Latest Missouri Headlines
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Risk Strategies Acquires Missouri’s Schroeder Insurance
Jun 3 2025 // Risk Strategies announced it has acquired Schroeder Insurance, a Missouri-based firm with a specialty focus in the commercial lines and private client sectors. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Led by brothers Paul and...
Missouri Special Session to Include Discussion on Aid for Tornado Victims
May 29 2025 // Missouri lawmakers are to kick off a special session Monday to consider aid for tornado victims and a package of financial incentives aimed at keeping the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals from leaving the state for new or...
Mechanic Sentenced to Prison, Must Pay $1.3M for Defrauding Missouri Customer
May 27 2025 // An auto mechanic was sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to repay $1.37 million to his victims for defrauding a Missouri customer, among others, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri...
Missouri DCI Estimates High Uninsured Rates in St. Louis Amidst Tornado Recovery
May 23 2025 // The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance released preliminary uninsured estimates for properties in the St. Louis in response to the F3 tornado that struck the region on Friday, May 16. DCI Department Director...
Man Who Burned Down a Missouri Church Sentenced, Ordered to Pay $7M
May 22 2025 // A man who admitted in federal court to setting the fire that destroyed an eastern Missouri church has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison and ordered to pay the church nearly $7 million. The sentence for...
Missouri Lawsuit Filed Against Natural Gas Company Over Fatal Home Explosion
May 14 2025 // Missouri’s attorney general sued a natural gas company Monday over the explosion of a home in a small town that killed a 5-year-old boy, accusing the utility of violating a state safety law. Attorney General Andrew...
NTSB Says a Utility Wasn’t Marked Before a Deadly Natural Gas Explosion in Missouri
May 7 2025 // A deadly explosion that leveled one Missouri home and damaged two others happened after a subcontractor drilled into an unmarked underground gas main while installing fiber optic cable, the National Transportation Safety...
AM Best Revises Outlook to Negative for Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance Company
Apr 30 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” (Good) of Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance...
Inszone Acquires Missouri’s Davidson Insurance Agency
Apr 22 2025 // Inszone Insurance Services announced its recent acquisition of Davidson Insurance Agency Group, LLC. Located in Missouri, Davidson Insurance Agency has proudly served local businesses, families, and individuals since its...
Missouri Roofer to Pay $290K Over Teen Worker’s Fatal Fall
Apr 9 2025 // The U.S. Department of Labor reached an agreement with Jamesport roofing contractor John Troyer after a federal investigation determined he violated federal laws, resulting in a teen worker’s fatal fall in March...
RYZE Acquires Missouri’s Acorn Claims
Mar 31 2025 // RYZE Claim Solutions, a full-service claims management provider, announced its acquisition of Acorn Claims, a Springfield, Missouri-based firm specializing in daily and catastrophe claims services nationwide. RYZE said the...
Missouri DCI to Send Consumer Specialists to Jefferson and St. Louis Counties
Mar 27 2025 // Consumer specialists with the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) will participate in Multi-Agency Resource Centers (MARC) to answer insurance questions and help those impacted by the severe storms in...
Missouri DCI Deploys Specialists to Aid Storm Victims in Phelps County
Mar 25 2025 // The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) said that consumer specialists will participate in a Multi-Agency Resource Center (MARC) to answer insurance questions and help those impacted by the severe storms in...
As State Attorneys General Grab Headlines With Lawsuits, Missouri’s Bailey Stands Out
Mar 14 2025 // When Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey says he’ll seize assets to force China to pay a $24.5 billion award won in a lawsuit over COVID-19, the action might be aimed more at bolstering conservatives’...
Missouri Threatens to Seize Chinese Assets Across US in $24 Billion Lawsuit
Mar 12 2025 // Missouri’s attorney general is threatening to seize Chinese assets across the U.S. to collect $24.5 billion awarded in a lawsuit against China stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, but experts were skeptical Monday,...
Missouri Man Admits to Stealing Railroad Equipment on 33 Occasions
Mar 3 2025 // A Missouri man on Friday admitted stealing railroad equipment on 33 occasions in Missouri and Illinois, costing railroads more than $1.5 million. Jesse Henry, 21, of Laclede County, Missouri, pleaded guilty in U.S....
Starbucks Sued by Missouri Over DEI, Race and Gender Bias
Feb 12 2025 // Starbucks SBUX.O was sued on Tuesday by the U.S. state of Missouri, which accused the coffee chain of using a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion as a pretext to systematically discriminate based on race, gender...
Hub Acquires Missouri’s Yavitz Insurance
Feb 10 2025 // Hub International Limited announced that it has acquired the assets of Yavitz Insurance Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in St. Louis, Missouri, Yavitz Insurance is a privately-owned insurance...
Hub Acquires Missouri-Based Lindenwood Agency
Feb 5 2025 // Hub announced that it has acquired the assets of Lindenwood Agency, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in St. Charles, Missouri, Lindenwood Agency is one of the largest independent insurance agencies...
Ameren Missouri to Pay $61M Over Emission Violations
Jan 27 2025 // The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri entered an order requiring Ameren Missouri to spend $61 million on projects intended to mitigate violations of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA), including 14...
