Latest Missouri Headlines
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Canadian Claims Management Firm, SCM, Acquires Nixon & Co. in Missouri
May 4 2017 // Canada-based SCM Insurance Services has expanded into the United States by acquiring claims adjusting and investigations firm, Nixon & Company Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded more than 40 years ago,...
Farmer: 32 Cows Killed in Missouri Lightning Strike a $60K Loss
May 4 2017 // A farmer in southern Missouri says he discovered more than 30 of his cows were dead after lightning struck his property. The Springfield News-Leader reports dairy farmer Jared Blackwelder discovered the dead cows Saturday....
3 Dead in Missouri Storms; Flooding Forces Hundreds of Rescues
May 2 2017 // Torrential rain caused Missouri waterways to burst their banks over the weekend, forcing hundreds of road closures and killing at least three people. Some parts of the state got as much as a foot of rain over the weekend,...
Puetz to Lead Willis Towers Watson’s Corporate Risk Business in Missouri, Kansas
May 2 2017 // Willis Towers Watson has appointed John Puetz as corporate risk and broking (CRB) segment leader for the Missouri/Kansas market. Puetz will be responsible for driving the overall CRB growth strategy, value proposition and...
Missouri Senate Passes Statewide Ride Hailing Regulation Bill
Apr 13 2017 // Missouri Senators has passed a bill that would expand regulations for transportation companies such as Uber and Lyft — a measure that legislative leadership and Gov. Eric Greitens have called a job creator and an...
1 Killed in Explosion at Army Ammunition Plant in Missouri
Apr 13 2017 // An explosion on April 11 at a sprawling ammunition plant near Kansas City, Missouri, killed one worker and injured four others, the U.S. Army said. The blast at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, just...
Costly Business Disruptor: Aging U.S. Infrastructure
Apr 12 2017 // When a train jumped the tracks this past week at New York’s Penn Station, the seemingly minor accident led to a cascade of exasperating delays for hundreds of thousands of commuters. When a flood forced authorities...
State May Drop Funding for Sobriety Checkpoints in Missouri
Apr 10 2017 // Missouri police could lose state funding for sobriety checkpoints after a debate weighing motorists’ rights to avoid unreasonable searches against the state’s interest in keeping roads safe, as well as the...
Missouri Tornado Damaged School, Fire House
Apr 7 2017 // A tornado with wind speeds of up to 120 mph caused damage to a fire station, elementary school and several other buildings in southwest Missouri, the National Weather Service said. Meteorologist Mike Griffin said the...
Missouri’s Millennium Brokers Joins Insurance Agency Alliance
Mar 21 2017 // Millennium Brokers LLC in Springfield, Mo., has joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a network of over 100 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Millennium Brokers is a full-service insurance...
Northern Illinois Insurance Agency Owner Indicted, Charged with Defrauding Clients
Mar 20 2017 // The owner of a Rockford, Illinois-based managing general agency that last year had its license revoked or non-renewed by at least three separate state insurance departments has been indicted by a federal grand jury for...
Army Corps on the Defense in Complaint Over Missouri River Flooding
Mar 17 2017 // A trial is underway in which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is defending itself against more than 300 farmers and other landowners who say the agency’s management of the Missouri River has contributed to major...
Jury Awards Missouri Woman $28.9M in Suit Against Health Provider
Mar 10 2017 // A southwestern Missouri jury has ordered a health provider to pay roughly $29 million to a woman who argued that doctors’ failure to timely diagnose her rare disorder made her reliant on a feeding tube. The...
Hundreds of Homes, Businesses Damaged by Storms in Midwest
Mar 8 2017 // A severe storm system has pummeled parts of the Midwest with tornadoes, huge hailstones and powerful winds, damaging nearly 500 buildings and injuring a dozen people in one Missouri city. The Storm Prediction Center in...
Missouri Bill Would Make it Harder for Employees to Sue for Discrimination
Mar 7 2017 // Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would raise the standard for workers to sue their employers for discrimination, a proposal that’s drawn support from pro-business groups and backlash from advocacy...
Johnson & Johnson Wins Trial in Missouri Talc Product Liability Lawsuits
Mar 6 2017 // Johnson & Johnson said that a state court jury in Missouri had returned a verdict in its favor in the latest trial to arise out of thousands of lawsuits alleging the company’s talc-based products can increase the...
People
Mar 6 2017 // Gov. Eric Greitens has tapped Chlora Lindley-Myers to lead the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration. Her appointment is subject to approval by the Missouri...
Owner of Northern Illinois Insurance Agency Charged with Defrauding Clients
Mar 2 2017 // The owner of a Rockford, Illinois-based managing general agency that last year had its license revoked or non-renewed by two separate state insurance departments has been indicted by a federal grand jury for mail and...
Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Adds Missouri-Based American Insurance
Feb 28 2017 // American Insurance Alliance of Barnhart, Mo., recently joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a network of more than 100 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. American Insurance Alliance is a...
Report: 100s of Deficient Bridges in NE Kansas, NW Missouri
Feb 28 2017 // Hundreds of bridges in northwest Missouri and northeastern Kansas are being called “structurally deficient.” The St. Joseph News-Press reports that the National Bridge Inventory Database defines a structurally...
