Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jury Says J&J Should Pay Record $4.7 Billion in Talc Cancer Case
Jul 13 2018 // A Missouri jury on Thursday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $4.69 billion to 22 women who alleged the company’s talc-based products, including its baby powder, contain asbestos and caused them to...
Rising Missouri River Impacting North Dakota Marinas
Jul 10 2018 // Rising water levels in the Missouri River are impacting Bismarck, N.D., marina businesses that have had to deal with inundated docks and problems with power. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers increased water releases in...
Injury on Missouri Waterslide Highlights Lax Regulation
Jul 10 2018 // No Missouri government officials conducted a safety inspection of a new waterslide at Six Flags St. Louis before a woman said she suffered whiplash in June from the force of the “Typhoon Twister” that featured...
Woman Injured in Explosion at Missouri Pyrotechnics Plant
Jul 5 2018 // An employee has been seriously injured in an explosion at a pyrotechnics plant in southwest Missouri. KSPR-TV reports that a fire subsequently broke out on July 3 at the AM Pyrotechnics plant in Pleasant Hope, which...
Survey: As Trade Fears Mount, Economic Growth Slows in Midwest
Jul 3 2018 // Business remains strong in nine Midwest and Plains states, but a new monthly survey suggests growth is slowing as concerns about trade and tariffs increase. The region’s overall economic index decreased to 61.8 in...
Sisters Reach $1M Settlement in Suit Against Missouri Bar, Bouncers
Jul 2 2018 // Two sisters have reached a $1 million settlement in a lawsuit that alleged they were handcuffed to the wall of a Kansas City bar and battered because bouncers wrongly thought they had used a counterfeit $50 bill. The...
$55M J&J Talc-Powder Verdict Tossed by Missouri Appeals Court
Jul 2 2018 // A Missouri appeals court on June 29 threw out a $55 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit by a woman who claimed she developed ovarian cancer after using its talc-based products, including...
Missouri Bill Exempts Some Commercial Insurance From Rate Filing Requirement
Jul 2 2018 // Missouri’s General Assembly has passed, and the governor has signed, a bill that exempts some commercial insurance policies and endorsements from rate filing requirements. The legislative summary of SB 594 states...
Missouri Brewing Company Wins Trademark Lawsuit Brought by Maine Brewer
Jun 28 2018 // A judge has ruled in favor of a Missouri-based brewery in a lawsuit alleging the company copied the name and can design of a Maine-based brewery’s signature export ale. U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughrey ruled in...
Missouri’s Thomas Insurance Advisors Adds Johnson as Insurance Broker
Jun 25 2018 // Thomas Insurance Advisors in Chesterfield, Missouri, has hired Travis Johnson as an insurance broker. Johnson will provide specialized insurance products and services to small and mid-sized businesses. He also will handle...
Missouri Exempts Some Commercial Insurance Policies from Rate Filing Rules
Jun 25 2018 // Missouri’s General Assembly has passed, and the governor has signed, a bill that exempts some commercial insurance policies and endorsements from rate filing requirements. The summary of SB 594 on the legislative...
State Farm to Cut Auto Insurance Rates in Missouri
Jun 20 2018 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. plans to lower auto insurance rates rates in Missouri by 3 percent overall. The company said the total statewide savings for all State Farm customers affected by this rate...
Missouri’s GM Peters Agency Joins Agency Partnership, CAA
Jun 19 2018 // Combined Agents of America (CAA) is expanding its presence in Missouri with the addition of GM Peters Agency, based in Liberty, Missouri. Current owners Shane Davolt and Peggy Marrs acquired the agency in 1999, however, GM...
Missouri Jury Orders Rams to Pay $12.5M for Reggie Bush Injury
Jun 14 2018 // A jury in St. Louis on Tuesday ordered the NFL’s Rams to pay former running back Reggie Bush $12.5 million for a severe knee injury he suffered in 2015, the team’s final season in St. Louis before moving to Los...
Insurance Group of St. Charles County Hires Wies as Sales Producer
Jun 13 2018 // Missouri-based Insurance Group of St. Charles County has hired Brian Wies as a sales producer. Wies will generate leads and develop new business, as well as handle renewals and oversee existing accounts in the...
Malone Joins Missouri’s POWERS Insurance and Risk Management
Jun 6 2018 // POWERS Insurance and Risk Management, based in St. Louis, Missouri, has added Jacki Malone as commercial lines account manager. Malone is responsible for the ongoing management of commercial clients, retaining new and...
Holland Joins Missouri’s Kelly Probert Insurance Agency
May 31 2018 // Kelly Probert Insurance Agency in Webb City, Missouri, has hired Debra Holland as producer. She will identify and develop insurance prospects, design insurance plans, and recommend coverages to new and existing...
Missouri Employers Mutual Awards $800K in Workplace Safety Grants
May 22 2018 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Missouri Employers Mutual has awarded the company’s fourth round of safety grants to Missouri businesses this month to help them take the next step toward improving workplace...
People
May 21 2018 // Kansas City-based independent insurance broker, Lockton, named Said Taiym executive vice president and chief digital officer. Taiym will focus on digital innovation and new technologies to help Lockton. He most recently...
Seeman Holtz P&C Acquires First Choice Insurance Agency in Missouri
May 15 2018 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc., based in Boca Raton, Florida has acquired First Choice Insurance Agency Inc., headquartered in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. First Choice Insurance has been serving the Poplar Bluff,...
