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Missouri, Kansas Residents Rush to Fill Sandbags as Floodwaters Move Downstream
Mar 22 2019 // Floodwaters that devastated swaths of Nebraska and Iowa rolled downstream on Thursday, swamping more Midwestern farmland as waterfront communities in Missouri and Kansas hurried to shore up strained levees. Flooding of the...
Most of Country at Risk for Major Flooding This Spring
Mar 22 2019 // The deluge that devastated so much of the Midwest over the last week could be a preview for one of the worst years for flooding in the U.S., according to federal weather officials. Now flooding is occurring at St. Joseph,...
‘Devastation Is Everywhere’ in Flooded Communities Along Missouri River
Mar 20 2019 // A string of small Missouri towns prepared for the next deluge along the raging Missouri River on Wednesday after flooding wreaked nearly $1.5 billion in damage in Nebraska, killing at least four people and leaving another...
More Rain Forecast as Midwest, Great Plains Continue to Deal With River Flooding
Mar 19 2019 // The Great Plains and Midwest, struggling with flooding that inundated roads and farms and pushed rivers to record heights, is set to get more rain ahead, with light showers forecast over the next few days and a heavier...
State Farm: Illinois and Missouri Ranked 3rd and 5th for Hail Damage in 2018
Mar 19 2019 // A new report from State Farm says that Illinois and Missouri were among the top states in the nation for hail damage in 2018, according to a new report from State Farm. Illinois ranks third with $330 million in paid hail...
Midwest Flooding Prompts Evacuations, Rescues
Mar 18 2019 // Authorities used boats and large vehicles on Saturday to rescue and evacuate residents in parts of the Midwest where a recent deluge of rainwater and snowmelt was sent pouring over frozen ground, overwhelming creeks and...
Business Moves
Mar 18 2019 // National Aon, Willis Towers Watson Aon Plc said it’s no longer pursuing a combination with rival insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson Plc, a day after confirming that it was considering a merger. The company...
First Case Settled in Fatal Missouri Duck Boat Sinking
Mar 13 2019 // The owner of a tourist boat that sank in a Missouri lake and killed 17 people has reached a settlement with relatives of two brothers who were among the victims. The Kansas City Star reports that lawyers for Ervin and...
Missouri’s POWERS Insurance & Risk Management Launches Emerging Risks Unit
Mar 12 2019 // POWERS Insurance and Risk Management, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, has launched an emerging risks division. This new sector will focus on insurance risk strategies that are aligned with cyber, technology, cannabis...
Missouri’s Stafford & Stafford Insurance Joins Leavitt Group Network
Mar 5 2019 // Harrisonville, Missouri-based Stafford & Stafford Insurance has affiliated with Leavitt Group, a network of insurance brokers whose collective strength allows members to provide national insurance products and risk...
CFM Insurance Acquires Missouri’s Cornerstone National Insurance
Mar 4 2019 // CFM Insurance Inc., a mutual insurance company headquartered in Concordia, Missouri, has finalized its acquisition of Cornerstone National Insurance Co., a stock company based in Columbia, Missouri. With this acquisition,...
Flood Risk High in Missouri This Spring, Weather Service Says
Feb 27 2019 // Missouri towns along the Mississippi River and its tributaries should brace for the prospect of potentially serious flooding this spring, in large part because of an unusually snowy winter to the north. The National...
Could J&J Be Helped by Missouri Ruling Against Talcum Lawsuits?
Feb 26 2019 // A Missouri Supreme Court ruling on talc lawsuits could reduce the liability and number of large trials Johnson & Johnson faces over allegations its talc products, including baby powder, cause cancer. The ruling will...
Missouri’s POWERS Insurance and Risk Management Hires Hentschke, Wittenberg
Feb 19 2019 // POWERS Insurance and Risk Management, a St. Louis, Missouri-based family owned and operated independent insurance agency, has added Samantha Hentschke as personal lines account manager and Luke Wittenberg as commercial...
Number of Missouri Homes with Earthquake Coverage Declines
Feb 18 2019 // Between 2008 and 2017 rhere was a significant drop in the number of homes in Missouri insured for damage from earthquake, state insurance regulators report. That’s despite the fact that earthquakes present a...
State Farm Cuts Auto Insurance Rates in Missouri
Feb 13 2019 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. says it is cutting its rates in Missouri. As a result, its overall personal auto rate will drop by 3.9 percent. The total state-wide expected impact for State Farm Mutual by this...
Number of Missouri Homes Insured for Earthquakes Declined from 2008 to 2017
Feb 7 2019 // Despite the fact that earthquakes present a significant hazard to Missourians, the number of homes insured against damage from earthquakes declined between 2008 and 2017, according to a Residential Earthquake Coverage...
Appalachian Underwriters Adds 4 to Missouri Workers’ Comp Unit
Feb 6 2019 // Appalachian Underwriters Inc. (AUI) has hired four workers’ compensation underwriting professionals in its St. Peters, Missouri, office. Tara Regan-Collins, senior underwriter, is a seasoned insurance professional,...
CAUTION: Safety U-Turn for Truckers with Animals
Feb 4 2019 // Hours of Service, Other Safety Exemptions for Livestock Haulers Raise Concerns Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting It was sometime around 4 a.m. on a cool, spring morning when James McGilvray lost control of his...
Second Talc Cancer Trial Suspended by Missouri High Court
Feb 1 2019 // The Missouri Supreme Court has halted an upcoming trial in a case brought by women who claim talc supplied by Imerys Talc America for use in Johnson & Johnson products gave them cancer, saying it wanted to consider a...
