Latest Missouri Headlines
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Missouri Manufacturer Agrees to Settle Discrimination Suit
Nov 1 2023 // Tapco Inc, a manufacturer and molder of farm equipment in Bridgeton, Missouri, agreed to conciliate two federal discrimination charges alleging sexual harassment and constructive discharge with the U.S. Equal Employment...
Mother Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Shuttered Missouri Boarding School Over Son’s Abuse and Suicide
Oct 25 2023 // MISSION, Kan. (AP) – A mother is suing a shuttered Christian boarding school in Missouri, blaming her son’s death on a gang rape and other abuse he endured there. Agape Boarding School has been subjected to a wave...
Inszone Acquires Missouri’s DeVoy
Oct 11 2023 // Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of DeVoy Insurance Group, a well-established insurance agency deeply rooted in the community of Brookfield, Missouri. DeVoy Insurance Group is run by Blake DeVoy, whose...
VIAA Adds Two Missouri Agencies to Commercial Marketing Pod Program
Sep 25 2023 // Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of more than 160 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois, recently welcomed two alliance agencies to its members-only Commercial Marketing pod...
Missouri Jury Awards $745M in Lawsuit Over Fatal Accident Involving Use of Nitrous Oxide
Sep 14 2023 // CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri jury has awarded $745 million to the parents of a young woman killed on a sidewalk outside an urgent care center by a driver who huffed nitrous oxide canisters right before the...
Missouri Roofing Contractor Faces $205K Fine After Employee’s Fatal Fall
Sep 12 2023 // On March 27, 2023, an 18-year-old employee of a Missouri contractor was applying sealant to a commercial building’s roof when he fell more than 22 feet and suffered serious injuries that left him in a coma for five...
Missouri’s C Williams Insurance Agency Joins VIAA
Aug 14 2023 // C Williams Insurance Agency recently joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of more than 160 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Founded in 2023, C Williams Insurance Agency...
Missouri’s Cameron Mutual Placed Into Rehabilitation
Aug 10 2023 // Cameron Mutual Insurance Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Cameron National Insurance Company, were placed into rehabilitation this week by the Circuit Court of Cole County, Missouri. Missouri Department of Commerce...
Consumer Specialists Available to Assist Tornado-Impacted Missouri Residents
Aug 8 2023 // The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) said that consumer specialists will be on-site at the Multi-Agency Resource Center in Knox County, Missouri, to answer insurance questions and assist residents...
Poorly Designed Railroad Crossing in Rural Missouri Contributed to Fatal Amtrak Derailment, Investigators Find
Aug 4 2023 // A dump truck driver last year may have never seen an oncoming Amtrak train before it was too late, federal investigators concluded in a report, finding that a steep, poorly designed railroad crossing in rural Missouri...
VIAA Named Platinum Tier Member in Previsor Insurance and Missouri Employees Mutual Partner Program
Jul 26 2023 // Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of more than 160 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois, was recently named a platinum tier member in Previsor Insurance and Missouri Employees...
Missouri Chemical Plant Fined $393K for Safety and Health Violations
Jul 21 2023 // Less than two years after an investigation found dozens of serious safety and health violations at a Verona, Missouri chemical plant, workplace safety inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor identified 16 violations,...
How Push for the Atomic Bomb Spawned Enduring Radioactive Waste Problems in St. Louis
Jul 14 2023 // ST. LOUIS (AP) __ The federal government and companies responsible for nuclear bomb production and atomic waste storage sites in the St. Louis area in the mid- 20th century were aware of health risks, spills, improperly...
Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to $1.1M Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jul 3 2023 // A Missouri man has pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a $1.1 million insurance fraud conspiracy that involved false claims of injuries suffered in car accidents, as well as to his role in a conspiracy to...
People & Places
Jul 3 2023 // National Linda Johnson Global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re appointed Linda Johnson vice chairperson for its North American team. Johnson will be responsible for producing new business for large casualty and structured...
People & Places
Jun 19 2023 // National John Kuhn John Kuhn is now senior vice president, management liability and head of large public at Ascot. Based in the New York office, Kuhn will lead the development and execution of Ascot’s large public...
Parents of Girl Who Drowned at Missouri Water Park File Lawsuit
Jun 16 2023 // KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The parents of a 6-year-old girl who drowned at a popular Kansas City water park last year allege in a lawsuit that the park repeatedly hires young, inexperienced lifeguards and does not...
Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to $1.1M Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jun 13 2023 // A Missouri man has pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a $1.1 million insurance fraud conspiracy that involved false claims of injuries suffered in car accidents, as well as to his role in a conspiracy to...
Storm Tears Roofs Off Buildings in Northern Missouri
May 10 2023 // TRENTON, Mo. (AP) – Severe storms tore the roofs off several buildings in northern Missouri and pelted the region with softball-sized hail. Grundy County Emergency Manager Glen Briggs told KSHB television that...
G&G Acquires Missouri’s Robbins Insurance Group
May 9 2023 // G&G Independent Insurance announced the acquisition of Branson, Missouri-based Robbins Insurance Group. The transaction became effective on May 1, 2023. G&G Independent Insurance has been serving the insurance...
