Latest Missouri Headlines
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Earthquake Coverage Increasingly Expensive, Hard to Find in Missouri
Sep 7 2015 // Missouri is the third largest market for earthquake insurance in the U.S., after California and Washington, but the coverage is getting more expensive and scarcer in high-risk areas, state insurance officials say. On...
Missouri Fines Insurer Safe Auto for Alleged Violations
Sep 4 2015 // Missouri motorists insured by Safe Auto may receive a refund or credit following a market conduct examination conducted by the Missouri Department of Insurance. The department contends that the auto insurer failed to...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Missouri Program Administrator
Sep 1 2015 // International insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired program administrator, National Administration Co., based in Chesterfield, Mo. Terms of the transaction were...
AssuredPartners Acquires Insurance & Benefits Group in Missouri
Aug 27 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Insurance & Benefits Group LLC (IBG), headquartered in Sedalia, Mo. IBG’s 31 employees will continue to operate from its three Missouri locations — Sedalia, Lee’s Summit...
Kansas City Restaurant Explosion Lawsuit Goes to Jury
Aug 27 2015 // After five weeks of testimony, lawyers presented closing arguments in the civil trial involving a fatal explosion more than two years ago at a Kansas City, Mo., restaurant. The civil lawsuit stems from the February 2013...
Court Says Jury Should Decide If FedEx Drivers are Employees in Missouri
Aug 24 2015 // FedEx Corp. drivers will have to start over in a fight over their employee status in Missouri. A federal appeals court said Friday that a trial judge should have let a jury decide whether the drivers were independent...
Missouri-Based Graves Insurance Adds Cannon, Promotes Hurst
Aug 21 2015 // Graves Insurance, based in Kirkwood, Mo., hired Allie Cannon as personal lines account manager and promoted Amanda Hurst to commercial account manager. Cannon’s responsibilities include assisting producers in...
Regulator: Missouri Now Has $100B in Property Uninsured for Quakes
Aug 17 2015 // Angela Nelson, director of the Division of Market Regulation for the Missouri Department of Insurance, said the state now faces an earthquake coverage crisis and that the value of uninsured residential property in the...
Missouri, Illinois Jeep Owners Sue Fiat Chrysler Over Hacking
Aug 17 2015 // Car owners in Belleville, Ill., and eastern Missouri have filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler and a dashboard computer manufacturer after two hackers used a laptop computer to take control of a Jeep...
Missouri Fines Health Insurer Cigna for Various Violations
Aug 14 2015 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has fined Cigna subsidiaries $140,800 for using unapproved forms, incorrectly denying chiropractic claims, charging copayments of more than 50 percent and failing to send an explanation...
Missouri Agency Hawkins-Harrison Joins Keystone Insurers Group
Aug 14 2015 // Edina, Mo.-based insurance agency, Hawkins-Harrison, has joined Keystone Insurers Group as its latest franchise partner in Missouri. Hawkins-Harrison was established in 1956 and quickly expanded into selling all lines of...
Missouri-Based POWERS Insurance and Benefits Promotes Sullivan
Aug 11 2015 // Clayton, Mo.-based independent insurance agency POWERS Insurance and Benefits has promoted Chris Sullivan to risk management advisor. Sullivan specializes in commercial risk management consulting. He also handles new...
Missouri Gets Federal Disaster Declaration for Severe Storms, Floods
Aug 10 2015 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says President Barack Obama has approved a request for a major disaster declaration after repeated flash flooding and severe storms from May 15 to July 27. Nixon announced the disaster declaration...
Missouri, Illinois Jeep Owners Sue Fiat Chrysler Over Hacking
Aug 7 2015 // Car owners in Belleville and eastern Missouri have filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler and a dashboard computer manufacturer after two hackers used a laptop computer to take control of a Jeep being...
OSHA: 33 Injured in Missouri Aluminum Plant Explosion
Aug 6 2015 // Preliminary investigations indicate molten aluminum hitting water caused explosions that injured more than 30 employees at a southeast Missouri aluminum plant, a federal agency said. The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
New Madrid Report Shows Need for Quake Insurance, Missouri Insurance Director Says
Aug 3 2015 // Missouri’s top insurance regulator says a new report on exposures within the reach of the New Madrid seismic zone reinforces the need for residents in affected areas to purchase earthquake insurance. Missouri...
New Madrid Study Shows Need for Quake Coverage: Missouri Insurance Director
Jul 28 2015 // Missouri’s top insurance regulator says a new report on exposures within the reach of the New Madrid seismic zone reinforces the need for residents in affected areas to purchase earthquake insurance. Missouri...
Kansas to Receive Federal Disaster Aid; Missouri Seeks Declaration
Jul 22 2015 // President Barack Obama has signed a federal disaster declaration that will free up federal funds to help Kansas recover from recent spring storms. Meanwhile, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is asking the federal government to...
Fatalities Increase, Seat Belt Use Decreases in 2015 in NW Missouri
Jul 21 2015 // Northwest Missouri has seen a rise in fatal wrecks, and authorities are alarmed because most of the victims weren’t wearing seat belts. A Missouri State Highway Patrol troop for the area reports a 54 percent increase...
Missouri Sues Feds over Crop Insurance Report Extension
Jul 20 2015 // Missouri officials are pushing for an extension to file paperwork needed for farmers to receive crop insurance, coverage the governor and attorney general say is necessary amid heavy rainfall and flooding. Attorney General...
