Latest Missouri Headlines
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Jury Awards $20.6M to Missouri Woman Exposed to Carcinogen
Mar 23 2016 // A southwest Missouri woman has been awarded $20.6 million in damages after federal jurors found that a company exposed her to a toxic chemical that left her with permanent disabilities. The Joplin Globe reports that a jury...
Missouri Lawmakers Favor Statewide Regulations for Uber
Mar 18 2016 // Missouri lawmakers in both chambers say passing statewide regulations for app-based car services will lead to thousands of new jobs. Uber’s general manager for Missouri Sagar Shah said that regulations making their...
Missouri House Approves Bill Expanding Food Producers’ Ability to Sue
Mar 9 2016 // The Missouri House has passed a bill that would make it easier for food producers to sue people for spreading false information about their products. Lawmakers voted 131-23 to send the bill to the Senate. The proposal...
Groups Push for Texting-While-Driving Ban in Missouri
Mar 9 2016 // Law enforcement, health care, insurance and transportation groups are urging Missouri lawmakers to ban texting while driving. A House panel heard testimony on three bills that would make it an infraction for a driver to...
Florida High Court Rules Artist Can Sue UPS Over Lost Paintings
Mar 8 2016 // The Florida Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that an artist can sue UPS in state court over two paintings removed from their shipping tube while in transit and sold by the company UPS contracts to handle its...
Missouri Insurance Director: State Sees Growth in Industry Jobs
Mar 7 2016 // The number of insurance industry jobs is increasing in Missouri, according to state insurance regulators. The number insurance producers in the state has grown nearly 25 percent since 2009, from 119,064 to 147,688 today,...
Missouri Unemployment Rate Hits 4.3%, Lowest Since 2001
Mar 3 2016 // Missouri’s unemployment rate has fallen again to its lowest point since 2001. The state Department of Economic Development said that Missouri’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in January....
Marsh & McLennan Acquires Missouri-Based Aviation Solutions
Mar 1 2016 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, announced it has acquired Aviation Solutions LLC, an aviation risk advisor and insurance broker based in Lee’s Summit, Mo. Terms of...
Keystone Insurers Group Adds 3 Missouri Agencies
Feb 26 2016 // Keystone Insurers Group announced it has added three new partners in Missouri: Scott Agency of Montgomery City, Harrison Agency of Columbia and Anderson & Green Insurance Agency of Sikeston. Harrison Agency was...
Missouri Insurance Director: State Sees Strong Growth in Industry Jobs
Feb 25 2016 // The total number of insurance producers operating in Missouri has grown nearly 25 percent since 2009, from 119,064 to 147,688 today, according to Missouri Department of Insurance Director John M. Huff. The state insurance...
Minnesota AG Says Missouri Auto Company Deceives Customers about Repair Coverage
Feb 24 2016 // Minnesota’s attorney general is suing a Missouri company, accusing it of misleading consumers into unnecessarily buying coverage for auto repairs. The lawsuit by Attorney General Lori Swanson was filed in Dakota...
Cost Drops for Sinkhole Coverage Through Missouri FAIR Plan
Feb 22 2016 // Premiums for sinkhole insurance through the Missouri Property Insurance Placement Facility, also known as the FAIR Plan, are decreasing, state insurance regulators say. The new rate structure is the result of an actuarial...
Missouri Senators Debate Government Role in Road Safety
Feb 12 2016 // Bills governing seat belt use, texting while driving and helmet requirements for motorcyclists prompted debate in a Missouri Senate committee over whether the government should play a larger role in road safety. Two bills...
Missouri Insurance Regulators Recover Millions for Consumers, Schools in 2015
Feb 9 2016 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced it helped to obtain millions of dollars for citizens and schools in 2015 through regulatory intervention and penalties against insurance companies. The department also worked...
Missouri Governor: 96% of St. Louis Area Flood Debris Removed
Feb 5 2016 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says the vast majority of debris that resulted from flooding in the St. Louis area has been cleared. Nixon said Feb. 3 that 96 percent of identified flood debris has been removed from the St. Louis...
Cost Drops for Sinkhole Coverage Through Missouri FAIR Plan
Feb 2 2016 // Premiums for sinkhole insurance through the Missouri Property Insurance Placement Facility, also known as the FAIR Plan, are decreasing, state insurance regulators say. The new rate structure, which is the result of an...
Deadline Announced for Missouri Insurance Education Foundation Scholarships
Jan 29 2016 // Missouri insurance regulators say the application deadline for Missouri Insurance Education Foundation (MIEF) scholarships is March 31. High school seniors and college students, who are Missouri residents may apply for the...
Missouri Joins Other States in Barring Insurers’ Use of Price Optimization
Jan 25 2016 // In mid-January, the Missouri Department of Insurance issued a bulletin to insurers reminding them that the rating practice generally known as “price optimization” is prohibited in the state. “Price...
Federal Disaster Declaration Approved for Missouri
Jan 24 2016 // President Barack Obama approved a major disaster declaration for 33 Missouri counties damaged by severe weather and flooding in late December and early January. The declaration makes assistance programs available to...
Missouri Insurance Director: Price Optimization Violates Missouri Law
Jan 13 2016 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has issued a bulletin to Missouri insurers reminding them that the rating practice generally known as “price optimization” is prohibited in the state. “Price...
