All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 file...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Feb 7 2011 // 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 Coalition are six bottom-line issues for Missouri employers:...
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...
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....
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...
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 attractiveness...
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...