Latest Missouri Headlines

All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.

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...