Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Family Sues Over Worker Death at Missouri Sawmill
Jan 30 2020 // The family of a 38-year-old man who died after falling into a wood chipper at a St. Joseph sawmill is suing the manufacturer of the machine. The St. Joseph News-Press reports that the minor children of Joshua Hill allege...
Bayer Roundup Trial in Missouri Postponed as Settlement Talks Continue
Jan 27 2020 // Bayer AG said on Friday it has reached an agreement with plaintiffs’ lawyers to postpone a Missouri jury trial over allegations its popular weed killer Roundup causes cancer to provide room for negotiations to settle...
Branch Launches in Missouri, Offering Home, Auto Insurance
Jan 23 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based Branch has launched statewide in Missouri, offering home and auto insurance. Branch said using technology and automation it has developed a way to bundle home and auto insurance with just two...
Owner of Missouri Duck Boat Settles Final Lawsuit Over Deadly Sinking
Jan 21 2020 // The owner of a tourist duck boat that sank in a Missouri lake, killing 17 people, has settled its final pending lawsuit for an undisclosed amount. Thirty-one lawsuits have been filed against Ripley Entertainment since the...
Outlooks to Revised to Stable for Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance
Jan 14 2020 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from positive and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” of Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance Co....
Missouri City Sues Dairy, Alleging River Contamination
Jan 8 2020 // A southern Missouri city alleges in a lawsuit that a Dairy Farmers of America plant is regularly releasing untreated wastewater into a river. Cabool is seeking $1.2 million in reimbursement, claiming in the suit that it...
Better Flood Protection Needed in Missouri, Governor’s Advisory Group Says
Jan 3 2020 // Missouri’s levees need to be strengthened and repaired, especially in rural areas hit hard by prolonged flooding in 2019, according to an advisory group appointed by Gov. Mike Parson. St. Louis Public Radio reported...
Insurance Journal’s Top 10 Midwest Region Stories of 2019
Jan 2 2020 // The expanding legalization of marijuana in Midwest states captured the attention of Insurance Journal readers last year. Illinois became the 11th state to legalize recreational cannabis when Gov. J.B. Pritzker in June 2019...
Missouri Lawsuit: Bank Mismanaged Estate, Lost Artwork by Thomas Hart Benton
Dec 23 2019 // More than 100 pieces of art by the late Kansas City artist Thomas Hart Benton have been lost from an estate mismanaged by UMB Bank, according to a lawsuit filed in probate court by his family. The lawsuit claims UMB Bank...
Weather-Related Crashes Blamed on 5 Deaths in Missouri, Kansas
Dec 17 2019 // At least five people have died in weather-related crashes in Missouri and Kansas amid a storm that dumped nearly a foot of snow in places, forced schools to close their doors and snarled traffic, authorities said. The...
Missouri Court: City’s Insurer Must Pay Millions to Man in Homicide Case
Dec 12 2019 // The Missouri Court of Appeals has ruled that insurance providers for the city of Columbia must pay $5.3 million to a man who spent nearly a decade in prison before his conviction for killing a Columbia sports editor was...
Mylo in Missouri Names Tokarski Chief Operating Officer
Dec 12 2019 // Mylo in Kansas City, Mo., has named Belen Tokarski chief operating officer. Tokarski has served as senior vice president, chief of strategy – commercial lines since August. Tokarski has more than 20 years of...
Judge: 1851 Maritime Law Doesn’t Apply in Missouri Duck Boat Case
Dec 9 2019 // A federal judge has ruled that an 1851 maritime law does not protect a company from making payments to families of people aboard a tourist boat that sank on a Missouri lake, killing 17 people. After the July 2018 sinking...
Missouri Roofing Contractor Fined $205K for Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards
Dec 9 2019 // Federal workplace safety regulators have proposed just over $205,000 in penalties against a Missouri-based roofing contractor for exposing employees to fall hazards at three separate work sites. The U.S. Department of...
3 Policyholders Receive Safety First Grants from Missouri’s Safety National
Dec 9 2019 // St. Louis, Missouri-based Safety National, through its annual Safety First Grant Program, has awarded three policyholders for their creative risk control solutions. The first-place grant, in the amount of $10,000, was...
1.6% Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease Recommended for Missouri in 2020
Dec 5 2019 // The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance is recommending a 1.6 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance loss costs for 2020. This marks the sixth year in a row that average workers’...
Missouri Buying Earthquake Simulator to Increase Awareness of New Madrid Risk
Dec 4 2019 // Missouri emergency management officials are buying a $200,000 machine that will simulate an earthquake to prepare residents for a big temblor in a region where one of the most powerful earthquakes east of the Rocky...
Missouri Contractor Faces $210K in Penalties for Workplace Safety Hazards
Nov 26 2019 // Federal workplace safety officials have proposed $210,037 in penalties against a Missouri contractor protect employees from trench collapse and electrical hazards. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
Insurance Claims from Tornado in Missouri’s Jefferson City Exceed $170M
Nov 25 2019 // State insurance officials say Jefferson City, Missouri, residents made more than $170 million in insurance claims after a tornado hit the city on May 22. KMIZ reports Missouri Department of Insurance data shows insurers...
Risk Strategies Acquires Thomas McGee Group in Missouri
Nov 19 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Thomas McGee Group (TMG), a Missouri-based full-service brokerage with specialty capabilities for large accounts, group...
