Latest Missouri Headlines
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Burton Joins Missouri’s Wiley Insurance Agency
Mar 14 2018 // Wiley Insurance Agency in West Plains, Mo., has hired Melissa Burton as customer service representative/agent. Burton will write policies and enter information into the agency’s management system for new and existing...
Missouri House Passes Bill Aimed at Limiting Asbestos Lawsuit Awards
Mar 12 2018 // The Missouri House has passed legislation to change the rules for lawsuits over asbestos exposure, an effort praised by supporters as a way to stop plaintiffs from being overcompensated but criticized by others as limiting...
Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Acquires Self Insurance in Missouri
Mar 8 2018 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc., headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, has acquired a Sikeston, Missouri-based agency, Tri-Star of Sikeston Inc., doing business as Self Insurance. Now led by Brian Self, the...
Missouri’s Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Adds 4 Team Members
Mar 2 2018 // St. Louis, Missouri-based Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), with 100 independent insurance agency members in Missouri and Illinois, recently hired four new employees. Clinton Mudd and Michael Thornton will serve as...
Tyson Ordered to Pay $2M for Causing Missouri Fish Kill
Mar 1 2018 // Tyson Foods Inc.’s poultry subsidiary has been ordered to pay a $2 million fine for discharges from a southwest Missouri plant that caused a fish kill. The U.S. Justice Department announced that Tyson also must pay...
Ohio, Missouri Insurance Departments Return Tens of Millions in Claims Payouts to Consumers
Feb 19 2018 // The Ohio Department of Insurance helped recover $30.4 million for insureds in 2017 and the Missouri Department of Insurance helped consumers receive an extra $16.8 million in claims payments last year, insurance regulators...
Report: Lawsuit Settlements Cost Missouri Taxpayers $23M in 2017
Feb 7 2018 // Lawsuits against the state of Missouri cost taxpayers at least $23 million last year, according to a new report from Attorney General Josh Hawley. A year-end report from Hawley, a Republican, showed that 16 of the 45 major...
2 Dead After more than 100 Vehicles Crash on Icy Missouri Roads
Feb 6 2018 // Authorities say at least two people have died in a series of crashes involving more than 100 vehicles on snowy and icy Missouri highways. The Kansas City Star says the series of wrecks began around 2 p.m. Sunday, with the...
Missouri’s Safety National Casualty Announces Management Changes
Feb 6 2018 // St. Louis, Missouri-based Safety National Casualty Corp. is implementing changes to its executive and upper management structure that will become effective on April 1, 2018. Gene Maier, executive vice president and chief...
Missouri Department of Insurance Helps Return $16.8M to Consumers
Feb 5 2018 // Missouri consumers received an additional $16.8 million from their insurance companies in 2017 with the help of the Missouri Department of Insurance’s Consumer Affairs Division and Market Conduct Section. The...
Missouri’s Panera Bread Recalls Some Cream Cheese
Jan 30 2018 // St. Louis, Mo.-based Panera Bread Co. is voluntarily recalling some cream cheese sold in its U.S. stores because of possible bacterial contamination. The St. Louis-based company released a statement Sunday saying the...
Insurance Education Scholarships Available for Missouri Students
Jan 23 2018 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that high school seniors and college students who are Missouri residents are eligible to apply for Missouri Insurance Education Foundation (MIEF) scholarships. The deadline is...
Missouri’s Mike Keith Insurance Joins Keystone Insurers Group
Jan 9 2018 // Mike Keith Insurance of Clinton, Missouri, has joined Keystone Insurers Group, becoming the partnership’s eleventh agency member in Missouri. The Mike Keith agency has four offices located throughout West Central...
2018 Insurance Industry Meetings & Events Directory
Jan 8 2018 // CIWA Industry Days Jan 8-10 Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines La Jolla, Calif. California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) Contact: Thomas Shovlin, thomas@ciwa.net The 19th Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference Jan...
Labor, Lawsuits on Agenda in 2018 for Missouri GOP Lawmakers
Jan 4 2018 // The Republican-controlled Missouri Legislature is looking to complete some unfinished business in the 2018 session that began on Wednesday, including efforts to further regulate unions and enact more restrictions on...
Missouri Governor Backs Workers’ Comp Boost for Firefighters
Dec 22 2017 // Missouri lawmakers should make it easier for firefighters to get workers’ compensation, Gov. Eric Greitens said during a visit to the St. Louis Fire Academy. The bill by Republican Rep. Nick Schroer would make...
Outlooks Revised to Positive for Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance
Dec 21 2017 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “bbb-” of Missouri Valley...
Name Change at Missouri’s Powers Insurance Reflects Risk Management Focus
Dec 19 2017 // What’s in a name? When St. Louis-based Powers Insurance and Benefits changed its name in August to Powers Insurance & Risk Management, it was a strategic move that had been in the works for several years,...
Businesses to Receive Workplace Safety Grants from Missouri Employers Mutual
Dec 18 2017 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Missouri Employers Mutual (MEM), has announced a third round of safety grant recipients after awarding safety grants to 37 Missouri businesses previously. Safety grants help Missouri...
Missouri at ‘High-Risk’ for Deer/Vehicle Accidents
Dec 18 2017 // Insurance companies have classified Missouri as one of three states deemed “high-risk” for deer collisions. The other two states considered “high-risk” are Arkansas and Kansas according to State...
