Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Businesses to Receive Workplace Safety Grants from Missouri Employers Mutual
Dec 18 2017 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Missouri Employers Mutual (MEM), has announced a third round of safety grant recipients after awarding safety grants to 37 Missouri businesses previously. Safety grants help Missouri...
Missouri at ‘High-Risk’ for Deer/Vehicle Accidents
Dec 18 2017 // Insurance companies have classified Missouri as one of three states deemed “high-risk” for deer collisions. The other two states considered “high-risk” are Arkansas and Kansas according to State...
Fired Missouri School Cafeteria Worker Awarded $340K in Discrimination Lawsuit
Dec 4 2017 // A former high school cafeteria worker in Missouri has won a $340,000 judgment in her lawsuit alleging she was discriminated against by the Independence School District. Amy Stubbs filed the lawsuit after she was fired as a...
Missouri Insurance Department Re-Accredited by National Regulatory Group
Dec 4 2017 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has voted to re-accredit the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration (DIFP) for a full five years. This is the...
Missouri a ‘High-Risk’ State for Deer/Vehicle Accidents
Dec 4 2017 // Insurance companies have classified Missouri as one of three states deemed “high-risk” for deer collisions. The other two states considered “high-risk” are Arkansas and Kansas according to State...
Illinois’ EH Nolkemper Insurance and Missouri’s Daniel & Henry Co. Join Forces
Dec 1 2017 // EH Nolkemper Insurance Agency in Columbia, Ill., led by Steven Straub, has merged with St. Louis, Missouri-based The Daniel & Henry Co. The EH Nolkemper team will join one of The Daniel & Henry Co.’s...
Report: Opioid Deaths in Missouri May Top Traffic Fatalities
Nov 27 2017 // Deaths from opioid overdose could exceed traffic fatalities in Missouri this year, for the first time ever. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has recorded 733...
ProAssurance Honors Missouri’s Keane Insurance Group with Philanthropic Award
Nov 15 2017 // The Keane Insurance Group in St. Louis, Missouri, has received the ProAssurance 2017 Philanthropic Award. The award was presented to John Keane, president of The Keane Group, and Brian Dames, COO, at ProAssurance’s...
Jenks/Long Insurance in Rolla, Missouri, Joins Valley Insurance Agency Alliance
Nov 15 2017 // Jenks/Long Insurance in Rolla, Mo., has joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a family of over 100 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Jenks/Long Insurance is a full-service insurance agency...
Special Reuters Report: The Path to Monsanto’s Weed-Killer Crisis
Nov 9 2017 // In early 2016, agribusiness giant Monsanto faced a decision that would prove pivotal in what since has become a sprawling herbicide crisis, with millions of acres of crops damaged. Monsanto had readied new genetically...
Missouri Educator Who Settled Harassment Suit Alleges Retaliation
Oct 31 2017 // A Missouri educator awarded $500,000 over claims that she was sexually harassed by her superintendent is suing again, alleging that school board members poisoned her effort to find a new job. Jodi Heckler was principal of...
Reinsurer Swiss Re Moving Kansas Office to Kansas City, Missouri
Oct 27 2017 // Swiss Re, a reinsurance company, says it plans to move its headquarters and 400 jobs from Overland Park, Kansas, to downtown Kansas City. The move is expected in late 2018. President and CEO Eric Smith says the move will...
Another Johnson Talc Cancer Verdict Reversed; Judge Cites Trial Errors, Jury Misconduct
Oct 23 2017 // A California judge on Friday threw out a $417 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit by a woman who claimed she developed ovarian cancer after using its talc-based products like Johnson’s Baby...
Court Reverses $72M J&J Talc Injury Verdict Citing Supreme Court
Oct 18 2017 // Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday won the reversal of a $72 million verdict in favor of the family of a woman whose death from ovarian cancer they claimed stemmed from her use of the company’s talc-based products like...
Joplin School District Still Haggling with FEMA over Cost of Tornado Repairs
Oct 17 2017 // More than six years after a deadly tornado tore through Joplin, Missouri, the heavily damaged local school district has rebuilt. Exactly how much of those costs the district will have to shoulder remains up in the air. The...
Judge Awards $120M in Damages Against Missouri Ex-Doctor, Scoutmaster
Oct 9 2017 // A former physician and Boy Scout leader from Missouri has been ordered to pay $120 million to a boy who he sexually abused for years. The Kansas City Star reports a Jackson County judge awarded the damages in a civil...
Missouri’s Route 66 Insurance Adds Mitchell as Producer
Sep 27 2017 // Route 66 Insurance in Cuba, Mo., has hired Abigail Mitchell as an insurance producer. In this position, Mitchell will work with existing accounts, generate leads, and develop new business. She will be responsible for...
Company to Settle Missouri Butter Flavoring Case for $5M
Sep 21 2017 // A company has agreed to pay $5 million to settle claims that its butter flavoring chemicals harmed the lungs of a worker who handled the product at a Missouri plant. The St. Joseph News-Press reports that Carmi Flavor and...
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Sep 18 2017 // Detroit, Mich.-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group named Daniel J. Kaufman senior vice president of corporate growth. Kaufman will continue to serve as managing director and lead the Chicago, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and...
Missouri’s HALO Insurance & Benefits Adds Lankford, Vaughn
Sep 13 2017 // Maplewood, Mo.-based HALO Insurance & Benefits Group has hired Brenden Lankford as a personal lines account manager and Denean Vaughn as an insurance producer. Lankford previously worked in personal lines insurance for...
