Missouri Asks AIA to Launch Check of Closed Funds

Nineteen states have shut down their Second Injury Funds since 1992, the American Insurance Association on Thursday told a panel of state lawmakers who are considering making their state No. 20. An interim committee of the Missouri Legislature enlisted the help of the AIA to track decisions by other states to close their Second Injury Funds. At the second meeting of the Interim Committee on the Second Injury Fund, the insurance group told lawmakers Thursday that New York and Arkansas agreed to close their funds in legislative actions this year, following 17 other states that have taken s...