Latest Missouri Headlines
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Missouri Levee Owners to Get Repair Help from Feds
Dec 8 2011 // A northwest Missouri levee that was dropped from a federal repair program shortly before record flooding caused $4 million in damage has been reinstated to the program, landowners who oversee the levee said. Paul Markt,...
AIPSO Central Region Closing East Wacker Drive Office in Chicago
Dec 5 2011 // AIPSO, a management organization and service provider for various insurance industry groups responsible for administering the residual market, announced that the central region is closing its East Wacker Drive office in...
Post Tornado, Joplin, Missouri, Rebuilding Permits Setting Records
Dec 5 2011 // Joplin, Mo., is building at a record pace after the town was devastated by a tornado in May, and city officials said they expect the activity to continue into next year. The city has issued an average of $35.4 million in...
Insurers Pay Out $1.13B for Joplin, Missouri Tornado Damage
Nov 30 2011 // Insurance companies have paid out $1.13 billion in claims from the Joplin tornado, and that’s expected to climb to as much as $1.9 billion, the state’s insurance department director said. An estimated 7,500...
Joplin Homeowners Need More Time to Rebuild, Missouri Regulators Say
Nov 29 2011 // While insurance companies have paid out more than $1.1 billion for losses stemming from the May 22 tornado that devastated Joplin, Mo., regulators say that timelines contained in some property polices are hampering...
Post Tornado, Joplin, Missouri, Rebuilding Permits Setting Records
Nov 22 2011 // Joplin, Mo., is building at a record pace after the town was devastated by a tornado in May, and city officials said they expect the activity to continue into next year. The city has issued an average of $35.4 million in...
$10M Settlement in Missouri Asbestos Lawsuit
Nov 21 2011 // The family of a longtime Jackson County, Missouri courthouse employee has accepted a $10 million settlement in a lawsuit involving the handling of asbestos at the courthouse. The settlement of a lawsuit filed by Nancy...
Missouri Pastor Pleads Guilty in Death of Congregant, an Insurance Agent
Nov 10 2011 // A former western Missouri pastor has pleaded guilty in the death of a former member of his church. Fifty-two-year-old David Love of Independence pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of 42-year-old Randy...
FEMA Extends Deadline to Seek Flood Assistance in Missouri
Nov 7 2011 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has again extended the deadline for residents in six Missouri counties to apply for federal disaster assistance. FEMA spokesman John Mills says the new deadline is Dec. 10 for...
Missouri Disaster Bill at $15M so Far, Likely to Rise
Nov 7 2011 // Missouri has spent about $15 million so far this year responding to natural disasters such as the deadly Joplin tornado and flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. State budget director Linda Luebbering says...
Accident Fund Will Cover Comp Claim for Joplin Tornado Survivor
Nov 7 2011 // Michigan-based Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America says it will honor the workers’ compensation claims for a man injured during the tornado outbreak in Joplin, Mo., earlier this year. Mark Lindquist, a social...
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Nov 7 2011 // Westfield Insurance, headquartered in Westfield, Ohio, selected Dennis Baus to lead the company’s surety operations. Baus assumes the national surety leader responsibilities on Jan. 1, 2012, replacing Rick Kinnaird...
The Demotech Company Classification System Reveals State Specialist Property/Casualty Insurers
Nov 7 2011 // Company Name State of Speciality 2010 TOTAL DPW Texas Mutual Insurance Co. TX 596,191 Old American County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. TX 575,100 SAIF Corporation OR 327,373 St. Johns Insurance Co. Inc. FL 257,106 Brickstreet...
Missouri Judge Declares Mistrial in $700M Tobacco Lawsuit
Oct 27 2011 // A judge in Missouri has declared a mistrial in a $700 million lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, after jurors failed to reach agreement on whether Missouri smokers were misled into believing that light cigarettes were...
Gumtree Wholesale Insurance Hires Cota in Missouri Office
Oct 20 2011 // Vicki Cota has been named underwriter/broker at Gumtree Wholesale Insurance Brokers Inc. in its Springfield, Mo., office. She previously served as professional liability underwriter for Bohrer-Croxdale & McAdoo...
Missouri Regulators Recover Nearly $10M in Insurance Payments
Oct 19 2011 // Consumers who filed complaints with the Missouri Department of Insurance have received almost $10 million in additional claims payments from their insurance companies, the department announced. The Missouri DIO has...
2011 Sets New Record for Federal Disaster Declarations
Oct 3 2011 // The year 2011 will go down as a record-setting year when it comes to federal disaster declarations, industry analysts say. With another three months left in 2011, and hurricane season continues until November 30, the...
Workplace Deaths Drop 25% in Missouri
Oct 3 2011 // Fewer people are dying on the job in Missouri. The Department of Labor announced that there were 107 fatal work injuries in 2010 in Missouri, down 25 percent from 2009. Sixty of the victims died after being struck by...
New Insurance Laws Go Into Effect in Missouri
Oct 3 2011 // Missouri homeowners hit by damaging storms now have stronger protections in place under two new state laws, insurance regulators announced. The laws allow insurance companies to better serve hard-hit areas and protect...
Receding Missouri River Reveals Badly Damaged Land
Sep 26 2011 // As the Missouri River slowly recedes, farmers seeing their fields for the first time since June are encountering sand dunes, strange debris and deep gouges the floodwaters carved into their once-fertile land. The soil...
