Latest Missouri Headlines
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5 Years of Lawsuit Settlements Cost State of Missouri $52M
Feb 23 2017 // Missouri has paid more than $52 million over the last five years to settle lawsuits against various state agencies, according to information from the attorney general’s office. The House budget committee received the...
Missouri GOP Again Seeking to Limit Liability Lawsuits
Feb 22 2017 // With new Republican Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ support, GOP lawmakers this year are pushing a collection of bills to limit liability lawsuits that supporters have praised as pro-business but critics have slammed as...
Missouri Insurance Department Returned $29M to Policyholders in 2016
Feb 20 2017 // Through the efforts of the consumer affairs and market conduct divisions of the Missouri Department of Insurance, policyholders in that state received an additional $29 million from their insurance companies in 2016,...
Lindley-Myers Appointed as Head of Missouri Insurance Department
Feb 16 2017 // Gov. Eric Greitens has chosen Chlora Lindley-Myers to lead the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration. Lindley-Myers currently serves as deputy commissioner at the Tennessee...
Springfield, Missouri Man Accused of Arson Spree
Feb 6 2017 // A Springfield, Mo., man who has been accused of a spree of fires in cars and trash containers near a low-income housing complex told police he can’t stop himself from setting the blazes, at times just to watch the...
Regulators: Insurance Education Scholarships Available for Missouri Students
Feb 2 2017 // The Missouri Department of Insurance reminds Missouri high school seniors and current college students that the application deadline for Missouri Insurance Education Foundation (MIEF) scholarships is March 31. Four $1,500...
Missouri Utility to Appeal Worker’s $10.7M Lawsuit Award
Feb 2 2017 // A Missouri-based utility said it will appeal a state judge’s award of more than $10 million to a man who said he developed permanent respiratory issues while working as a mechanic at one of the company’s...
Johnson & Johnson Loses Venue Fight for Missouri Talc Lawsuits
Feb 1 2017 // The Missouri Supreme Court has denied Johnson & Johnson’s bid to move out of a St. Louis state court thousands of lawsuits alleging the company’s talc-based products can increase the risk of ovarian...
Missouri Insurance Department Returned $29M to Consumers in 2016
Feb 1 2017 // Missouri consumers and small businesses received an additional $29 million from their insurance companies in 2016, exceeding the insurance department’s previous record of $27.4 million set in 2014. The monies were...
Missouri’s POWERS Insurance and Benefits Adds Bender
Jan 26 2017 // POWERS Insurance and Benefits, headquartered in the St. Louis, Mo., area, has hired Robin Bender as a personal account manager. Bender will assist producers in acquiring new business, as well as handling the sales and...
Student Awarded $1.6M in Missouri Fraternity ‘Knockout Game’ Lawsuit
Jan 23 2017 // A former Missouri State University student who said he was the victim of a so-called “knockout game” attack outside a 2012 fraternity party has been awarded $1.63 million in damages, though he likely will only...
Reuters: Beyond Flint, Thousands of Areas in U.S. Struggle with Lead Poisoning
Jan 11 2017 // On a sunny November afternoon in St. Joseph, Missouri, birthplace of the Pony Express and death spot of Jesse James, Lauranda Mignery watched her son Kadin, 2, dig in their front yard. As he played, she scolded him for...
Missouri Expects Another Decrease in Workers’ Comp Rates
Jan 9 2017 // Employers in Missouri should see a continued decrease in workers’ compensation insurance costs. The Missouri Department of Insurance is recommending a 4.6 percent decrease in workers’ comp insurance loss costs...
Workers’ Comp Rates in Missouri Expected to Drop Again
Dec 27 2016 // Employers in Missouri should see a continued decrease in workers’ compensation insurance costs. The Missouri Department of Insurance is recommending a 4.6 percent decrease in workers’ comp insurance loss costs...
Midwest Regulation Report Card: States’ Grades Range from A to D
Dec 22 2016 // Grades assigned to the insurance regulatory systems in the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin range from A to D in a...
Missouri’s Grundy County Farmers Mutual, CFM Insurance to Merge
Dec 15 2016 // The boards of Missouri-based mutual insurance companies, CFM Insurance Inc. and Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Grundy County, have approved a plan to merge the two companies. Pending formal approval by Missouri...
Jury: American Family Must Pay $20M in Missouri Age, Sex Discrimination Case
Dec 14 2016 // A Missouri woman who sued American Family Insurance for retaliation and age and sex discrimination has been awarded $20 million in punitive damages. Deborah Miller, 60, of Blue Springs, also was awarded $450,000 in actual...
Missouri Insurance Department Fines Zenefits $62K for Unlicensed Activity
Dec 8 2016 // The Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration (DIFP) reported that San Francisco-based employee benefits products and services provider, Zenefits, has agreed to pay a penalty of...
2016 State Specialist P/C Insurers Revealed: Demotech
Dec 5 2016 // The Demotech Company Classification System categorizes insurers into one of 11 categories based on an analysis of data reported by companies to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The 11 categories...
Missouri Insurance Regulators Recover More Than $9M by Q3 2016
Dec 5 2016 // The Missouri Department of Insurance reported it recovered over $9 million for consumers who filed complaints against their insurance companies during the first nine months of 2016. In the first three quarters of 2016, the...
