Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NAMIC Legislators of the Year from Indiana, Missouri
Oct 5 2015 // Missouri Rep. Don Gosen and Indiana Rep. Matt Lehman were named Legislators of the Year for the 2015 legislative session by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies. Gosen is chairman of the Missouri House...
5 Veteran Missouri Insurance Regulators Appointed to New Roles
Sep 27 2015 // Missouri Department of Insurance Director John M. Huff has appointed five veteran regulators to new and expanded leadership roles. Angela Nelson, director of the Market Regulation Division, has been tasked with the...
Missouri High Court Rules against Chiefs in Age Discrimination Suit
Sep 24 2015 // The Missouri Supreme Court has given fresh life to a lawsuit that claims the Kansas City Chiefs fired an older maintenance manager because of his age. In vacating a Jackson County jury’s decision that the club...
Tornadoes Damage Homes Along Kansas/Missouri Border
Sep 21 2015 // A pair of tornadoes along the Kansas-Missouri border with speeds of up to about 110 mph damaged homes and caused minor injuries, officials said. The first twister touched down around 6:30 p.m. Friday about 40 miles south...
Missouri Fines Insurer Safe Auto for Alleged Violations
Sep 21 2015 // Missouri motorists insured by Safe Auto may receive a refund or credit following a market conduct examination conducted by the Missouri Department of Insurance. The department said the auto insurer failed to provide...
Missouri Fire Department Settles Same-Sex Benefits Lawsuit
Sep 15 2015 // A small southwest Missouri fire department has settled a lawsuit with the American Civil Liberties Union and a former fire captain who was seeking benefits for her same-sex wife. Fire Capt. Andi Mooneyham and the ACLU sued...
Missouri Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates Expected to Drop
Sep 14 2015 // Missouri businesses could see another drop in workers’ compensation insurance premiums next year. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon said during a visit to an Affton carpenters’ training center that early figures from...
Money Lacking to Replace, Repair Missouri’s Bridges
Sep 11 2015 // Hundreds of bridges across Missouri need repairs or replacing but the state agency that oversees bridges doesn’t have the money for the work, according to transportation officials. The Missouri Department of...
Earthquake Coverage Increasingly Expensive, Hard to Find in Missouri
Sep 7 2015 // Missouri is the third largest market for earthquake insurance in the U.S., after California and Washington, but the coverage is getting more expensive and scarcer in high-risk areas, state insurance officials say. On...
Missouri Fines Insurer Safe Auto for Alleged Violations
Sep 4 2015 // Missouri motorists insured by Safe Auto may receive a refund or credit following a market conduct examination conducted by the Missouri Department of Insurance. The department contends that the auto insurer failed to...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Missouri Program Administrator
Sep 1 2015 // International insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired program administrator, National Administration Co., based in Chesterfield, Mo. Terms of the transaction were...
AssuredPartners Acquires Insurance & Benefits Group in Missouri
Aug 27 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Insurance & Benefits Group LLC (IBG), headquartered in Sedalia, Mo. IBG’s 31 employees will continue to operate from its three Missouri locations — Sedalia, Lee’s Summit...
Kansas City Restaurant Explosion Lawsuit Goes to Jury
Aug 27 2015 // After five weeks of testimony, lawyers presented closing arguments in the civil trial involving a fatal explosion more than two years ago at a Kansas City, Mo., restaurant. The civil lawsuit stems from the February 2013...
Court Says Jury Should Decide If FedEx Drivers are Employees in Missouri
Aug 24 2015 // FedEx Corp. drivers will have to start over in a fight over their employee status in Missouri. A federal appeals court said Friday that a trial judge should have let a jury decide whether the drivers were independent...
Missouri-Based Graves Insurance Adds Cannon, Promotes Hurst
Aug 21 2015 // Graves Insurance, based in Kirkwood, Mo., hired Allie Cannon as personal lines account manager and promoted Amanda Hurst to commercial account manager. Cannon’s responsibilities include assisting producers in...
Regulator: Missouri Now Has $100B in Property Uninsured for Quakes
Aug 17 2015 // Angela Nelson, director of the Division of Market Regulation for the Missouri Department of Insurance, said the state now faces an earthquake coverage crisis and that the value of uninsured residential property in the...
Missouri, Illinois Jeep Owners Sue Fiat Chrysler Over Hacking
Aug 17 2015 // Car owners in Belleville, Ill., and eastern Missouri have filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler and a dashboard computer manufacturer after two hackers used a laptop computer to take control of a Jeep...
Missouri Fines Health Insurer Cigna for Various Violations
Aug 14 2015 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has fined Cigna subsidiaries $140,800 for using unapproved forms, incorrectly denying chiropractic claims, charging copayments of more than 50 percent and failing to send an explanation...
Missouri Agency Hawkins-Harrison Joins Keystone Insurers Group
Aug 14 2015 // Edina, Mo.-based insurance agency, Hawkins-Harrison, has joined Keystone Insurers Group as its latest franchise partner in Missouri. Hawkins-Harrison was established in 1956 and quickly expanded into selling all lines of...
Missouri-Based POWERS Insurance and Benefits Promotes Sullivan
Aug 11 2015 // Clayton, Mo.-based independent insurance agency POWERS Insurance and Benefits has promoted Chris Sullivan to risk management advisor. Sullivan specializes in commercial risk management consulting. He also handles new...
