Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mo. WC Tax Cut to Save Employers $12 Million
Oct 23 2003 // Missouri Gov. Bob Holden announced that the administrative tax on Missouri workers’ compensation insurance premiums will drop 50 percent in 2004, saving employers more than $12 million. The administrative tax will...
Mo. Governor Forms Group to Reduce Medical Errors
Sep 29 2003 // Missouri Gov. Bob Holden announced the creation the 17-member Missouri Commission on Patient Safety to improve the quality of health care and further reduce the number of medical malpractice claims in the...
Mo. Obtains Injunction Barring Unlicensed Med Mal Sales
Sep 29 2003 // A Cole County, Mo., Circuit Court judge has granted the Missouri Department of Insurance (MDI) a permanent injunction that prohibits a Virgin Islands-based insurer from soliciting or making medical malpractice sales until...
325 Mo. Policies Affected By Farmers Withdrawal
Sep 26 2003 // Farmers Insurance Group told the Missouri Department of Insurance that it is withdrawing from medical malpractice coverage in all 18 states where the firm operates. Affected in Missouri is physician and hospital business...
Court Date Set on Unlicensed Mo. Med-Mal Insurer
Jul 23 2003 // A Cole County, MO., Circuit Court judge will hear arguments Aug. 14 on whether to issue a preliminary injunction against medical malpractice insurance sales by an unlicensed Virgin Islands-based company, Security Trust...
Mo. DOI to Hold Meetings for May Tornado Victims
Jul 23 2003 // Missouri Department of Insurance Director Scott Lakin announced that his staff will conduct “town hall” meetings Aug. 7 in Hillsboro and Aug. 11 in Stockton for Missourians who suffered tornado damage in early...
Alliance Disappointed in Mo. Gov.’s Veto of Tort Reform Bill
Jul 11 2003 // Yesterday’s veto of a comprehensive civil justice reform bill will not only hurt insurers, but also consumers in the long run, according to the Alliance of American Insurers, an industry lobbying group. The bill (SB...
Mo. WC Pool Will See Average Rates Fall
Jul 3 2003 // For the next year, average workers’ compensation rates will fall slightly for Missouri employers that buy coverage through the state’s “pool” of last resort, according to Scott Lakin, director of...
Mo. Commish to Examine Need for Med Mal JUA
Jun 30 2003 // Missouri Director of Insurance Scott Lakin will hold a public hearing on whether the need exists for a state-sponsored medical malpractice insurance program at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 11 in Room 492 of the Truman State...
Mo. DOI to Counsel Storm Victims in 7 Towns
Jun 9 2003 // Missouri Department of Insurance Director Scott B. Lakin said consumer service representatives will counsel victims of the state’s May tornados in seven communities later this month. The counselors will visit...
New Medical Malpractice Insurer Approved in Missouri
Jun 3 2003 // The Missouri Department of Insurance (MDI) announced it licensed a new medical malpractice insurer in the state, the seventh to be okayed this year. The newly approved entity is a physician-organized carrier organized in...
Mo. Tort Reform Bill May Get Gov’s Veto
May 27 2003 // In the final hours of the 2003 Missouri legislative session lawmakers pushed through a tort reform bill designed to overturn the effects of a devastating court case that is largely responsible for sharp increases in...
Mo. Storms Hit Insurers for $400 Million, Says Commish
May 14 2003 // Missouri’s insurers are likely to pay at least $400 million to more than 60,000 Missourians for insured property damage from last week’s tornadoes and other violent storms, according to Insurance Commissioner...
Mo. Med Mal Data Show Court’s Caps Ruling Needs Reversal: Commish
May 14 2003 // Missouri Department of Insurance (MDI) Director Scott B. Lakin today said the state must act quickly to reverse a 2002 court ruling that has seriously disrupted Missouri’s medical malpractice market. Under the...
Unlicensed Mo. Insurer Reportedly Marketing in Kansas City Area
Apr 9 2003 // First Actual American Insurance Co., which has no license to sell in Missouri, reportedly is soliciting medical malpractice business in the Kansas City area. If doctors or other health-care providers are approached, they...
Mo. Young Agent Awarded IIABA Scholarship
Mar 7 2003 // Kevin B. Hutchinson, CIC, CRM , a producer with C. J. Thomas Company in St. Louis, is the inaugural recipient of the Maurice Herndon scholarship established by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...
Several Midwestern States Revisit Insurance Scoring
Mar 6 2003 // The issue of credit-based insurance scoring is being revisited in many Midwestern states that considered legislation or regulations on the subject in previous years, according to the National Association of Independent...
Ill., Mo. Join AMA’s Crisis List
Mar 6 2003 // Illinois and Missouri, along with six other states, have been added to the American Medical Association’s list of states whose medical liability system are deemed to be in crisis. In Illinois, where the state Supreme...
Mo. House Passes Med Mal Tort Reforms
Mar 6 2003 // The Missouri House of Representatives has passed a bill that would limit lawyers’ contingency fees, damages against emergency-room personnel, and require a signed affidavit from a board-certified physician in the...
Missouri Work Comp Reform Bill Passes First Test
Feb 24 2003 // A Missouri bill that would tighten the state’s workers’ compensation rules has won first-round approval from the House of Representatives on a 79-62 vote. HB321 would only cover occupational injuries if work is...
