Latest Missouri Headlines
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Mo. Workers’ Comp Claims Decline, Sparks Debate Between Officials
Sep 17 2008 // The number of workers’ compensation claims has gone down since a 2005 Missouri law made it harder to prove workplace injuries. Insurance premiums also have declined for businesses. Republican Gov. Matt Blunt touts...
Torrential Rains Hit Missouri Causing Flash Floods
Sep 16 2008 // The remnants of Hurricane Ike brought heavy winds and torrential rains to Missouri on September 15, causing flash floods and raising new concerns about swelling rivers, including parts of the Mississippi and the...
Heffernan Insurance Brokers Appoint Maciorowski Vice President in Missouri
Sep 16 2008 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers today announced the appointment of Greg Maciorowski as vice president in its Midwest practice group, based in Missouri. In this role, Greg will be charged with new business development for...
Missouri Crane Company Fined in Fatal Accident
Sep 11 2008 // The crane company involved in a fatal accident at Kansas City Power & Light’s Iatan power plant in Platte County has been fined $14,000 for two serious violations. The Occupational Safety & Health...
Missouri National Guard Travels to Louisiana After Hurricane Gustav
Sep 3 2008 // After more than 24 hours on road, a 25-vehicle convoy from the Missouri National Guard arrived on Monday, September 1 in northern Louisiana only hours after Hurricane Gustav hit land farther south, skirting much of New...
Missouri Automobile Insurance Plan Opens Doors on September 1
Aug 26 2008 // The Missouri Automobile Insurance Plan (the Plan, the AIP) announced today that it has completed the transition from the Missouri Joint Underwriting Association (MJUA), and has commenced operations. The Plan began...
Missouri Supreme Court Reverses Decision on Emotional Distress Case
Aug 18 2008 // The Missouri Supreme Court recently reversed a case involving emotional distress of one party after a major collision. The case involves the grant of summary judgment to the defendant in a negligence case where the...
Missouri City Residents Help Police in Speed Check
Aug 13 2008 // Police officers can’t be everywhere at once, so citizens’ groups in St. Joseph, Mo. are taking the matter of checking for speeders into their own hands. Armed with radar guns issued by the St. Joseph Police...
Koster Claims Victory in Missouri Attorney General Race
Aug 7 2008 // Attorney general candidate Chris Koster was dogged throughout the Democratic primary about whether he was a true-blue Democrat. Enough Democrats decided he was. Koster, a state senator who switched from the Republican to...
Missouri Judge Dismisses $7 Million in Fines Against Allstate
Aug 4 2008 // A Jackson County, Mo., judge agreed on July 23, 2008, to throw out a contempt order against Allstate Insurance after determining the company had finally complied with his directions to release confidential documents. The...
Missouri Court Upholds $16 Million Bad Faith Award Against Allstate
Jul 30 2008 // Allstate Insurance Co. has lost its appeal of a $16 million judgment against it for not settling a claim for the $50,000 limit on an auto insurance policy. The Missouri Court of Appeals this week upheld an award of more...
Missouri Judge Dismisses $7 Million in Fines Against Allstate
Jul 25 2008 // A Jackson County judge agreed on Wednesday, July 23 to throw out a contempt order against Allstate Insurance after determining the company had finally complied with his directions to release confidential documents. The...
Mo. Seeks Buyouts for 9 Flooded Areas; Legislative Session Needed
Jul 22 2008 // The state of Missouri is asking the federal government for buyouts in nine areas hit hard by flooding in March, officials said on July 18. All told, the State Emergency Management Agency is seeking buyouts of 150 homes at...
Heffernan Insurance Brokers Establishes Missouri Branch
Jul 21 2008 // California-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers today announced that it has opened a new branch office in Chesterfield, Mo. Tom Hebson, formerly of Tangram Insurance Services, Inc., will manage the branch and its growing team...
Allstate Settles In Missouri Disputed Records Case
Jul 15 2008 // Northbrook, Ill.-based Allstate Insurance Co. has agreed to settle an insurance case involving a Hawaii man that had attracted national attention over the insurer’s refusal, and eventual agreement, to provide key...
FEMA Opens 2 Disaster Recovery Centers in Missouri
Jul 3 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening two disaster recovery centers in eastern Missouri to help those affected by recent Mississippi River flooding. The centers will are at the Clarksville Visitors Center and...
Mo. Gov. Blunt Asks Insurance Companies to Give Grace Period to Flood Victims
Jun 30 2008 // Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt and the Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration (DIFP) called on insurance companies to provide maximum consideration to flood victims in the coming days....
Midwest Flood Losses Sink In as Mississippi River Water Levels Recede
Jun 30 2008 // Farmhouses appear to float on lakes, and farmers use boats to get to their barns. Businesses are shuttered as flooded roadways cut off customers. Rail lines, factories, river locks are shut down. Homeowners, who watched...
Midwest Flooding Not Over as Missouri Levee Breaks
Jun 27 2008 // A levee near Winfield, Missouri, that was holding back the flood waters of the Mississippi River broke early Friday morning, said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The levee broke at its south end at 5:20 a.m. CDT (1020...
Levees Hold Back Cresting Mississippi River; Aid Requests Mount
Jun 23 2008 // Walls and levees held back the cresting Mississippi River Sunday as requests for government aid poured in from homeowners and businesses swamped by the worst Midwest flooding in 15 years. Across from St. Louis, where the...
