Latest Missouri Headlines
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Missouri FAIR Plan Now Offers Sinkhole Coverage
Mar 23 2015 // Missourians can now purchase sinkhole coverage through the FAIR Plan, the Missouri Department of Insurance reported. The plan started issuing the standalone Sinkhole Loss policy earlier this year to supplement an...
FEMA to South Dakota County: Submit Flood Insurance Records
Mar 20 2015 // More than 400 homeowners whose property lies along the Missouri River in southeast South Dakota could end up paying a $50 surcharge on their flood insurance if officials in Union County do not meet a federal deadline to...
Missouri Man Admits Role in Arson-for-Insurance Schemes
Mar 18 2015 // A man implicated in an arson-and-insurance fraud scheme when his clothes caught fire during a house blaze he helped set has pleaded guilty in Missouri to federal conspiracy and other charges. John S. Wayne, of Kansas City,...
POWERS Insurance Associate Earns Missouri CSR of the Year Award
Mar 13 2015 // St. Louis, Mo.-based POWERS Insurance and Benefits announced that Christen Beardall, a POWER associate, has been named the “2014 Outstanding Customer Service Representative (CSR) of the Year” for Missouri. The...
Missouri Senate Backs Caps on Medical Malpractice Jury Awards
Mar 11 2015 // The Missouri Senate has moved forward a measure that would reinstate limits on noneconomic awards in medical malpractice lawsuits against doctors or hospitals. The Senate gave initial approval Tuesday to limits on...
Missouri Insurance Department Settles with AIG for $1.2M after Market Conduct Exam
Mar 11 2015 // Missouri insurance regulators announced a $1.2 million settlement agreement with nine AIG affiliated insurance companies after a market conduct examination into their handling of workers’ compensation...
Missouri Considers Overly Prescriptive TNC Law
Mar 9 2015 // Governments are having a difficult time keeping up with changes in the culture and in the economy these days. One of the top issues for governments everywhere is how to deal with services that are partly clearly commercial...
People – Midwest
Mar 9 2015 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected Missouri Insurance Director John M. Huff to fill the vacant position of the office of president-elect. The office was vacated on Jan. 20 when former...
Medical Malpractice Award Caps Endorsed by Missouri House
Mar 6 2015 // The Missouri House has given initial approval to a bill to reinstate limits on how much juries can award in noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases against health care providers. Supporters said the limits,...
Insurance Department: Missouri FAIR Plan Now Offers Sinkhole Coverage
Mar 5 2015 // Missourians can now purchase sinkhole coverage through the FAIR Plan, the Missouri Department of Insurance reported. The plan started issuing the standalone Sinkhole Loss policy earlier this year to supplement an...
Columbia, Missouri’s Ride-Booking Regulations Include Insurance
Feb 18 2015 // The Columbia, Mo., City Council has approved new regulations for ride-booking services such as Uber and Lyft that include insurance requirements. The regulations approved require ride-booking services to get business...
Missouri Insurance Department Recovers nearly $25M in 2014
Feb 17 2015 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced it recovered approximately $11.7 million for consumers who filed complaints against their insurance companies and an additional $12.7 million for Missourians through...
Missouri Insurance Director Named NAIC President-Elect
Feb 10 2015 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have elected Missouri Insurance Director John M. Huff to fill the vacant position of the office of president-elect. The office was vacated on Jan. 20...
Ferguson, Missouri, Receives $500K for Rebuilding
Feb 5 2015 // St. Louis County, Mo., has allocated $500,000 to help Ferguson raze and rebuild property that was damaged in the aftermath of the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown. Residents and county officials want several blighted...
Cost of Safety Mandate Places Missouri Passenger Rail Service at Risk
Feb 2 2015 // The expense of installing mandated train collision avoidance technology is putting passenger service in Missouri at risk, according to the state Department of Transportation. The equipment, which is designed to override...
Republican Lawmakers in Missouri Considering Lawsuit Caps Again
Jan 20 2015 // Nearly a decade after Missouri last limited some civil lawsuit awards, Republican lawmakers are organizing to reinstate caps overturned by the state’s highest court. Businesses can now face lawsuits with unlimited...
Boating, Traffic Fatalities Down in Missouri in 2014
Jan 12 2015 // Authorities say fewer people died on Missouri’s roads and waterways last year. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says preliminary statistics count 753 traffic fatalities in 2014, compared with 757 fatalities in 2013...
Missouri Fines Insurer Nearly $162K for Misstatements to Policyholders
Jan 7 2015 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that a regulatory settlement agreement has been reached with Humana Insurance Co. under which the company will pay a $161,800 fine to the Missouri State School Fund. Missouri...
Safety Of Guardrails Questioned by Kansas, Missouri
Dec 30 2014 // Missouri and Kansas transportation officials have suspended installations of a guardrail system after concerns that parts of the guardrails break off on impact and run through vehicles, causing injuries to drivers and...
Missouri Company Cited in Death of Teen Worker
Dec 24 2014 // A southeast Missouri construction company has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 13 serious safety violations in an investigation that began after the death of a 16-year-old worker. The...
