Latest Missouri Headlines
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Missouri Consumer Group Sues Over Health Insurance Rates
Oct 6 2014 // A Missouri consumer group announced that it has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the latest effort to obtain information used to justify the rates consumers will pay for insurance on the federally...
Johnson Named Chief of Investigations at Missouri Insurance Department
Oct 2 2014 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that Mary Johnson has been appointed chief of investigations for the department. Johnson has been the chief investigative auditor for the Missouri Attorney General’s...
Missouri Insurance Regulators Help Recover $7.4M for Consumers
Oct 1 2014 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced it helped consumers who filed a complaint against their insurance company receive an additional $7.4 million in claim payments in the first half of 2014. Health insurance...
Keystone Insurers Group Plans Expansion into Missouri in 2015
Sep 30 2014 // Privately held property and casualty franchisor, Keystone Insurers Group, announced its intent to expand into Missouri in 2015. Missouri would become Keystone’s 10th state and the first west of the Mississippi...
Settlement Reached in Missouri Traffic Camera Lawsuits
Sep 28 2014 // Hundreds of thousands of people who got tickets when their vehicles were photographed running red lights in Missouri could be in line to get some money back, under a proposed legal settlement announced on Sept....
Missouri Contractor Going to Prison for Tornado Repair Fraud
Sep 26 2014 // A southwest Missouri contractor is going to prison for stealing more than $73,000 from an elderly Joplin couple who hired him to repair their home after the May 2011 tornado. The U.S. Attorney’s office says...
Number of Carriers in Missouri’s Health Insurance Marketplace to Double
Sep 25 2014 // Missouri could have twice as many health insurers participating next year in a federally run website. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says eight insurers plan to offer policies for 2015 on Missouri’s...
Unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, Cost County $4.2M
Sep 24 2014 // The unrest in Ferguson, Mo., that followed the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown by a police officer has cost St. Louis County more than $4 million. The county’s chief operating officer, Garry Earls, told...
Northern Missouri Hit by Heavy Rains, Tornadoes
Sep 11 2014 // A heavy rain storm has left much of northern Missouri facing low-level flooding and cleaning up mostly minor damage caused by tornadoes and high winds. The National Weather Service says 10 inches of rain was reported in...
NORCAL Mutual Expands Medical PL Coverage in Kansas, Missouri
Sep 8 2014 // San Francisco-based NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co. is expanding its coverage area to include Kansas and Missouri, offering a new enhanced medical professional liability insurance policy for healthcare professionals. The...
Insurance Costs Increase for Missouri Town after Settlement
Sep 8 2014 // A southwest Missouri city said its insurance deductible has increased by $95,000 after it recently settled a harassment complaint with a former employee. Last month, Ozark settled a lawsuit with former human resources...
Missouri Insurance Director: Claims from Ferguson Riots Limited to Businesses
Sep 8 2014 // Property damage claims resulting from the rioting in Ferguson, Mo., in August are limited primarily to commercial property housing small businesses, according to the state’s chief insurance regulator. “There...
Missouri Insurance Director: Workers’ Comp Insurance Costs Likely to Fall
Sep 4 2014 // Missouri businesses could see a decline in their workers’ compensation insurance premiums next year. The state insurance department says a new report by the National Council on Compensation Insurance indicates that...
Storms Trigger Tornadoes, Hail, Floods Throughout Midwest
Sep 3 2014 // A storm spotter was hospitalized in Iowa on Sept. 1 after he was struck by lightning while watching a system that left swollen rivers, power outages, trees down and campers overturned. More strong storms rumbled through...
Missouri Regulators Assisting Ferguson Businesses with Property Claims
Aug 27 2014 // Representatives from the Missouri Department of Insurance headed to Ferguson on Aug. 27 to assist businesses that experienced damage during recent protests with filing insurance claims and to answer questions about the...
Officials: Fewer Deaths on Missouri Roads
Aug 26 2014 // Traffic deaths on Missouri roads have been on a downward trend for nearly 10 years, and a highway patrol spokesman said the declining numbers are likely due to several factors that include education and road...
Missouri Volunteer Firefighter Gets 20 Years for Arson
Aug 25 2014 // A volunteer firefighter from eastern Missouri has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for setting several fires last year. Police say Dustin Matthew Grigsby was sentenced for setting four fires in occupied buildings last...
Robber Shoots Employee at Missouri Insurance Office
Aug 22 2014 // Police in Independence, Mo., are looking for a man who shot an employee while robbing an insurance office. Police spokesman Tom Gentry says the shooting occurred in the afternoon on Aug. 20 at the Dingeldein Insurance...
Focus Is on Teens in Missouri Anti-Distracted Driving Campaign
Aug 21 2014 // Stressing the financial consequences resulting from an auto accident, the Missouri Department of Insurance is focusing on distracted driving and teens in its latest safety campaign. The department’s MO Eyes on the...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Missouri-Based Travel Insurance Agency
Aug 11 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Trip Mate Inc., based in Kansas City, Mo. Established in 1989, Trip Mate is a full service travel insurance agency that provides a wide variety of travel protection plans and...
