Latest Missouri Headlines
All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Missouri’s Independent Brokers Agency Joins CAA
Sep 5 2017 // Combined Agents of America (CAA) is expanding into Missouri with the addition of Independent Brokers Agency as a partner and voting member. CAA is a privately held agency partner group comprised of independent insurance...
Northern Underwriting Managers’ Fendler Indicted Again; Faces 20 Fraud Counts
Sep 4 2017 // The owner of multiple property/casualty insurance operations in northern Illinois has been indicted once again, this time on charges that he defrauded more than 100 clients. Todd J. Fendler, of Rockford, Ill., previously...
Dog Owners Reach $300K Settlement in Death of Missouri Man
Aug 30 2017 // The owners of dogs that authorities believe killed an elderly Christian County, Missouri, bicyclist will pay a $300,000 settlement to the victim’s son. Joseph and Lindsay Brink agreed to pay the money to Vernon Vogt,...
St. Louis Workers Likely to See Wage Drop with New Law
Aug 27 2017 // Thousands of workers in St. Louis will likely see smaller paychecks starting Monday, when a new Missouri law takes effect barring local government from enacting minimum wages different than the state minimum. The law is...
Missouri Agency Changes Name to Reflect Focus on Risk Management
Aug 23 2017 // St. Louis, Mo.-based Powers Insurance and Benefits recently changed its name to Powers Insurance & Risk Management. Founded in 1991, the company is one of the largest family owned and operated independent insurance...
Missouri Company Fined $700K for Breaking Rules After Worker Fatality
Aug 23 2017 // A Missouri plumbing company has been fined more than $700,000 for workplace safety violations, including an employee’s death. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Arrow Plumbing LLC for the death...
Huge Verdict Upends J&J’s Talc Product Liability Defense Strategy
Aug 23 2017 // A massive California verdict in a lawsuit alleging Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based products cause cancer has opened a new front in the litigation, upending the company’s hopes that the cases were only...
Northern Illinois Agency Owner Indicted Again; Slapped with 20 Fraud Counts
Aug 22 2017 // The owner of multiple property/casualty insurance operations in northern Illinois has been indicted once again, this time on charges that he defrauded more than 100 clients. Todd J. Fendler, of Rockford, Ill., previously...
Missouri Auditor Alleges Rural Hospital Involved in Billing Scheme
Aug 11 2017 // Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway has released a report alleging a rural hospital under financial strain in northern Missouri billed insurance companies for lab tests that didn’t occur at the hospital and received a...
Missouri’s Midland Commerce Insurance Joins Valley Insurance Agency Alliance
Aug 10 2017 // St. Louis, Mo.-based Midland Commerce Insurance has joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a network of independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Owned by Matt Naumann, Midland Commerce Insurance is...
Duncan Named Chief Information Officer of Missouri-Based Columbia Insurance
Aug 9 2017 // Columbia Insurance Group has named Doug Duncan vice president and chief information officer. Duncan is located in the company’s home office in Columbia, Mo. is responsible for directing the information technology...
How Herbicide Dicamba Was Approved Without Independent Testing: Reuters
Aug 9 2017 // As the U.S. growing season entered its peak this summer, farmers began posting startling pictures on social media: fields of beans, peach orchards and vegetable gardens withering away. The photographs served as early...
Willis Towers Watson Taps USI’s Campbell in Missouri
Aug 4 2017 // Willis Towers Watson has appointed John Campbell corporate risk and broking market leader and construction leader for St. Louis, Mo. Campbell will be responsible for driving the overall CRB growth strategy, value...
Crop Damage from Herbicide Dicamba a Growing Problem Across U.S. Farm Belt
Aug 2 2017 // Larry Martin in Illinois says he’s never seen anything like it in his 35 years of farming. Arkansas soybean grower Joe McLemore says he faces the loss of his life savings. They’re among farmers across the U.S....
16 Vacant Homes Torched in Arson Fires in Missouri Town
Jul 27 2017 // Fire officials in the southeast Missouri town of Poplar Bluff are investigating a rash of arson fires at vacant homes. The Poplar Bluff Daily American Republic reports that 16 vacant houses have been set on fire since...
Missouri Insurance Department Recovers over $4M for Consumers
Jul 24 2017 // The Missouri Department of Insurance helped consumers who filed complaints against their insurance company receive an additional $4 million in claim payments in the first half of 2017. Health insurance generated the most...
People – Midwest
Jul 24 2017 // AF Group, headquartered in Lansing, Mich., has appointed Eric Halter director of AF Specialty, a new brand focused on providing fronting capacity to insurance carriers, managing general agents, reinsurance intermediaries...
Missouri Finally Creating Prescription Drug-Monitoring Plan
Jul 20 2017 // Missouri became the final state to create a prescription drug-monitoring program on July 17 when Republican Gov. Eric Greitens signed an executive order aimed at combatting a scourge that killed more than 900 residents...
Missouri’s Keystone Mutual Hires von Gontard as General Counsel
Jul 19 2017 // Keystone Mutual Insurance Co., a Missouri-based medical malpractice carrier, has appointed David von Gontard as the company’s general counsel. In this position, von Gontard will be responsible for the legal affairs...
Tennessee Restricts Monsanto Pesticide Use as Crop Damage Spreads
Jul 14 2017 // Tennessee on Thursday imposed restrictions on the use of dicamba, a flagship pesticide for Monsanto Co., becoming the fourth state to take action as problems spread over damage the weed killer causes to crops not...
