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Assurance Names Davidson, Jungers Employees of the Year

Assurance, an independent insurance brokerage with offices in the Chicago, Ill., and St. Louis, Mo.-areas, announced that Robert Davidson and Jennifer Jungers are its Employees of the Year for 2013. Aussurance has been recognizing outstanding employee contributions with its Employee …

Missouri-Based Safety National Casualty Realigns Management Team

Safety National Casualty Corp., based in St. Louis, Mo., has announced management changes and realignment of responsibilities that are scheduled to take effect on March 1, 2014. Chief Executive Officer Mark Wilhelm will remain in his current position, maintaining overall …

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. …

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 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 …

More than 63K Insurance Claims so Far from St. Louis Tornadoes

The major insurance companies serving the St. Louis area have received more than 6,300 claims from residents with damage from tornadoes that struck the area on May 31, according to Missouri insurance regulators. The Missouri Department of Insurance said insurance …

Meteorologists: 9 Twisters Part of Missouri, Illinois Storm System

The National Weather Service says storms that last week ravaged the St. Louis area and portions of neighboring Illinois spawned nine tornadoes, amazingly not causing any serious injuries. KMOV-TV reports some of the worst destruction resulted from an EF3 twister …

St. Louis’ Lambert Airport Dealing with Storm Damage Again

For the second time in two years, Lambert Airport in St. Louis is cleaning up after a storm caused significant damage to Missouri’s largest airport. Strong storms, including tornadoes, ripped through the St. Louis region on the night of May …

Weather Service Confirms St. Louis-Area Tornadoes

Portions of suburban St. Louis waged a soggy cleanup effort on June 1 after severe storms unleashed an outbreak of tornadoes across the region, damaging hundreds of homes and leaving tens of thousands without power. No serious injuries were reported, …

Reinsurance Group of America to Hire Hundreds in St. Louis Area

A St. Louis, Mo.-based insurance company has vowed to add at least 300 employees within five years. The Reinsurance Group of America discussed the hiring spree while breaking ground on a new, $140 million headquarters complex in suburban Chesterfield. RGA …