Latest Missouri Headlines
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Missouri’s Lakin to Moderate Kansas City Roundtable
May 22 2002 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that its director, Scott B. Lakin, will hosed a public roundtable discussion on key issues facing consumers and regulators in Kansas City on May 23. Five state insurance...
Credit Bill Moves to Desk of Mo. Governor
May 21 2002 // A bill that would allow Missouri consumers to continue enjoying the benefits of credit-based insurance scoring passed the Missouri Senate and now awaits the signature of Governor Bob Holden, according to the American...
Mo. House Sends Scoring Bill to Senate
Apr 23 2002 // As anticipated, the Missouri House late last week passed and sent to the Senate without further changes a bill regulating insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores. Earlier last week, the House rejected proposed...
Mo. House Rejects Governor’s Amendments to Credit-Based Score Legislation
Apr 18 2002 // The Missouri House rejected amendments pushed by Gov. Bob Holden April 15 that would have seriously impaired insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores. The House is expected to take a final vote later this week...
Cattle Loom Large on the Farm & Ranch Scene
Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own. Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...
Cattle Loom Large on the Farm & Ranch Scene
Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own. Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...
NAII Says Mo. Auto Insurance Surcharge Would Discriminate
Mar 28 2002 // A bill approved by a Missouri House committee that would impose a surcharge on auto insurance policies to finance a police chiefs and officers retirement fund is discriminatory, according to the National Association of...
Insurance Co. Says There’s no Cover in Mo. Pharmacist Case
Mar 22 2002 // A Kansas City, Mo. pharmacist accused of diluting chemotherapy drugs was sued by his insurance company, which is seeking exemption from liability in the more than 200 lawsuits filed by cancer patients and their relatives...
Mo. Committee Approves Credit-Based Score Bill After Adding ‘No Hit’ Provision
Mar 11 2002 // The state House Insurance Committee approved House Bill 1502 March 6 restricting the use of credit-based insurance scores in Missouri. The committee amended the bill to prohibit insurers from taking an adverse action...
NAII Claims Mo. Rule to License Adjusters after a Disaster Still Falls Short
Mar 6 2002 // A revised proposed state regulation on licensing insurance adjusters after a catastrophe again falls short of protecting Missouri consumers according to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII). NAII Counsel...
Mo. Makes Privacy Regulation Compliant with
Mar 1 2002 // The Missouri Insurance Department has modified its consumer privacy regulation to make it fully compliant with the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB) Act. National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) Counsel Ann Weber...
NAII Says Mo. Bill Imposes Burdensome Impediments
Feb 28 2002 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers, (NAII) Missouri House Bill 1821 would have a negative impact on consumers because of the burdensome impediments it imposes on insurers’ use of...
Midwest Governors Want $200 Million in Disaster Aid
Feb 21 2002 // The governors of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma requested almost $200 million in federal disaster aid to help recovery efforts after a January storm. Kansas and Oklahoma are seeking full federal relief; Missouri wants 90...
NAII Tells Mo. House Committee Scores Benefit Most Consumers
Feb 14 2002 // Insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores benefits most consumers because it makes insurance available to more consumers, at a lower cost according to the National Association of Independent Insurers...
Claims Expected to Pile up Like Snowdrifts in Midwest
Feb 6 2002 // Tens of thousands of residents of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri are still without power after ice storms crippled those states last week, and many thousands of residents are expected to begin filing claims for damage to...
Mo. Licensing Temporary Adjusters Would Impede Aid After Disasters
Feb 5 2002 // Although well-intentioned, a proposal to require the licensing of temporary insurance adjusters following a catastrophe is not needed and would impede assistance to consumers during their time of need according to the...
Missouri Governor Seeks Consumer Safeguards on Use of Credit Histories
Jan 29 2002 // The Missouri Department of Insurance (MDI) announced that Gov. Bob Holden is calling for greater consumer protection against using credit histories to deny insurance coverage or raise rates. In a package delivered to the...
Agents’ Credit-Based Insurance Score Bill Introduced in Missouri
Jan 25 2002 // A bill supported by some Missouri insurance agents that puts certain restrictions on how insurance companies use credit-based insurance scores has been introduced in the House. National Association of Independent Insurers...
Insurance Managers, Agents Named to Mo. Industry Advisory Panel
Jan 21 2002 // Missouri Department of Insurance Director Scott B. Lakin named eight insurance company executives and agents to the state agency’s first Industry Advisory Council. Lakin said although insurance industry lobbyists and...
RTW Making Closings Effective Jan. 31
Dec 12 2001 // RTW, Inc. announced that it is closing its Missouri and Massachusetts offices, effective Jan. 31, 2002. RTW employs 36 people between these two regional offices. RTW opened its St. Louis, Missouri office in 1996 and its...
