Latest Missouri Headlines
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Midwest States to Get Federal Help After Disaster Declarations Approved
Jul 13 2020 // At least three Midwest states – Michigan, Missouri and North Dakota will receive federal help after President Donald Trump approved their requests for federal disaster declarations. Missouri requested a federal disaster...
May 2019 Tornadoes in Missouri Caused Nearly $190M in Insured Losses
Jul 10 2020 // The May 2019 tornadoes that ravaged several parts of Missouri caused significant damage to both residential and commercial properties, and resulted in close to $190 million in insured losses, the state Department of...
Missouri Won’t Shut Down Summer Camps Despite Virus Outbreaks
Jul 9 2020 // Missouri leaders knew the risk of convening thousands of kids at summer camps across the state during a pandemic, the state’s top health official said, and insisted that camp organizers have plans in place to keep an...
Missouri Governor Signs Bill to Limit Lawsuits Against Businesses
Jul 6 2020 // Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on July 1 signed a bill that’s part of a business-backed effort to rein in lawsuits against businesses in the state. The law deals with lawsuits seeking money for injuries or other harm...
Missouri Contractor Fined $224K after Trench Collapse, Employee Injuries
Jun 30 2020 // A Missouri contractor has been cited by federal workplace safety officials for trenching and excavation violations after an employee suffered severe injuries when a 20-foot trench collapsed during excavation of Creve Coeur...
Missouri Appeals Court Upholds Owned-Vehicle Uninsured Motorist Exclusion
Jun 26 2020 // In Johnson v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company, Johnson appealed a Missouri trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of State Farm, which upheld an owned-vehicle uninsured motorist (UM) exclusion...
100s of Virus Deaths Draw Focus on Missouri Nursing Home Industry
Jun 24 2020 // After years of failed attempts, advocates for nursing home residents this year won approval of legislation that allows families to install surveillance cameras in residents’ rooms. The measure, backers say, will help...
Ratings of Missouri’s Cameron Mutual Insurance Downgraded
Jun 24 2020 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B (Fair) from B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bb+” from “bbb-” of Cameron Mutual Insurance Co. (Cameron Mutual) in...
Court Rejects J&J Bid to Toss Baby Powder Verdict But Cuts Damages to $2.1B
Jun 23 2020 // A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday rejected Johnson & Johnson’s bid to throw out a jury verdict in favor of women who blamed their ovarian cancer on its baby powder and other talc products, but reduced its...
Guardrail Company Accused of Negligence, Fraud in Missouri Lawsuit
Jun 23 2020 // A Missouri commission is suing a company that makes guardrails, saying its equipment is defective. The Missouri Highways and Transportation Committee, a six-member board that governs the Missouri Department of...
Branch Launches Personal Lines Insurance Discount Program in Missouri
Jun 18 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based technology-based personal lines insurance provider, Branch, has launched its My Community Discount program in Missouri. Through the program, clients can “save on their insurance premiums by...
Arkansas AG Sues TV Pastor Bakker over Virus Treatment Claims
Jun 17 2020 // Arkansas’ attorney general has sued Missouri-based TV pastor Jim Bakker over his promotion of a product falsely touted as a cure for the illness caused by the coronavirus. Attorney General Leslie Rutledge filed the...
Ohio’s Root Insurance Now Offering Homeowners Coverage
Jun 3 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based insurtech, Root Insurance, has launched Root Home, a homeowners insurance program that is available in 13 states. Root Insurance customers who bundle with new or existing auto policies will save 10% on...
Missouri’s Skyline Risk Management Joins Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance
May 28 2020 // Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance, Inc. (MIAA), a network of independent insurance agencies across seven states, has added Skyline Risk Management of Independence, Missouri, as a member of the agency group. Skyline Risk...
Business Owner at Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks Defends Weekend Actions
May 28 2020 // The owner of a business that hosted crowded pool parties over the Memorial Day weekend at Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks says no laws were broken and safety measures were in place to protect against the spread of the...
Wrongfully Convicted Missouri Man Gets $8M Settlement
May 18 2020 // A southeastern Missouri city has agreed to an $8 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by a man who spent 17 years in prison for murder before the state Supreme Court overturned his conviction. Jonathan Douglass, the city...
Missouri Family Files Workers’ Comp Claim in Nurse’s Death from Virus
May 14 2020 // Attorneys for the family of a Missouri nurse who died from COVID-19 filed a claim for death benefits under the state’s workers’ compensation laws. Celia Yap-Banago, 69, died April 21 after caring for a patient...
U.S. Businesses, Patients Sue China Seeking Damages From Coronavirus Outbreak
May 11 2020 // Before the coronavirus outbreak, Saundra Andringa-Meuer was a healthy 61-year-old mother of six who never smoked or drank alcohol. Then she became seriously ill with the disease after traveling from her Wisconsin home to...
Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Adds Missouri’s Strong Insurance Group
May 11 2020 // St. Charles, Mo.-based Strong Insurance Group has joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a network of more than 130 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Strong Insurance Group was founded by...
Lawsuit Over Worker Safety at Smithfield’s Missouri Pork Plant Dismissed
May 7 2020 // A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a worker advocacy group’s lawsuit accusing Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork processor, of failing to adequately protect employees from the novel coronavirus at...
