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 representatives abound in the Missouri capital of Jefferson City, he hopes the panel “will help improve the department’s communication with the day-to-day managers of the state’s largest insurers.” He added that improved communications with managers should help consumers and companies alike.
The industry council will complement the department’s first consumer advisory council, which Lakin appointed earlier.
The initial appointees represent companies with among the largest market shares in Missouri for property and casualty, accident and health, HMO and workers compensation lines. The agents include an agency owner from greater St. Louis with a high-volume property and casualty business, another from Kansas City focusing on life and health coverage and a third from rural Missouri offering full lines.
Named to the new MDI Industry Advisory Council were: Frank DiTirro, M.D., chief medical officer and senior vice president of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City; Roy Goldman, Chesterfield, vice president and chief financial officer of Mercy Health Plans, an HMO that operates in three states and has significant shares of the St. Louis and Springfield markets; Barry Kelly, Columbia, general manager of Missouri Employers General Agency, a subsidiary of Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co., the state’s largest workers compensation insurer; Gary D. Myers, Columbia, vice president of administration, Shelter Insurance Cos.; Marilyn Schweitzer, Kansas City, owner of Schweitzer & Associates, an insurance agency; Brent Speight, Montgomery City, owner of Scott Insurance Agency; Troy Turner, Columbia, head of Missouri auto claims and underwriting operations for State Farm Insurance; and Mollie Wells, Maryland Heights, owner of Wells Insurance Group.
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