Latest Missouri Headlines
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Suit Filed Against Smithfield Over Working Conditions at Missouri Plant
Apr 27 2020 // A lawsuit filed on behalf of workers at a Smithfield Food plant in Missouri claims conditions at the plant are putting workers and the public at risk of contracting the coronavirus. The lawsuit, filed on April 23 by an...
FBI Investigates Missouri Islamic Center Fire; Offers $5K Reward
Apr 27 2020 // The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of anyone connected to a fire that badly damaged an Islamic center in southeastern Missouri and that coincided with the start of a holy month for...
Missouri Sues China Over Coronavirus Pandemic
Apr 23 2020 // The state of Missouri filed a lawsuit on April 21 against the Chinese government over the coronavirus, alleging that nation’s officials are to blame for the global pandemic. The lawsuit, filed in federal court by the...
China Slams Coronavirus Lawsuit Brought by Missouri as ‘Very Absurd’
Apr 23 2020 // China on Wednesday slammed a lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. state of Missouri over the coronavirus pandemic as “very absurd.” Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the legal action has “no...
Missouri’s Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Creates Scholarship for Rural Communities
Apr 21 2020 // Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), an insurance agency network organization with more than 130 independent insurance agency members in Missouri and Illinois, has created the Insuring Rural Communities Scholarship...
Missouri Lawsuit: Christian Ministries Aliera, Trinity Healthshare Pushed Deceptive Plans
Apr 20 2020 // A Christian health care sharing ministry sold “inherently unfair and deceptive health plans” to Missouri residents and failed to provide them with coverage, a class action lawsuit alleges. The federal lawsuit...
Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance Adds Stallard as Agency Development Specialist
Apr 17 2020 // Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance Inc. (MIAA), based in Lincoln, Neb., has hired Sam Stallard as an agency development field specialist for Kansas and Missouri. Stallard will be directly responsible for agency development...
Missouri’s Shelter Insurance Offering 30% Discount to Personal Auto Customers
Apr 14 2020 // Shelter Insurance, based in Columbia, Mo., and its subsidiaries AmShield Insurance, Haulers Insurance, and Say Insurance, is joining other insurers in offering assistance to auto insurance policyholders. The company said...
DOXA Acquires Specialty Insurance Agencies in Florida, Missouri
Apr 13 2020 // Specialty insurance agencies Lawrence E. Smith & Associates (LESA) of greater St. Louis, Mo., and Scholastic Insurance of Florida (SIF) of greater Orlando, Fla., have been acquired by DOXA Insurance Holdings LLC...
Corps Says Some Midwest Levees Damaged in 2019 Still Vulnerable
Apr 2 2020 // With flood concerns already high in the Midwest, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is warning that many levees on the Missouri and Kansas rivers that were damaged during devastating floods last spring remain vulnerable to...
Missouri Sheriff’s Dept. Settles with Wrongfully Imprisoned Man for $2M
Apr 1 2020 // An eastern Missouri sheriff’s department has reached a $2 million settlement with a man who spent more than three years in prison for his wife’s killing before the conviction was overturned, his lawyers...
Insurer Closed Missouri Office for 1 Day After Likely Employee Contact with Virus
Mar 15 2020 // Last Friday, American Family Insurance Co. closed a regional office out of concern that an employee may have been exposed to an airline passenger on a March 4 domestic flight who later tested positive for...
Bill Passed by Missouri Senate Bans Marijuana-Infused Candy
Mar 11 2020 // Missouri state senators have passed a wide-ranging bill that would ban marijuana-infused candy for medical use, an attempt to ensure children don’t accidentally eat the drug. The measure would ban candy, lollipops,...
Proposed Missouri Law Would Require $100K in Liability Insurance for Delivery Robots
Mar 9 2020 // Missouri lawmakers are considering new guidelines to regulate delivery robots that may soon be roaming St. Louis and other communities in the state. The proposed law is aimed at allowing the small, cooler-sized delivery...
Faith Insurance Agency in Missouri Joins Valley Insurance Agency Alliance
Mar 5 2020 // Faith Insurance Agency, in Eureka, Missouri, has joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a network of more than 130 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Faith Insurance Agency is owned by Jordan...
Pie Insurance Expands Workers’ Comp Coverage to Small Businesses in Missouri
Mar 4 2020 // Pie Insurance, an insurtech offering workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses, has expanded its workers’ compensation insurance offering to Missouri. The addition increases Pie’s coverage area...
Missouri’s Medical Marijuana Licensing Process Generates 100s of Appeals
Mar 3 2020 // More than 800 appeals have been filed by companies that were denied state permits to grow, sell or distribute medical marijuana in Missouri. As part of the process to launch Missouri’s new medical marijuana program,...
Nebraska to Feds: Make Flood Control on Missouri River a Priority
Mar 3 2020 // Nebraska lawmakers have sent a nearly unanimous message to federal officials who control the flow of the Missouri River: focus on preventing floods above all else. Lawmakers voted 43-1 on a resolution calling on Congress...
Missouri Senate Backs New Limits on Punitive Damages
Feb 28 2020 // Missouri’s Republican-led Senate swiftly advanced a bill tightening standards for punitive damages in liability lawsuits after an all-night filibuster by Democrats successfully blocked a separate bill limiting...
Georgia Charcoal Company Cited, Fined $339.7K for Safety Hazards at Missouri Plants
Feb 28 2020 // Federal officials have cited a Georgia-based charcoal manufacturer for exposing employees to safety and health hazards at two Missouri plants. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is recommending fines of...
