Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Missouri Insurance Dept.: Insurance Education Scholarships Available
Jan 30 2019 // Insurance education scholarships are once again being made available to Missouri high school seniors and college students, the Missouri Department of Insurance announced. The deadline to apply for the Missouri Insurance...
Missouri’s Mulligan Insurance Joins Valley Insurance Agency Alliance
Jan 28 2019 // Mulligan Insurance in New Columbia, Missouri, has joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of over 120 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Mulligan Insurance was founded in...
Missouri Insurance Dept. Helped Return More than $16M to Insureds Last year
Jan 28 2019 // The Consumer Affairs Division and Market Conduct Section at the Missouri Department of Insurance helped insurance consumers to receive an additional $16.2 million from their insurance companies in 2018, the department...
Missouri Third-Worst State for Driver Safety Laws, Report Says
Jan 24 2019 // A new report ranks Missouri near the bottom of all states for driver safety laws, at a time when distracted driving is happening at a high rate. Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, a national roadway safety coalition,...
Missouri Insurance Dept. Study Criticizes High Costs of Air Ambulances
Jan 21 2019 // A study has found that sick or injured Missourians who need air ambulance services often face steep medical bills, even if they have insurance. The Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional...
Missouri’s Lindley-Meyers to Chair NAIC’s Market Regulation Committee
Jan 18 2019 // Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration (DIFP) Director Chlora Lindley-Myers has been appointed chair of the Market Regulation and Consumer Affairs (D) Committee for the...
