by admin | Dec 7, 2001 | Crime / Courts
A Cole County Circuit Court Judge has authorized a final 2001 payment of $280-Million to claim holders of the defunct Transit Casualty Insurance Company, bringing the total payments to date in the case to more than $1-Billion. Transit went into receivership in 1985....
by admin | Dec 6, 2001 | Health / Medicine
Missouri’s Director of Insurance is considering some ideas for dealing with the problem of rapidly rising health insurance costs. Insurance Director Scott Lakin says it’s clear some Missourians simply can’t afford the full cost of health insurance,...
by admin | Dec 5, 2001 | Health / Medicine
A State senate committee has begun public hearings into the escalating costs of health insurance. The cost of insuring employees in Missouri and throughout the country is rising at a rapid rate. The panel heard from business owners who expressed concerns about the...
by admin | Nov 28, 2001 | Crime / Courts
Missouri’s Insurance Director is warning that worries within the insurance industry about covering losses due to terrorism could hurt the state’s economy. September 11th shook the insurance industry, with many insurers so worried about catastrophic losses...
by admin | Nov 2, 2001 | News
Missouri Director of Insurance Scott Lakin worries that insurance companies might use the terrorist attacks on September 11th as an excuse to raise rates. Lakin recently attended a conference held by The National Association of Insurance Commissioners in Washington,...
