Latest Missouri Headlines
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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....
Suit Against BNSF over Missouri Railroad Crossing Crash Moved to Federal Court
Oct 9 2019 // A Kansas truck driver alleges in a lawsuit that two rail cars were “uncontrolled” when they struck his semi as he drove over a stretch of unmarked tracks in southwest Missouri in the dark. The Springfield...
Restoration Firm Cited for Workplace Safety Violations at Missouri Capitol
Oct 8 2019 // The contractor overseeing stone restoration on the Missouri state Capitol plans to appeal federal fines for workplace safety violations. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommended a total of $19,890 in...
With Expansion, IICF Missouri Chapter Forms the Heartland Chapter
Oct 4 2019 // The Missouri Chapter of the Midwest Division of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) has expanded its scope to form the Heartland Chapter. This new branch will include insurance industry supporters based in...
17 Lawsuits Filed Against U. of Missouri’s BioJoint Center
Sep 16 2019 // Four more people who received knee-replacement surgery at the Mizzou BioJoint Center say in lawsuits that their surgeries failed. Including the newly filed lawsuits, 17 people have sued the center at University of Missouri...
Medical Malpractice Insurer Ordered into Rehabilitation in Kansas
Sep 16 2019 // A medical professional liability insurance provider serving nearly 500 medical professionals in Missouri and Kansas has been placed into rehabilitation after the Kansas Insurance Department (KID) found the company’s...
