Latest Missouri Headlines
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650,000 Residential Properties Hit by Severe Hail in Central US Storms
Mar 20 2024 // A severe convective storm system spawned softball-sized hail and destructive tornadoes across the central U.S. last week, leaving meteorologists to speculate if warmer winter weather is behind the storm outbreak. As parts...
Storm Carrying Massive ‘Gorilla Hail’ Hits Parts of Kansas and Missouri
Mar 15 2024 // Massive chunks of hail pelted parts of Kansas and Missouri on Wednesday night, bringing traffic to a standstill along Interstate 70, as storms unleashed possible tornadoes and meteorologists urged residents to stay...
Missouri Captive Gross Written Premium Up 142%
Mar 14 2024 // The Missouri Captive Insurance industry increased its gross written premium by 142% in 2023, the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) reported. The amount of written premiums in 2022 were $3,543,681,320 vs....
Brawner Acquires Missouri’s Armstrong
Mar 13 2024 // Brawner Insurance Agency recently acquired Armstrong Insurance, a four-year-old agency serving Northeast Missouri. Brawner Insurance owner Jared Brawner will continue to serve as president and hired Jake Bunker as Sales...
Missouri Man, Woman Sentenced in $1.1M Insurance Fraud Scheme
Mar 8 2024 // Two Columbia, Missouri residents were sentenced in federal court on March 6 for their roles in a $1.1 million insurance fraud scheme that involved false claims of injuries suffered in faked car accidents. Michael Lee Gene...
Berkshire Unit Added to Lawsuit Over Inflated Real Estate Commissions
Mar 5 2024 // A unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway was added on Monday to a lawsuit accusing the National Association of Realtors and several brokerages of conspiring to keep real estate commissions artificially high...
Missouri DCI Highlights Cost, Lack of Earthquake Coverage in High-Risk Areas
Feb 15 2024 // The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) issued an Earthquake Survey in December 2023 that shows a lack of understanding about risk and insurance coverage is a problem, while the cost and lack of available...
Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance Returns Over $27M to Consumers
Jan 24 2024 // Missouri consumers had more than $27.5 million returned from their insurance companies in 2023, the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) announced. The amount returned to Missouri consumers was a result of...
Missouri City to Pay $2.9M Settlement Over Excessive Traffic Fines and Unfair Jailing
Jan 5 2024 // ST. LOUIS (AP) – A Missouri city will pay nearly $3 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of violating the constitutional rights of residents by jailing them and forcing them to pay fines and fees amounting to millions...
Top Midwest Insurance Journal Stories of 2023
Dec 29 2023 // Insurance Journal Midwest readers in 2023 gravitated to stories on multi-million dollar rulings, policy language disputes and failing mutual insurance companies. Readers were also interested in the fallout of the East...
Missouri Urgent Care Chain Settles for $9.1M Over False Claims for COVID-19 Testing
Dec 27 2023 // ST. LOUIS (AP) – One of the largest urgent care chains in Missouri will pay $9.1 million to settle allegations that the company submitted false claims for medical services, including COVID-19 testing. The U.S. Attorney`s...
Missouri County Agrees to $1.2 Million Settlement Over Inmate Restraint Chair Death
Dec 18 2023 // Missouri`s second-largest county will pay a $1.2 million settlement to the parents of a 21-year-old man with mental health concerns who, according to a lawsuit, screamed “I can`t breathe” as he was subdued by...
Missouri’s Denali Specialty Expands Investor Property Program to Include Student Housing
Dec 13 2023 // Denali, a wholesale insurance specialist, announced that its Investor Property Program has grown to include student housing. The expansion of Denali’s package insurance for investor properties is well timed. Limited...
Missouri Employers Will See Reduced Workers’ Compensation Rates in 2024
Nov 30 2023 // The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance said that employers should see a reduction in workers’ compensation rates in 2024, the third straight year of declining rates. The NCCI recently proposed an overall...
Missouri’s Cameron Mutual Placed Into Liquidation
Nov 21 2023 // Cameron Mutual Insurance Company has been placed into court-supervised liquidation effective December 1, 2023, the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) announced. Chlora Lindley-Myers, Director of the...
Bayer Ordered to Pay $1.56B in Latest Trial Loss Over Roundup Weedkiller
Nov 20 2023 // A Missouri jury ordered Bayer to pay $1.56 billion to four plaintiffs who claimed the company’s Roundup weedkiller caused injuries including cancer, a verdict that could intensify investor pressure on the German...
Missouri Manufacturer Agrees to Settle Discrimination Suit
Nov 1 2023 // Tapco Inc, a manufacturer and molder of farm equipment in Bridgeton, Missouri, agreed to conciliate two federal discrimination charges alleging sexual harassment and constructive discharge with the U.S. Equal Employment...
Mother Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Shuttered Missouri Boarding School Over Son’s Abuse and Suicide
Oct 25 2023 // MISSION, Kan. (AP) – A mother is suing a shuttered Christian boarding school in Missouri, blaming her son’s death on a gang rape and other abuse he endured there. Agape Boarding School has been subjected to a wave...
Inszone Acquires Missouri’s DeVoy
Oct 11 2023 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of DeVoy Insurance Group, a well-established insurance agency deeply rooted in the community of Brookfield, Missouri. DeVoy Insurance Group is run by Blake DeVoy, whose...
VIAA Adds Two Missouri Agencies to Commercial Marketing Pod Program
Sep 25 2023 // Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of more than 160 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois, recently welcomed two alliance agencies to its members-only Commercial Marketing pod...
