Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Missouri at Highest Risk for Fires from Drought
Jul 19 2012 // The drought has spread across much of the country, creating extreme fire risks. But no place is more at risk than Missouri. The National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska rates Missouri’s fire...
Missouri Gas Stations Operational After Securing Insurance for Underground Storage Tanks
Jul 13 2012 // Three gas stations in Missouri that were shut down by the state’s attorney general for operating without insurance coverage for their underground storage tanks are back in business after purchasing...
Ex-Missouri Gov. Wilson Gets Probation for Improper Campaign Payment
Jul 10 2012 // Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson has been sentenced to two years of probation for misusing money to make political donations. Wilson, a 63-year-old Democrat, pleaded guilty in April to one count of misdemeanor campaign...
Corn Belt Fears Large Crop Loss from Heat Wave, Drought Conditions
Jul 9 2012 // Fears are rising that grain crops in the core of the U.S. Corn Belt – the top corn-producing region in the world – will suffer big losses that are already causing farmers to plow up fields in other regions of...
Mathewson Joins Lockton Risk Management Team in St. Louis, Missouri
Jul 5 2012 // Lockton St. Louis announced the addition of Jim Mathewson, senior vice president, to its Risk Management team. In his new position, Mathewson will be responsible for working directly with clients to provide strategic...
Co-Owner of Missouri-Based US Fidelis Pleads Guilty in Federal Case
Jun 20 2012 // For the second time in four days, the former co-owner of a once prominent marketer of auto service contracts has pleaded guilty. Cory Atkinson of Lake St. Louis, Mo., on June 18 pleaded guilty to federal charges including...
Wife of Slain Missouri Insurance Agent Gets 8 Years in Spouse’s Death
Jun 19 2012 // A Missouri woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for helping plan her husband’s murder with the church pastor who was her lover. Her husband, David Stone, was an insurance agent. Forty-year-old Teresa...
3 Dead After Strong Storm in Southern Missouri
Jun 6 2012 // A man and his two adult sons died when a sudden, powerful storm slammed into a mobile home in southeast Missouri, officials said as weather officials began to investigate if the damage was caused by a tornado or straight...
Feet of Sand Leave Midwest Farms Wasteland After Flooding
Jun 5 2012 // Mason Hansen guns his pickup and cranks the steering wheel to spin through sand up to 4 feet high, but this is no day at the beach. Hanson once grew corn and soybeans in the sandy wasteland in western Iowa, and his...
Missouri Session Ends with Some of Business ‘6’ Fixed
Jun 4 2012 // Despite repeated attempts during two legislative sessions, the Republicans who control Missouri’s General Assembly have passed only part of the six-point, pro-business agenda outlined by the state’s main...
Business Moves – Midwest
Jun 4 2012 // SIAA, Thomas Insurance Group The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance has signed its 4,000th member agency, the Thomas Insurance Group of Cape Girardeau, Mo. Recruited by master agency Valley Insurance Agency Alliance of...
Missouri Issues Warning About Agent Barred from Insurance Business
Jun 1 2012 // The Missouri Department of Insurance says it has received reports that an agent previously barred from the insurance business has been selling policies illegally. The department revoked the insurance license of former...
Missouri County Passes Copper Theft Ordinance
May 31 2012 // A new law in St. Louis County, Mo., addresses the frequent theft of copper, catalytic converters and air conditioner parts. The St. Louis County Council unanimously passed the measure that seeks to restrict the purchase...
After Joplin Tornado, Town Looked Like a War Zone, Adjusters Say
May 22 2012 // “One of the eeriest things was … the lack of noise. There were no birds. There was no sound. There was no vegetation. There was nothing. There were no dogs. There were no cars. It was just mounds of rubble,”...
No Changes Made for Missouri Injured Worker Fund
May 22 2012 // Missouri’s financially troubled fund for injured workers will get no relief from the state Legislature for at least another year. The state Second Injury Fund takes businesses off the hook for paying the claims of...
Thousands in St. Louis, Missouri, Area Claim Hail Damage
May 21 2012 // The number of insurance claims resulting from the damaging hail storm that struck the St. Louis region in late April could top 100,000. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the region’s two largest insurance...
Joplin, Missouri: One Year Later
May 21 2012 // After the Tornado, Town Looked Like a War Zone, Adjusters Say “One of the eeriest things was … the lack of noise. There were no birds. There was no sound. There was no vegetation. There was nothing. There were...
Missouri Insurance Regulators Recover $2M in First Quarter
May 21 2012 // The Missouri Department of Insurance reported that it has recovered more than $2 million to consumers in first quarter of 2012. Health insurance and claim denial are the major sources of complaints, the department...
Missouri’s Vetoes, Overrides
May 21 2012 // Missouri’s legislature and its governor have been back and forth so far this year on legislation that would effect changes in the state’s workers’ compensation system. Among them, bills that would prevent...
A Year after Joplin Tornadoes, $2.16B in Insurance Claims Paid
May 18 2012 // The tornado that swept through Joplin, Mo., on May 22, 2011, has generated $2.16 billion in insurance claims payouts to Missouri policyholders, according to an Insurance Information Institute analysis of data from...
