June 25, 2014
The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that producers can now print their licenses and educational transcripts on demand through the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) online State Based Systems (SBS). Producers also can update their email addresses and find …
April 15, 2014
The Missouri Department of Insurance appointed two veteran regulators to key leadership posts. Carrie Couch has been named the acting director of the Consumer Affairs Division and William Leung has joined the Division of Insurance Company Regulation as the life …
March 6, 2014
The Missouri Department of Insurance announced it returned $16.1 million to consumers in 2013 after they filed a complaint against their insurance company. Record recoveries were recorded in 2011 when several natural disasters struck, including the Joplin tornado. The second-highest …
January 21, 2014
The Missouri Department of Insurance has approved two Switzerland-based reinsurers, Swiss Reinsurance Co. Ltd. and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Ltd., as certified reinsurers in Missouri. The Swiss reinsurers are Missouri’s first certified reinsurers approved under House Bill 133, which took …
January 6, 2014
The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that two veteran financial regulators have been appointed to new positions for the start of 2014. Leslie Nehring was appointed acting chief financial examiner for the Division of Insurance Company Regulation and John Rehagen …
January 2, 2014
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) presented Fred Heese, director of the Missouri Division of Insurance Company Regulation and the state’s chief financial examiner, with the Robert Dineen Award, the Missouri Department of Insurance announced. Heese is the first …
December 24, 2013
The Missouri Department of Insurance is recommending a 10.1 percent increase in workers’ compensation loss costs for next year, a lower increase than that suggested by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. The NCCI had recommended an 11.6 percent increase …
November 13, 2013
The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that consumers who filed complaints against their insurance companies received an additional $12.8 million in claim payments in the first three quarters of 2013. The recoveries already surpass last year’s annual amount of $11 …
October 24, 2013
The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that Julie Lederer has joined the department as the appointed Missouri property/casualty actuary. Lederer will support the Divisions of Insurance Company Regulation and Insurance Market Regulation. The Notre Dame graduate previously served as a …
August 23, 2013
Consumers who filed complaints with the Missouri Department of Insurance received $10.1 million in additional claim payments from their insurance companies in the first half of 2013, the department said. That’s nearly twice the amount consumers received at this time …