Latest Missouri Headlines
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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...
People – West
Jan 11 2016 // H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, headquartered in Detroit/Farmington Hills, Mich., named Wayne Bates president of Atain Insurance Cos. and corporate senior vice president of Kaufman Financial Group. Bates joins Atain...
2016 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 11 2016 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2016 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Mississippi Floodwaters Head South; Officials Weigh Options
Jan 6 2016 // As floodwaters move south along the Mississippi River, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers is weighing steps it could take to prevent widespread flooding from southern Missouri down to the Gulf Coast. In Louisiana, the Corps...
Cleanup Begins in Illinois, Missouri after Massive Flooding
Jan 4 2016 // The Mississippi River and many of its tributaries on Jan. 3 continued their retreat from historic and deadly winter flooding, leaving amid the silt a massive cleanup and recovery effort likely to take weeks if not...
Deadly Floods Disrupting Agriculture, Commercial Operations in U.S. Midwest
Jan 3 2016 // Deadly flooding across the U.S. Midwest is disrupting everything from oil to agriculture, forcing pipelines, terminals and grain elevators to close. The floods have killed at least 30 people and shut hundreds of roads...
State of Emergency Declared in Missouri; National Guard Activated
Dec 30 2015 // In response to historic flooding in some areas of the state, Gov. Jay Nixon activated the Missouri National Guard to protect local communities and support emergency response personnel. The Guard’s responsibilities...
Floods of Five Rivers Head from Midwest to U.S. Industrial South
Dec 30 2015 // Brace yourself, U.S. South. The Mississippi River is coming, and so are the Arkansas, the Red, the Ohio and the Missouri. The water on the Mississippi River is already so high that Missouri has closed interstate highways....
Texas Tornadoes, Midwest Flooding Leave at Least 24 Dead
Dec 29 2015 // At least 11 people died and dozens were injured in strong tornadoes that swept through the Dallas area and caused substantial damage this weekend, while 13 people died in flooding in the Midwest. It was the latest of a...
People – midwest
Dec 21 2015 // Missouri Insurance Director John Huff has been elected president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for 2016. Other officers elected are President-Elect: Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon P....
J.M. Wilson Adds Montgomery as Asst. Underwriter in Missouri
Dec 17 2015 // J.M. Wilson has hired Ashley Montgomery as assistant underwriter in its Kansas City, Mo., office. Montgomery assists the property/casualty and transportation underwriting departments with setting up and binding policies...
Talley Named Captive Program Manager at Missouri Insurance Department
Dec 16 2015 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has appointed John Talley as its new Captive Program Manager. Talley has nearly 25 years of insurance regulatory experience and was most recently chief of Captive Insurance Operations...
Gun Shop Liability Case Being Heard by Missouri Supreme Court
Dec 10 2015 // A lawyer for a Missouri mother who says a gun and pawn shop should be held accountable for selling her mentally ill daughter the gun she used to kill her own father challenged a claim that state and federal law protects...
Missouri Hotel Closed after Legionnaires’ Bacteria Found
Nov 25 2015 // A hotel in northeast Missouri’s Hannibal is temporarily closed after health officials found evidence of the respiratory-related Legionnaires’ disease there. The Hannibal Courier-Post reports the Best Western in...
A.M. Best: Outlook Stable for Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance
Nov 25 2015 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and the issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance Co. (Missouri Valley)...
