Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Essentials: Do Brokers Have to Offer the Cheapest Coverage?
Aug 16 2012 // The question of whether insurance brokers are required to obtain the lowest cost insurance that meets the insured’s needs was answered recently by the Missouri Supreme Court in the case of Emerson Electric Co. v....
McCaskill, Akin Explain Farm Bill Differences
Aug 13 2012 // Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri stressed her support for federal crop insurance legislation and other rural interests on Aug. 10 while her new Republican challenger, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, defended his...
Missouri Man Convicted of Killing Insurance Agent
Aug 8 2012 // A St. Charles, Mo., man has been convicted of killing his auto insurance agent during a robbery prompted by a big loss at a casino. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports a jury deliberated less than three hours before...
Do Insurance Brokers Have an Obligation to Offer the Cheapest Coverage Available?
Aug 6 2012 // The question of whether insurance brokers are required to obtain the lowest cost insurance that meets the insured’s needs was answered recently by the Missouri Supreme Court in Emerson Electric Co. v. Marsh &...
Missouri Supreme Court Strikes Down Non-Economic Damage Cap
Aug 2 2012 // Missouri’s top justices have ruled that the state’s law placing limits on the amount juries can award for non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits is unconstitutional. The state Supreme Court said...
PURE to Offer Coverage to High-End Homeowners in Missouri
Jul 31 2012 // Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange, a policyholder-owned property/casualty insurer exclusively focused on high net worth individuals and families, has announced that it will begin accepting new members...
Missouri County Denied Compensation for Flood Damage
Jul 30 2012 // A southeast Missouri county has been told it won’t be getting any money for damage caused by the activation of the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway last year. The Southeast Missourian reports Mississippi...
Missouri Helps Collect $5M for Consumers in First Half 2012
Jul 27 2012 // Missouri insurance regulators report their efforts are helping consumers to receive more than $5 million in additional insurance claims payments in first half of 2012. Consumers will receive an additional $5.1 million in...
Ex-Missouri Gov. Wilson Gets Probation for Campaign Payment
Jul 23 2012 // Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson has been sentenced to two years of probation for misusing money to make political donations. Wilson, a 63-year-old Democrat, pleaded guilty in April to one count of misdemeanor campaign...
Missouri at Highest Risk for Fires from Drought
Jul 19 2012 // The drought has spread across much of the country, creating extreme fire risks. But no place is more at risk than Missouri. The National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska rates Missouri’s fire...
Missouri Gas Stations Operational After Securing Insurance for Underground Storage Tanks
Jul 13 2012 // Three gas stations in Missouri that were shut down by the state’s attorney general for operating without insurance coverage for their underground storage tanks are back in business after purchasing...
Ex-Missouri Gov. Wilson Gets Probation for Improper Campaign Payment
Jul 10 2012 // Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson has been sentenced to two years of probation for misusing money to make political donations. Wilson, a 63-year-old Democrat, pleaded guilty in April to one count of misdemeanor campaign...
Corn Belt Fears Large Crop Loss from Heat Wave, Drought Conditions
Jul 9 2012 // Fears are rising that grain crops in the core of the U.S. Corn Belt – the top corn-producing region in the world – will suffer big losses that are already causing farmers to plow up fields in other regions of...
Mathewson Joins Lockton Risk Management Team in St. Louis, Missouri
Jul 5 2012 // Lockton St. Louis announced the addition of Jim Mathewson, senior vice president, to its Risk Management team. In his new position, Mathewson will be responsible for working directly with clients to provide strategic...
Co-Owner of Missouri-Based US Fidelis Pleads Guilty in Federal Case
Jun 20 2012 // For the second time in four days, the former co-owner of a once prominent marketer of auto service contracts has pleaded guilty. Cory Atkinson of Lake St. Louis, Mo., on June 18 pleaded guilty to federal charges including...
Wife of Slain Missouri Insurance Agent Gets 8 Years in Spouse’s Death
Jun 19 2012 // A Missouri woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for helping plan her husband’s murder with the church pastor who was her lover. Her husband, David Stone, was an insurance agent. Forty-year-old Teresa...
3 Dead After Strong Storm in Southern Missouri
Jun 6 2012 // A man and his two adult sons died when a sudden, powerful storm slammed into a mobile home in southeast Missouri, officials said as weather officials began to investigate if the damage was caused by a tornado or straight...
Feet of Sand Leave Midwest Farms Wasteland After Flooding
Jun 5 2012 // Mason Hansen guns his pickup and cranks the steering wheel to spin through sand up to 4 feet high, but this is no day at the beach. Hanson once grew corn and soybeans in the sandy wasteland in western Iowa, and his...
Missouri Session Ends with Some of Business ‘6’ Fixed
Jun 4 2012 // Despite repeated attempts during two legislative sessions, the Republicans who control Missouri’s General Assembly have passed only part of the six-point, pro-business agenda outlined by the state’s main...
Business Moves – Midwest
Jun 4 2012 // SIAA, Thomas Insurance Group The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance has signed its 4,000th member agency, the Thomas Insurance Group of Cape Girardeau, Mo. Recruited by master agency Valley Insurance Agency Alliance of...
