Latest Missouri Headlines
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Mylo in Missouri Names Tokarski Chief Operating Officer
Dec 12 2019 // Mylo in Kansas City, Mo., has named Belen Tokarski chief operating officer. Tokarski has served as senior vice president, chief of strategy – commercial lines since August. Tokarski has more than 20 years of...
Judge: 1851 Maritime Law Doesn’t Apply in Missouri Duck Boat Case
Dec 9 2019 // A federal judge has ruled that an 1851 maritime law does not protect a company from making payments to families of people aboard a tourist boat that sank on a Missouri lake, killing 17 people. After the July 2018 sinking...
Missouri Roofing Contractor Fined $205K for Exposing Employees to Fall Hazards
Dec 9 2019 // Federal workplace safety regulators have proposed just over $205,000 in penalties against a Missouri-based roofing contractor for exposing employees to fall hazards at three separate work sites. The U.S. Department of...
3 Policyholders Receive Safety First Grants from Missouri’s Safety National
Dec 9 2019 // St. Louis, Missouri-based Safety National, through its annual Safety First Grant Program, has awarded three policyholders for their creative risk control solutions. The first-place grant, in the amount of $10,000, was...
1.6% Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease Recommended for Missouri in 2020
Dec 5 2019 // The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance is recommending a 1.6 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance loss costs for 2020. This marks the sixth year in a row that average workers’...
Missouri Buying Earthquake Simulator to Increase Awareness of New Madrid Risk
Dec 4 2019 // Missouri emergency management officials are buying a $200,000 machine that will simulate an earthquake to prepare residents for a big temblor in a region where one of the most powerful earthquakes east of the Rocky...
Missouri Contractor Faces $210K in Penalties for Workplace Safety Hazards
Nov 26 2019 // Federal workplace safety officials have proposed $210,037 in penalties against a Missouri contractor protect employees from trench collapse and electrical hazards. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
Insurance Claims from Tornado in Missouri’s Jefferson City Exceed $170M
Nov 25 2019 // State insurance officials say Jefferson City, Missouri, residents made more than $170 million in insurance claims after a tornado hit the city on May 22. KMIZ reports Missouri Department of Insurance data shows insurers...
Risk Strategies Acquires Thomas McGee Group in Missouri
Nov 19 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Thomas McGee Group (TMG), a Missouri-based full-service brokerage with specialty capabilities for large accounts, group...
Missouri Police Officer’s $20M Lawsuit Award to Be Mediated
Nov 18 2019 // A St. Louis County police officer has agreed to mediation to reach a settlement and avoid court appeals, weeks after a jury awarded him $20 million to resolve his lawsuit alleging he suffered discrimination because he is...
Insurtech Root Expands Into Renters Market; Product Launched in 3 States
Nov 14 2019 // Root Insurance, a property casualty insurtech, has launched a streamlined renters insurance designed and personalized for consumers starting at $6 a month. In addition to covering customers’ personal property and...
Scores of U.S. Dams in Poor Condition Pose Danger to Thousands
Nov 7 2019 // On a cold morning last March, Kenny Angel got a frantic knock on his door. Two workers from a utility company in northern Nebraska had come with a stark warning: Get out of your house. Just a little over a quarter-mile...
Missouri’s Priority First Insurance & Investments Adds Woehr as Account Executive
Nov 5 2019 // Priority First Insurance & Investments in Jefferson City, Missouri, has hired Tina Woehr as an account executive. In this position, Woehr will handle daily service of all clients’ insurance needs, as well as...
Missouri Court Rulings Conflict with Insurer Right to Intervene Protections
Nov 4 2019 // The Western District of the Missouri Court of Appeals recently issued opinions that effectively strip any practical effect from a Missouri amendment made to provide certain protections to insurers. In Aguilar v. GEICO Cas....
Court Upholds $2.75M Damage Award Against Businessman in Missouri Arson Lawsuit
Nov 1 2019 // A Missouri appeals court has ruled a Columbia businessman is liable for a $2.75 million civil judgment awarded to a woman whose home was destroyed in an alleged arson. The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District...
Shake Up in Missouri Police Board After Sergeant Wins $20M in Discrimination Suit
Nov 1 2019 // The chairman of a St. Louis County police board has resigned and another board member said she is being replaced after a jury found that a sergeant was discriminated against because he’s gay and recommended that he...
Idea Exchange: Missouri Court Rulings Conflict with Insurer Right to Intervene Protections
Oct 18 2019 // The Western District of the Missouri Court of Appeals recently issued opinions that effectively strip any practical effect from a Missouri amendment made to provide certain protections to insurers. In Aguilar v. GEICO Cas....
Appeals Court Nixes J&J $110 Million Baby Powder Verdict
Oct 15 2019 // Johnson & Johnson persuaded a Missouri appeals court to throw out a $110 million jury award to a woman who said she got cancer from the company’s baby powder. It was the fourth appellate win in the state for...
Southeast Missouri Shaken by Magnitude 3.0 Earthquake
Oct 14 2019 // A small earthquake has been reported in southeastern Missouri. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 3.0 earthquake occurred just before 8 a.m. Saturday and was centered about 2.7 miles (4 kilometers) southwest of...
Missouri Food Flavoring Manufacturer Faces $223.5K in Penalties Over Worker Fatality
Oct 9 2019 // A Missouri-based food flavoring manufacturer is facing $223,525 in penalties after being cited by federal officials for workplace safety violations following the death of a worker at the company’s facility. The U.S....
