by admin | Nov 1, 2001 | News
A large provider of workers compensation in Missouri has been told to stop selling new policies or renewing existing policies in Missouri. Reliance Insurance Companies has had financial difficulties for some time now, and the state of Pennsylvania, which had taken...
by admin | Jun 21, 2001 | Politics / Govt
The new Director of the Department of Insurance wants to see the department going in a new direction. Scot Lakin says he wants to listen before he acts. He’s held the first of three public forums with insurance companies and consumers. He believed the...
by admin | May 8, 2001 | Health / Medicine
A proposed law forcing health insurance companies to pay claims within sixty days is creating a dispute in the Senate between the insurance industry and the health care industry. Doctors and hospitals say insurance companies are delaying payment of claims so the...
by admin | Mar 19, 2001 | Health / Medicine, Politics / Govt
The new man in charge of the State Insurance Department thinks it’s time some attitudes about health care change. Scott Lakin was an insurance agent for twenty years. For eight years he was a member of the Missouri House, representing a district in Kansas City....
by admin | Feb 15, 2001 | Health / Medicine
Legislation forcing insurance companies to loosen restrictions on common women’s medical care has been filed in both the House and Senate. Representative Joan Barry of St. Louis sponsors the bill that mandates direct access to an OB/GYN. The bill also mandates...
