An insurance group says car thieves in Missouri targeted the Ford Taurus more than any other car in 2010. Citing numbers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Missouri Insurance Information Service says more than 15,000 vehicles were stolen last …
HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that some health insurers in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri will have trouble meeting the minimum medical loss ratio (MLR) requirements in federal health insurance reform legislation. According to the recent …
One of the snowiest winters on record for the Midwest and northern U.S. Plains have crop watchers worried about a repeat of the massive flooding that hit one of the world’s top grain producing regions in 2008. Accumulated precipitation this …
Overby-Seawell Co. has announced that Lee-Ann Hollister has joined its executive sales team as part of the company’s nationwide expansion. She will be based in the firm’s Kansas City, Missouri, office and will focus on marketing OSC’s portfolio of lender-based …
The economy is gaining strength in nine Midwest and Plains states because global growth and continued low interest rates have provided a boost to agriculture and energy businesses, according to a new survey released Feb. 1. “The regional economy is …
Neace Lukens, a Louisville, Kentucky based brokerage firm, recently acquired the Lent Agency, a Dayton, Ohio insurance agency. The merger will add 12 Lent Agency employees, including four producers, to the Neace Lukens staff. These employees will join seven Neace …
The likelihood of significant Red River flooding has risen in North Dakota and Minnesota, the National Weather Service said in its latest outlook for the river that has overflowed the past two springs and sent officials and residents in the …
Farmers Insurance has appointed Dan Lewis as Ohio state executive director and John Muscolino as its executive director for Wisconsin. Lewis formerly was Farmers Pacific Zone agency manager and Muscolino was Farmers marketing manager for the Midwestern states. Lewis began …
