Latest Missouri Headlines
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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...
Keystone Takes on Two New Missouri Partners
May 22 2015 // Keystone Insurers Group welcomed Springfield, Mo.-based agency Barker Phillips Jackson as its second franchise partner in the state and Winter-Dent & Company of Jefferson City as its third. Earlier in the week Keystone...
Missouri General Joins Keystone Insurers Group
May 20 2015 // St. Louis, Mo.-based agency Missouri General Insurance Agency has become a franchise partner in Keystone Insurers Group. Missouri General offers business and personal insurance, and benefits and financial...
Missouri Jury Assesses $82M Verdict Against Debt Collection Firm
May 18 2015 // A Jackson County, Mo. jury has assessed about $82 million in damages against a debt collection firm that demanded payment from the wrong woman. The jury awarded $251,000 in damages to Maria Guadalupe Mejia Alcantara and...
Missouri Woman Awarded $77M in Wells Fargo Case
May 14 2015 // A Missouri jury has awarded a woman $77 million in damages in a lawsuit alleging Wells Fargo Bank mismanaged her family trusts, costing her tens of millions of dollars. The St. Louis County jury, after a trial of more than...
Governor Signs Missouri Medical Malpractice Damage Caps into Law
May 11 2015 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed a measure capping some damage awards in medical malpractices cases, three years after the state’s Supreme Court struck down similar limits as unconstitutional. “This bipartisan...
Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Hires Gamble as Recruiter
May 7 2015 // St. Louis, Mo.-based Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), comprising nearly 100 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Southern Illinois, hired Grady Gamble as a recruiter for Missouri. Grady Gamble Gamble will...
Missouri Bill with Medical Malpractice Caps Sent to Governor
May 4 2015 // A measure to reinstate limits on lawsuit awards for pain and suffering in medical malpractice cases is heading to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s desk three years after the state Supreme Court overturned lower caps. The...
Parents of Missouri Teen Killed by Police Sue City of Ferguson
Apr 24 2015 // Ferguson, Mo., was sued by the family of an unarmed black teenager whose fatal shooting by a police officer triggered nationwide protests, while subsequent deaths at the hands of police fueled a national debate about how...
