Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Saint Louis, Mo.-based brokerages Welsch Flatness and Lutz Inc. (WFL) and Construction Insurance Partners (CIP). By combining the existing USI office in Saint Louis with WFL and CIP, USI Insurance Services becomes one of the …
State regulators say insurance claims from the May 2011 Joplin, Mo., tornado are likely to reach $2 billion. The tornado killed 161 people, injured hundreds of others and damaged or destroyed thousands of homes and businesses. The Joplin Globe reports …
Insurance broker Lockton has expanded its loss control team with the addition of Kevin Hoffman as senior loss control consultant in its St. Louis, Mo., office. Hoffman has more than 15 years of experience in managing hospital safety programs and …
Digital Insurance announced the acquisition of Health Star Consulting of Clayton, Mo. The benefits firm merged with the St. Louis office of Digital Benefit Advisors (DBA), a division of Digital Insurance. Health Star Consulting Principal Devin Bernstein joined the DBA …
Financial conditions at Missouri’s Barton County Mutual Insurance Co. are strong enough that the company can be released from state oversight, a judge has ruled. A Barton County judge has granted a motion by the department of insurance to release …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Insurance Risk Managers of Missouri Inc. in St. Louis. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1996, Insurance Risk Managers of Missouri (IRM) is a retail insurance broker providing commercial property/casualty …
Missouri lawmakers have their eyes on reinstating liability caps for medical malpractice cases after the state Supreme Court struck down the limits last summer. The high court concluded a 2005 law was unconstitutional. It had capped noneconomic damages in medical …
Emily Kalmer has been named legislative affairs counsel for the Insurance, Finance and Credit Unions Divisions at the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration. Kalmer served previously in Senate Research and as an assistant attorney general in …
Nearly two dozen years after Monroe Gunter retired from a long career at a Missouri power company, he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer often caused by exposure to asbestos. Gunter sued his former employer, claiming its negligence …
An insurance company in Missouri that provides coverage to Kansas City and Jackson County employees has changed its wellness incentives after seven people were indicted on charges of abusing the program. Blue Cross and Blue Shield told Kansas City Council …
