Agents Urge Caution on Changes to Missouri Work Comp Insurer
Thursday, April 5th, 2012 Legislation & Regulation Risk Management Workers' CompensationSome insurance agents are urging caution as Missouri lawmakers considered changes to a state-created workers’ compensation firm that has been criticized by the state auditor for taking advantage of a federal tax exemption while spending heavily on perks.Legislation already endorsed by a Senate committee would set up a special panel to study whether the 1993 law creating Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co. should be changed. The study represents a go-it-slow approach embraced by the company’s CEO as a better alternative to bills requiring the firm to be spun off as a new, purely private insurer.
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