Latest Missouri Headlines

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Fatalities Increase, Seat Belt Use Decreases in 2015 in NW Missouri

Jul 21 2015 // Northwest Missouri has seen a rise in fatal wrecks, and authorities are alarmed because most of the victims weren’t wearing seat belts. A Missouri State Highway Patrol troop for the area reports a 54 percent increase...

Missouri Sues Feds over Crop Insurance Report Extension

Jul 20 2015 // Missouri officials are pushing for an extension to file paperwork needed for farmers to receive crop insurance, coverage the governor and attorney general say is necessary amid heavy rainfall and flooding. Attorney General...

Rogers Joins The Keating Group in Springfield, Missouri

Jul 17 2015 // Phoenix, Ariz.-based surplus line wholesaler The Keating Group (tKg), has added Cal Rogers as assistant vice president, broker in its Springfield, Mo., office. Rogers will be responsible for property/casualty production in...

Missouri School District Settles Bullying Lawsuit for $300K

Jul 16 2015 // A federal lawsuit filed by the parents of a 14-year-old southwest Missouri boy who killed himself after being bullied at school has been settled for $300,000. The Joplin Globe reports the Carl Junction School District and...

$6.7M Awarded in Missouri Traffic Fatality Lawsuit

Jul 15 2015 // A Missouri jury has awarded a West Plains family $6.7 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission. The West Plains Daily Quill reports that Laurie Holesapple and her...

Missouri Property Owner Sued Over Man’s Elevator Death

Jul 13 2015 // The sister of a musician and photographer who fell 18 feet to his death down a downtown St. Louis building’s elevator shaft is suing the former property owner and the elevator’s manufacturer. The lawsuit filed...

Missouri Insurance Department Returns $6.3M to Consumers

Jul 10 2015 // The Missouri Department of Insurance helped consumers who filed a complaint against their insurance company receive an additional $6.3 million in claim payments in the first half of 2015. Health insurance generated the...

Keystone Adds 3 Missouri Agencies to Network

Jul 9 2015 // Keystone Insurers Group added three new partners in Missouri. The partners are: Jerome L. Howe Inc. of St. Louis; Schroepfer Bauer Insurance Agency of Union; and Custom Insurance Services Inc. of Crystal City. Jerome L....

Missouri Settles with American Modern Insurance over Excessive Rates

Jul 6 2015 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced a regulatory agreement with American Modern Insurance Group Inc. over allegations that the company charged excessive rates in lender placed homeowners policies. Missouri...

Missouri Pair Sentenced to Prison for Arson, Insurance Fraud

Jul 2 2015 // Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for arson and insurance conspiracy after authorities say they conspired to burn houses they bought and insured in Kansas City, Mo. A news release from U.S. Attorney Tammy...

Marsh & Mclennan Agency Acquires J.W. Terrill in Missouri

Jul 2 2015 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired St. Louis, Mo.-based J.W. Terrill, one of the largest independent agencies in the Midwest. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This...

Report Says Police Actions Escalated Ferguson Unrest

Jul 1 2015 // Police antagonized crowds gathered to protest in Ferguson, violated free-speech rights and made it difficult to hold officers accountable, according to a U.S. Department of Justice report summary obtained by the St. Louis...

More Rain for Water-Soaked Missouri a Concern

Jun 23 2015 // Rain-swollen rivers either crested or started to fall across much of Missouri on June 22, but a National Weather Service flood expert warned that more rain is on the way over the next several days and the water could rise...

Missouri Manufacturer Cited for Worker’s Death, Fined $71K

Jun 17 2015 // The federal government has cited a Springfield, Mo.-based manufacturer after a worker at the company plant died in January. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Ridewell Corp. with a willful violation...

Missouri Man Sues State Over Commercial Vehicle Search Law

Jun 8 2015 // A Missouri rancher and political activist is suing the state for the second time, alleging that a law allowing troopers and other officers to pull over and inspect commercial vehicles without cause is unconstitutional. Ron...

Economic Report Suggests Slower Growth in Midwest

Jun 2 2015 // Slower economic growth is likely through the end of the third quarter this year for nine Midwestern and Plains states, according to a report issued on June 1. The survey report says the overall Mid-America Business...

Business Moves

Jun 1 2015 // Confie Seguros Confie Seguros, based in Huntington Beach, Calif., has acquired three new insurance brokerages in Buffalo, N.Y. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed. Confie acquired three agencies all providing auto...

People – Midwest

Jun 1 2015 // Michael E. LaRocco has been officially named president and chief executive officer of State Auto Financial Corp., taking over those duties from Robert P. Restrepo Jr., who is retiring. LaRocco also has been elected as a...

Jury: Abbott Must Pay $23M in Punitive Damages Over Depakote

May 28 2015 // Abbott Laboratories was ordered to pay $23 million in punitive damages to a Minnesota girl whose family blamed the company’s epilepsy drug Depakote for causing her birth defects. It was the first verdict against the...

J.M. Wilson Adds Farr as P/C Underwriter in Missouri

May 27 2015 // Insurance wholesaler J.M. Wilson added Andrea Farr in its Kansas City, Mo., office, as a property/casualty underwriter. Farr will serve independent insurance agents in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi and...