Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Keystone Mutual Enters Mo. Medical Malpractice Market
Jan 9 2008 // St. Louis, Mo.-based Keystone Mutual Insurance Co. recently announced that it is accepting applications from Missouri physicians for professional liability insurance upon being awarded a license Dec. 31 by the Missouri...
Top Insurance Stories in 2007 in Midwest
Dec 31 2007 // From storms that flooded the Midwest destroying homes and business in the summer to a court ruling that could have a significantly negative impact on the medical malpractice insurance market in the state of Illinois, 2007...
Mo. Water Park Accident Leads to Bill Requiring Insurance
Dec 31 2007 // A state lawmaker is proposing legislation that would impose new regulations on for-profit private water parks, including the need for at least $1 million in liability insurance. The move comes after a Joplin boy drowned...
Atlantic American Sells P/C Business to Missouri’s Columbia Mutual
Dec 28 2007 // Atlanta-based Atlantic American Corp. has agreed to sell its property/ casualty unit to Columbia Mutual Insurance Co. of Columbia, Missouri, part of the Columbia Insurance Group. The regional property and casualty business...
Mo. Governor Seeks Disaster Declaration for Counties Affected by Ice Storms
Dec 27 2007 // Gov. Matt Blunt is seeking a federal disaster declaration for public aid to 42 counties as a result of winter storms that hit Missouri this month. Blunt said that preliminary inspections found more than $28 million in...
Ice Storms Across Plains, Midwest Ground Airliners, Turn Deadly
Dec 23 2007 // Ice storms slickened roads and sidewalks, grounded hundreds of flights, and cut power to tens of thousands beginning Dec. 9 as the storms swept across the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes. The wintry weather continued...
Mo. Governor’s Official One of Nominees for Appeals Court Spot
Dec 21 2007 // A former top official in Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt’s administration is one of three finalists for a spot on the state appeals court. An appellate nominating commission on Monday selected Rod Chapel Jr., Zel Fischer...
Ice Storms in Plains, Midwest Ground Airliners, Blamed for 6 Deaths
Dec 11 2007 // An ice storm slickened roads and sidewalks, grounded hundreds of flights, and cut power to tens of thousands Sunday in a swath from the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes as even colder weather threatened. The wintry...
Mo. Department Officials Visit Agencies During ‘Capitol for a Day’ Event
Dec 5 2007 // Missouri Insurance Director Doug Ommen and Deputy Director Larry McCord will visit with employees of GM Peters Agency and JC Rupp Agency in Liberty today as part of the state’s “Capitol for a Day...
Neb., Mo. Earn NAIC Accreditation Awards
Dec 4 2007 // Four state insurance departments recently received Accreditation Awards as part of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Financial Regulation Standards and Accreditation Program. During the...
Mo. Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Workers’ Comp Law
Nov 30 2007 // Did lawmakers fix Missouri’s broken system of compensating people for workplace injuries? Or did they pass a draconian change that reverted workers’ rights to the 19th century? Those are the contradictory views...
Numbers of Mo. Homeowners Buying Earthquake Insurance Drops
Nov 26 2007 // The cost of earthquake insurance has gone up in Missouri, and the number of people buying it has gone down. Figures from the state Department of Insurance show that earthquake coverage was carried on fewer than 38 percent...
Mo. Dept.: Mid-November Most Dangerous Time for Deer Crashes
Nov 14 2007 // In 2006, deer were the cause of 3,530 traffic crashes in Missouri, resulting in 364 injuries and three deaths, according to the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional...
Mo. Dept. Hosts Training Course on Insurance Fraud for Investigators
Nov 7 2007 // The Missouri Department of Insurance’s Consumer Affairs Division today announced it will host a training course for state and local government special investigators on Friday, Nov. 9 in Jefferson City at the Harry S....
SafeAuto Insurance Enters Mo. Market
Nov 7 2007 // Columbus, Ohio-based SafeAuto Insurance recently announced that it is expanding its operations into the “Show Me State,” Missouri with its brand of minimum coverage insurance beginning Nov. 8, 2007. Minimum...
Swiss Re, Lockton Offer New Product to Kan. and Mo. Attorneys
Nov 6 2007 // Swiss Re’s Commercial Insurance and Lockton Risk Services, Inc., today announced the launch of a new product designed to protect the reputation and assets of law firms in Missouri and Kansas. The program, Lawyers...
Mo. Lawsuit Alleges Walgreen’s Error Caused Miscarriage
Oct 23 2007 // When Chanda Givens began feeling sick and throwing up about a month into her pregnancy, she wrote it off as morning sickness. It was only after the suburban St. Louis woman miscarried a month later that she learned the...
Mo. National Guard Trains in Earthquake Preparedness
Oct 16 2007 // The Missouri National Guard spent the weekend engaged in Operation Cracked Earth, training exercises to test communication abilities in the event that there is a major earthquake in the New Madrid fault zone. The New...
Mo. Governor: 2006 Med Mal Report Shows Positive Results
Oct 2 2007 // The medical malpractice insurance market has stabilized following escalating medical malpractice costs that caused a downturn in the market from 1999 – 2003, according to the 2006 Medical Malpractice Report recently...
Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family
Sep 24 2007 // With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency force Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and...
