Missouri News

HM Risk Appoints Young to Lead Construction Services Team

HM Risk, a St. Louis, Mo.-based property/casualty insurance and employee benefits agency, has appointed Melinda Young as senior account executive. Young has more than 20 years of industry experience. As the leader of HM’s construction services team she will be …

ACE USA Appoints Springer as Kansas City Branch Manager

ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail insurance operations of ACE Group, has appointed Kimberly Springer as branch manager of its Kansas City branch office. Springer will work closely with insurance brokers and clients in the states of Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska …

Trinity Risk Opens New Office in Kansas City

Trinity Risk LLC, a program manager and wholesale broker specializing in owner operator lines of insurance, has opened a new office in Kansas City, Mo., and hired Amy Milburn as account executive. An experienced trucking insurance executive, Milburn specializes in …

Missouri Sued Over Limits on Health Reform Advice

A coalition of medical organizations and health care advocates has sued Missouri over its requirement that only state-licensed counselors can serve as navigators in a program aimed at helping consumers sign up for coverage under the new online health insurance …

Jury Awards Missouri Worker $28M for Lung Damage

A Laclede County jury has ordered a Missouri company to pay $28 million to a worker who claimed his lungs were damaged at a compressor plant in south-central Missouri. In the lawsuit, Philip Berger, 56, claimed he developed inflammation of …

Missouri Diocese Not Liable In Priest Abuse Civil Case

The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph cannot be held liable for the actions of a priest accused of abusing a boy off church property, a Missouri appeals court has ruled. A three-judge panel of the Missouri Western District Court …

Missouri Appeals Court: Red-Light Camera Law Invalid

The future of red-light cameras in Missouri communities could be in jeopardy after a state appeals court panel ruled that most municipal ordinances governing the cameras are not enforceable. A Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District panel said that Ellisville’s …

Joplin Man Held Without Bail in Planned Parenthood Arson Case

A federal judge has ordered no bail for a southwest Missouri man suspected of setting fires at a Planned Parenthood facility and an area mosque. U.S. Magistrate Judge James England on Monday ordered Jedediah Stout, 30, to remain in custody …

Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Adds Rentie in Midwest

Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Cos. recently appointed William Rentie as a senior field representative for the Midwest. In 2013, the insurer entered Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas – joining Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, which were already part of the company’s …

Settlement Nears in Lawsuit over Missouri Grocery Store Breach

A suburban St. Louis, Mo., grocery store chain has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a computer system breach that compromised the credit and debit cards of about 2.4 million customers. In a preliminary deal presented to St. …