislature...
