Latest Missouri Headlines
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Missouri DOI Returns Nearly $6M to Consumers in First Half of 2009
Jul 2 2009 // Consumers who filed complaints with the Missouri Department of Insurance received $5.9 million from insurance companies during the first half of 2009, the department has reported. The money was returned as a result of the...
Missouri Court Temporarily Blocks Workers’ Comp Judge Firings
Jul 1 2009 // A Missouri court has temporarily blocked the firing of three administrative law judges who decide workers’ compensation cases. The judges were to be laid off by the July 1 start of the new fiscal year. But Cole...
Real Estate Malpractice Insurance Operating at a Loss in Missouri
Jul 1 2009 // The real estate malpractice insurance line of business has operated at a loss over the last decade, according to a report recently released by the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional...
Indiana Joins Missouri in Banning New Business from Universal Casualty
Jun 19 2009 // Indiana has ordered Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based auto insurance company Universal Casualty Company (UCC) to stop writing new policies in the state until the company can demonstrate “improved business...
Earthquake Monitors Headed to Midwest
Jun 18 2009 // More than 40 earthquake recording stations will be placed around the state and in Iowa as part of a federal initiative overseen by Missouri University of Science and Technology. The seismic monitors join another 400...
Insurer Complaint Data Released by Missouri Insurance Department
Jun 16 2009 // The Missouri Department of Insurance’s annual complaint index report has been posted at the department’s Web site, insurance.mo.gov, under the Information About Insurers section. Users can search more than...
Missouri Insurance Department Names Two New Division Leaders
Jun 12 2009 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has appointed two veteran insurance regulators to division director positions. Mary Kempker has been name to direct the Market Regulation Division. Kempker has worked at the department...
Former Gov. New CEO of Missouri Workers’ Compensation Insurer
Jun 3 2009 // Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson has taken over as acting president and CEO of Missouri Employers Mutual. Wilson began May 31 as the leader of the workers’ compensation firm that employs more than 200 people in...
Former Owner of Tannery Being Sued Admits Chromium 6 Was Used
May 27 2009 // The former owner of a St. Joseph, Mo., tannery that is being sued over health concerns acknowledged that the plant used a cancer-causing chemical, but he said the tanning process posed no danger to the public. The former...
Heffernan Opens Wrap Up Insurance Solutions in Missouri
May 26 2009 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers has appointed Brian Billhartz, Larry Jackson and Cindie Allscheid to establish a new office in Chesterfield, Mo. – Wrap Up Insurance Solutions. Wrap Up Insurance Solutions is a full...
Missouri DOT Urges Governor to Veto Repeal of Motorcycle Helmet Law
May 21 2009 // Missouri Transportation Director Pete Rahn says legislation repealing the state’s motorcycle helmet law for adults “makes no sense” and that Gov. Jay Nixon should veto it. Lawmakers during their annual...
Missouri Insurance Agents Honored With Trusted Choice Award
May 20 2009 // Trusted Choice has awarded the inaugural Dan Fulwider Award for Community Involvement to Kevin and Kathy Flynn of K. Flynn Insurance Agency in Troy, Mo., the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America...
Spring Storms Tear Up Midwest, Claim 3 Lives in Missouri
May 15 2009 // Citizens in four Midwestern states are cleaning up after violent storms killed three people in northern Missouri, damaged hundreds of homes and left thousands without power. Authorities reported at least two tornadoes...
Missouri Lawmakers Revise Fire Marshal Inspection Rule
May 14 2009 // Legislation easing the burden on the Missouri fire marshal to conduct fire safety inspections at long-term care facilities won final approval. The measure partially revises a law enacted after a November 2006 fire killed...
Cleanup Begins After Midwest Storms Kill 6
May 11 2009 // Residents of the Midwest began clearing away wreckage May 9 following a wave of powerful storms that splintered homes, knocked out power to thousands and killed six people. Hundreds of homes and businesses were damaged or...
Missouri Becomes Latest State to Require Fire-Safe Cigarettes
May 7 2009 // Missouri has become the latest state to join a national movement in requiring cigarettes to be self-extinguishing. The Missouri House voted 137-16 on May 5 to give final approval to legislation that requires the special...
$17M Jury Award Against American Family Mutual Reinstated
May 6 2009 // A Missouri appeals court has reinstated a $17 million jury award in a class action lawsuit against American Family Mutual Insurance Co. over aftermarket vehicle parts. The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District...
Heavy Rain Causing Missouri Flooding
May 1 2009 // Residents in several river towns in Missouri are anxiously watching the weather over the next few days, now that recent rains have already caused minor to moderate flooding. Parts of northeast and central Missouri got up...
New Suit Filed in Missouri Over Chemical in Farmland Sludge
Apr 24 2009 // Farmers in four northwest Missouri counties may have unwittingly dumped millions of pounds of carcinogen-laced sludge on their fields, which may be linked to a rash of brain tumors in the area, environmental activist Erin...
Missouri Senate Scales Back Uninsured Driver Crackdown
Apr 23 2009 // Missouri senators have scaled back an effort to force people to get car insurance by limiting how much uninsured drivers could collect in court. A bill increasing the penalty for creating a fake insurance card received...
