Missouri News

Insurance Processing Center Bringing 600 New Jobs to Missouri

President Barack Obama’s health care reform is unpopular in parts of Missouri, but it is bringing 600 new jobs to the state. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Virginia-based government contractor Serco Inc. will hire 600 people over the next …

Missouri Insurance Department Begins Testing for Navigator Licensing

The Missouri Department of Insurance has released testing information for individuals applying for a license as a navigator. The testing is in compliance with Senate Bill 262. Individuals applying for a license as a navigator will be required to pass …

Lead Company Wants Missouri Lawmakers to Override Veto of Liability Cap

A Missouri lead company has launched an aggressive effort to persuade lawmakers to override a gubernatorial veto of a bill that would shield it from large punitive damages in liability lawsuits. The Doe Run Co. contends nothing less is at …

Year after Fire, St. Louis Apartment Building to Reopen

A little over a year after a fast-moving fire burned most of a huge apartment complex in St. Louis, Mo.’s Central West End, the complex is about to reopen. The massive fire on July 17, 2012, damaged more than half …

Missouri Files Insurance Navigator Rule to Comply with New Licensing Law

The Missouri Department of Insurance announced it has filed an emergency rule to comply with provisions of Senate Bill 262, which was passed by the Missouri General Assembly with an emergency clause for the licensing of “navigators” prior to the …

With Double-Digit Growth, Lockton Reaches $1B Milestone

Kansas City, Mo.-based insurance broker, Lockton, announced it has had a very good year – exceeding $1 billion in revenue for the first time. Lockton posted fiscal 2013 revenue of $1,016,751,000, an increase of 11 percent from fiscal 2012 revenue. …

Missouri Appeals Panel Says Kansas Gun Store not Liable

A Missouri appeals panel says it agrees with a lower court ruling that said a Kansas gun store is protected from lawsuits in a 2007 fatal shooting at a Kansas City mall. The Kansas City Star reports the appeals court …

Insurer Denies Coverage in Kansas City Diocese Settlement

A former insurance company for the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., is seeking to avoid paying for priest sexual abuse settlements. The Chicago Insurance Co. said in a federal court filing that it has no obligation to cover …

Missouri to Allow Digital Proof-of-Insurance Cards

The panic attacks soon could be a thing of the past for Missouri motorists searching frantically through their glove boxes for a proof-of-insurance card to show police. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation that allows people to show proof …

Missouri Grocer Seeks Dismissal of Security Breach Suits

The suburban St. Louis, Mo.-based supermarket chain Schnuck Markets Inc. wants a federal court to dismiss two lawsuits related to a security breach of customer credit and debit cards. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the two lawsuits seek class-action …