Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mo. Goes Electronic to Enhance Speed-to-Market for all Insurance Lines
Aug 2 2007 // The Missouri Insurance Market Regulation Division announced recently that paper copies of life, health, property and casualty insurance filings will no longer be retained by the department. Effective Aug. 1, 2007, all...
Buker Named Mo. Workers’ Comp Director
Jul 30 2007 // Jeff Buker has been named as Missouri’s new workers’ compensation director, labor officials said. Buker has worked on various division projects in the past year and a half involving self-insurance and the...
Hawkeye-Security Insurance Named 2007 Top Partner by Mo. Agent Group
Jul 26 2007 // Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has been named 2007 Top Partner insurer by the Missouri Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA). The award was presented to President and Chief Executive Officer...
Mo. Rockhill Holdings Acquires Plaza Insurance
Jul 12 2007 // Rockhill Holdings recently announced the acquisition of Plaza Insurance Co. (PIC), formerly National Alliance Insurance Co. PIC is a Mo.-domiciled property/casualty insurer admitted in 38 jurisdictions. Initial lines of...
Declarations
Jul 2 2007 // Declarations Dangerous pooches “You never hear stories about roving packs of golden retrievers attacking children in our streets. … But you do hear about the pit bulls, who are responsible, according to...
Mo. Brown Smith Wallace Add Risk Services Financial Auditor
Jun 28 2007 // Brown Smith Wallace LLC recently announced that Derek Hudson has been named financial auditor in the risk management services practice. Hudson will assess the effectiveness of clients’ internal controls through...
Mo. Judge Overturns $17 Million Aftermarket Parts Verdict
Jun 26 2007 // A state judge has overturned a jury’s decision ordering American Family Mutual Insurance Co. to pay $17 million as part of a class-action lawsuit over aftermarket vehicle parts in Missouri. Jackson County Circuit...
Mo. Doctors’ Groups Plan Legal Action to Block Midwife Law
Jun 20 2007 // Legislation allowing midwives to deliver babies at home in Missouri will likely be challenged in court by doctors’ groups. The measure was approved by lawmakers in May as part of larger health insurance bill signed...
Truck Mechanical Problems Decline in Mo. Roadside Inspection Report
Jun 19 2007 // Roadside inspections found slightly fewer mechanical problems with tractor-trailers in Missouri last year, but the state still logs a higher percentage of flaws than Kansas or Oklahoma. Federal statistics show that just...
Mo. Supreme Court Rules Against St. Louis in Lead Paint Lawsuit
Jun 15 2007 // A divided Missouri Supreme Court ruled against the city of St. Louis on Tuesday in a fight over who should pay to clean up lead paint in homes. In a 4-3 unsigned opinion, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s...
Mo. Employers Paying Less to Cover Injured Workers
Jun 13 2007 // Two years after lawmakers tightened eligibility for benefits to injured workers, the insurance premiums businesses must pay to care for injured workers have dropped to 1994 levels. In 2005, Gov. Matt Blunt and the...
Governor Asks Mo. Workers’ Comp Director to Resign
Jun 11 2007 // The director of the Missouri state Workers’ Compensation Division said Friday that she was forced to resign, though she believes she had “done a terrific job.” Pat Secrest submitted her resignation on...
Aetna Buys Schaller Anderson Inc. for $535 Million
May 29 2007 // Aetna Inc. in Hartfors, Con. has agreed to buy a Phoenix-based company that manages health care for Medicaid plans and administers employers’ self-funded health plans. The Hartford-based insurer announced Thursday...
Corps of Engineers, Mo. Property Owners Assess Levee Damage
May 22 2007 // As floodwaters recede along the Missouri River bottoms, some areas remain at risk because their levees are broken. “The flood is not over for me if there’s still a hole in the levee,” said Tom Waters of...
2007 Property/Casualty State Specialist Insurers
May 21 2007 // 1 Brickstreet Mutual Insurance Co. WV 765,963 2 Texas Mutual Insurance Co. TX 743,095 3 Old American Cty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. TX 491,641 4 SAIF Corp. OR 449,794 5 Universal Property & Casualty...
Spring wildfires, floods wreak havoc from coast to coast
May 21 2007 // Nature’s fury made life miserable from one end of the United States to the other, with people forced out of their homes by wildfires near both coasts and the Canadian border and by major flooding in the Midwest. And...
News Currents
May 21 2007 // Spring wildfires, floods wreak havoc from coast to coast Inmates from the Georgia Department of Corrections use Class A foam and rakes Tuesday, May 1, 2007 to extinguish the remains of a fire in Waycross, Ga. As part of a...
Mo. Senator Loses Leadership Post After Sneaking Midwifery Into Health Bill
May 17 2007 // A state senator got stripped of his committee chairmanship this week after sneaking contentious language legalizing lay midwifery into a health insurance bill passed by the House and Senate. Sen. John Loudon defended his...
Mo. Lawmakers Pass Legislation to Expand Heath Coverage
May 14 2007 // Some of the roughly 700,000 Missourians lacking health insurance could find it a little more affordable to get. But people who don’t pay their medical bills could lose their state income tax refunds under legislation...
Mo. Levees Key to Preventing More Flooding, National Guard Mobilized
May 11 2007 // Floodwaters continued to rise across northwest and central Missouri, inundating small towns like Bigelow and shutting down businesses from Chillicothe to Platte County. The National Weather Service said it expected parts...
