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Missouri Jury Assesses $82M Verdict Against Debt Collection Firm
May 18 2015 // A Jackson County, Mo. jury has assessed about $82 million in damages against a debt collection firm that demanded payment from the wrong woman. The jury awarded $251,000 in damages to Maria Guadalupe Mejia Alcantara and...
Missouri Woman Awarded $77M in Wells Fargo Case
May 14 2015 // A Missouri jury has awarded a woman $77 million in damages in a lawsuit alleging Wells Fargo Bank mismanaged her family trusts, costing her tens of millions of dollars. The St. Louis County jury, after a trial of more than...
Governor Signs Missouri Medical Malpractice Damage Caps into Law
May 11 2015 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed a measure capping some damage awards in medical malpractices cases, three years after the state’s Supreme Court struck down similar limits as unconstitutional. “This bipartisan...
Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Hires Gamble as Recruiter
May 7 2015 // St. Louis, Mo.-based Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), comprising nearly 100 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Southern Illinois, hired Grady Gamble as a recruiter for Missouri. Grady Gamble Gamble will...
Missouri Bill with Medical Malpractice Caps Sent to Governor
May 4 2015 // A measure to reinstate limits on lawsuit awards for pain and suffering in medical malpractice cases is heading to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s desk three years after the state Supreme Court overturned lower caps. The...
Parents of Missouri Teen Killed by Police Sue City of Ferguson
Apr 24 2015 // Ferguson, Mo., was sued by the family of an unarmed black teenager whose fatal shooting by a police officer triggered nationwide protests, while subsequent deaths at the hands of police fueled a national debate about how...
Missouri Bill with Medical Malpractice Caps Sent to Governor
Apr 23 2015 // A measure to reinstate limits on lawsuit awards for pain and suffering in medical malpractice cases is heading to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s desk three years after the state Supreme Court overturned lower caps. The...
Missouri’s POWERS Insurance and Benefits Opens Satellite Office
Apr 22 2015 // Independent insurance agency, POWERS Insurance and Benefits, headquartered in Clayton, Mo., announced it has opened a satellite office at 17998 Chesterfield Airport Rd. in Chesterfield, Mo. POWERS hired four new associates...
Court Blocks Parts of Restrictive Missouri Healthcare Navigator Law
Apr 20 2015 // An appeals court has ruled that Missouri can’t limit health insurance navigators’ ability to help people obtain insurance under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law. The 8th Circuit Court in St. Louis...
Missouri High Court Upholds Agricultural Liability Limit in Hog Farm Case
Apr 16 2015 // Missouri’s highest court has upheld limits to the damages property owners can recover in nuisance lawsuits against agricultural operations. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled in favor of a hog farm in a case where...
Missouri Lawsuit Targets Anthem Insurance Subsidiaries
Apr 15 2015 // A Missouri lawsuit seeking class-action status accuses three insurance subsidiaries of failing to safeguard sensitive consumer data from hackers who recently breached health insurer Anthem Inc.’s computer networks. A...
Adjusters Say Hundreds of Cars Damaged by Hail in Missouri
Apr 15 2015 // Insurance adjusters are still trying to figure out just how many cars on dealership lots and at private homes in the Farmington and Park Hills area of eastern Missouri were damaged by last week’s hail storm. Severe...
Crestbrook Insurance Expands High Net Worth Products to Missouri
Apr 14 2015 // Crestbrook Insurance Co., an affluent market personal lines carrier from Nationwide, has expanded into Missouri. Independent insurance agents and brokers appointed with Crestbrook are now able to offer its products and...
Missouri Bills Include Insurance Subsidies for Dairy, Agriculture
Apr 13 2015 // Gov. Jay Nixon has signed bills aimed at boosting Missouri’s dairy and $12.5 billion-a-year agriculture industries through insurance subsidies, scholarships, eased restrictions during parts of the year and other...
Court Blocks Parts of Restrictive Missouri Health Care Navigator Law
Apr 13 2015 // An appeals court has ruled that Missouri can’t limit health insurance navigators’ ability to help people obtain insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care law — a ruling that advocates say...
Midwest Hammered by Severe Storms; More Expected Today
Apr 9 2015 // States in the Midwest were slammed on Wednesday by violent storms that produced high winds, hail and tornadoes. The severe weather is expected to continue today. Large and destructive hail have caused the most damage so...
3.6 Magnitude Missouri Temblor Shows Need for Quake Insurance, Regulator Says
Apr 7 2015 // No damage was reported from a magnitude 3.6 earthquake in southeast Missouri on April 1, but the state’s insurance director says it night illustrated the need for earthquake insurance coverage The quake occurred at...
Asbestos Lawsuit Seeks Millions for Former Workers at Missouri Courthouse
Apr 6 2015 // Lawyers are seeking what could be millions of dollars in damages for people who worked at the Jackson County Courthouse during an asbestos removal project in the early 1980s. Attorney Lou Accurso says the employees should...
Missouri Police: At Least 20 Trucks Stolen as Part of Theft Ring
Mar 31 2015 // Authorities in eastern Missouri are trying to determine just how many trucks were stolen in a theft ring that struck several Missouri towns along Interstate 44. The Washington Missourian reports that police now believe at...
Regulators: Auto Insurance Rates Continue Downward Trend in Missouri
Mar 26 2015 // Auto insurance premiums have declined significantly since 2000, according to figures released by the Missouri Department of Insurance. The average annual cost for full coverage peaked in 2003 at $740 — it dipped to $726...
