Latest Missouri Headlines
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NAIC Elects Missouri’s Huff President; Other 2016 Officers
Nov 24 2015 // State insurance regulators who are members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have elected 2016 officers, including Missouri Insurance Director John Huff as president. Other officers elected are...
Missouri Insurance Director Huff Elected NAIC President
Nov 23 2015 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have elected 2016 officers who will will assume their duties on Jan. 1, 2016. President: Missouri Insurance Director John M. Huff President-Elect:...
Ex-Instructor Gets Nearly $5M Award in Missouri Discrimination Case
Nov 4 2015 // A St. Louis County jury has awarded nearly $5 million to a former Harris-Stowe State University instructor who argued the historically black school discriminated against her because she is white. Jurors returned the $4.85...
EPA: Missouri Landfill Fire Fix to Come by Year’s End
Oct 28 2015 // A plan to make sure an underground St. Louis-area landfill fire doesn’t reach a cache of Cold War-era nuclear waste buried nearby will come before the end of 2015, an Environmental Protection Agency administrator...
Study Shows Pay Gaps for Women, Minorities at U. of Missouri
Oct 26 2015 // Female faculty members at the University of Missouri tend to make $16,000 less than their male counterparts, while racial and ethnic minority faculty members also make $16,000 less than their majority counterparts,...
Court Hears Challenge to Missouri Noneconomic Damage Limits
Oct 23 2015 // A lawyer for the family of a woman who died after a heart operation argued on Oct. 21 to the Missouri Supreme Court that state law limiting how much they can receive in damages is unconstitutional. The case could strike...
Farmers Insurance Agrees to Settle Missouri No-Call Lawsuit
Oct 20 2015 // California-based Farmers Insurance has agreed to pay Missouri $575,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming its agents violated state telemarketing laws. Attorney General Chris Koster said that is the largest amount ever paid to...
Southeast Missouri Rattled by Small Earthquakes
Oct 20 2015 // A pair of earthquakes hit southeast Missouri on Oct. 16, but there were no reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said a 3.4-magnitude earthquake, followed 24 minutes later by a 3.2-magnitude aftershock,...
Missouri Glass Company to Appeal OSHA Penalties
Oct 19 2015 // An official with a southeast Missouri glass company where a worker suffered third-degree burns says the firm will appeal proposed penalties of $122,000. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the...
Worker’s Burns Lead to $122K in Penalties for Missouri Company
Oct 16 2015 // The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing penalties of $122,000 for a glass company after a worker in southeast Missouri suffered third-degree burns on the job. OSHA announced the proposed...
Missouri Religious Order to Pay $300K in Abuse Settlement
Oct 11 2015 // A Roman Catholic religious order has agreed to pay $300,000 to a former student at a suburban St. Louis, Mo., high school to settle claims that a teacher at the school sexually abused him. The settlement was announced on...
Missouri Landfill Burning Near Nuclear Waste Dump
Oct 8 2015 // Beneath the surface of a St. Louis, Mo.-area landfill lurk two things that should never meet: a slow-burning fire and a cache of Cold War-era nuclear waste, separated by no more than 1,200 feet. Government officials have...
NAMIC Legislators of the Year from Indiana, Missouri
Oct 5 2015 // Missouri Rep. Don Gosen and Indiana Rep. Matt Lehman were named Legislators of the Year for the 2015 legislative session by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies. Gosen is chairman of the Missouri House...
5 Veteran Missouri Insurance Regulators Appointed to New Roles
Sep 27 2015 // Missouri Department of Insurance Director John M. Huff has appointed five veteran regulators to new and expanded leadership roles. Angela Nelson, director of the Market Regulation Division, has been tasked with the...
Missouri High Court Rules against Chiefs in Age Discrimination Suit
Sep 24 2015 // The Missouri Supreme Court has given fresh life to a lawsuit that claims the Kansas City Chiefs fired an older maintenance manager because of his age. In vacating a Jackson County jury’s decision that the club...
Tornadoes Damage Homes Along Kansas/Missouri Border
Sep 21 2015 // A pair of tornadoes along the Kansas-Missouri border with speeds of up to about 110 mph damaged homes and caused minor injuries, officials said. The first twister touched down around 6:30 p.m. Friday about 40 miles south...
Missouri Fines Insurer Safe Auto for Alleged Violations
Sep 21 2015 // Missouri motorists insured by Safe Auto may receive a refund or credit following a market conduct examination conducted by the Missouri Department of Insurance. The department said the auto insurer failed to provide...
Missouri Fire Department Settles Same-Sex Benefits Lawsuit
Sep 15 2015 // A small southwest Missouri fire department has settled a lawsuit with the American Civil Liberties Union and a former fire captain who was seeking benefits for her same-sex wife. Fire Capt. Andi Mooneyham and the ACLU sued...
Missouri Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates Expected to Drop
Sep 14 2015 // Missouri businesses could see another drop in workers’ compensation insurance premiums next year. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon said during a visit to an Affton carpenters’ training center that early figures from...
Money Lacking to Replace, Repair Missouri’s Bridges
Sep 11 2015 // Hundreds of bridges across Missouri need repairs or replacing but the state agency that oversees bridges doesn’t have the money for the work, according to transportation officials. The Missouri Department of...
