Legislators Look Twice at Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Issues
The Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Company (MEM) was founded in 1993 by state law. MEM is a public corporation whose responsibility is to provide worker’s compensation insurance to employers who cannot get the appropriate amount of insurance on the regular market. However, recent management issues and board director misdeeds have prompted some of Missouri’s state senators to take a second look at the organization, questioning whether it is still fulfilling its intended purpose.
The Senate’s inquiry comes after two board members resigned their positions at MEM in the face of federal investigations of their non-MEM-related business practices. Although none of the suspected misbehavior the federal investigations uncovered appeared to be related to MEM or its work, the state Senate has scheduled an April 15 hearing to get a clearer view of how MEM is providing worker’s compensation insurance to employers and whether injured workers are getting the proper benefits from MEM plans.
Missouri requires most employers to have worker’s compensation insurance. This insurance provides payments if a worker is injured on the job, including payments for medical bills and amounts to cover lost wages while the worker recovers. MEM’s original purpose was to make it easier to certain employers to get the worker’s compensation insurance they need to protect employees when an injury occurs.
If you’ve been injured on the job, you may be entitled to worker’s compensation payments, but employer procrastination or insurance company runaround can make it hard to determine whether you’ve gotten the proper payments. The experienced Missouri worker’s compensation attorneys at Page Law can help you get the compensation you deserve, so you can focus on healing. Call us today at 314-322-8515 for a free and confidential consultation.
