Latest Missouri Headlines

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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...

Missouri’s Luebbering Joins VIAA

Apr 12 2023 // Luebbering 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 1991, Luebbering Insurance Agency...

Family of Missouri Man Who Died Canoeing Sue, Blaming Dangerous Dam

Apr 11 2023 // CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (AP) – The family of a man who drowned on a canoe trip is suing two state agencies, alleging a dangerous dam was to blame. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Caleb Gage, of Ballwin, was 32...

Jury: UPS Must Pay $75 Million to Missouri Family Hit by Truck

Mar 10 2023 // LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) – A jury found UPS Inc. must pay a Missouri family $75 million, after a company driver with a known history of drug abuse collided with a pregnant woman’s car, causing her baby to be born with...

Two Missouri Residents Plead Guilty to $1.2M Insurance Fraud Conspiracy

Feb 16 2023 // Two Columbia, Mo., residents pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a $1.2 million insurance fraud conspiracy that involved false claims of injuries suffered in car accidents. Latoya Marie Brown, 37, who also...

Missouri Cattle Processor Cited for Exposing Workers to Potentially Lethal Carbon Dioxide Levels

Feb 15 2023 // Lone Jack, Mo. – A federal workplace safety investigation at a Lone Jack cattle processing plant – now cited seven times by inspectors for endangering workers since March 2020 – found employees exposed to high levels...

OSHA Fines Missouri Company After Worker’s Death

Feb 2 2023 // KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A federal agency has recommended nearly $200,000 in fines after an apprentice technician died from electrocution at a construction site in Kansas City last year – just a year after another...

Missouri Engineering Company Fined $198K After Fatal Electrocution

Jan 31 2023 // A fourth-year apprentice heating, ventilation and air conditioning technician employed by U.S. Engineering Services suffered fatal electrocution after coming in contact with energized parts while repairing HVAC equipment...