Latest Missouri Headlines
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Insurance Firm in Missouri Changes Benefit Plan After Charges
Dec 27 2012 // An insurance company in Missouri that provides coverage to Kansas City and Jackson County employees has changed its wellness incentives after seven people were indicted on charges of abusing the program. Blue Cross and...
OSHA Cites Postal Service in Missouri Carrier’s Death
Dec 20 2012 // Federal regulators have proposed a $70,000 fine against the U.S. Postal Service in the death of a mail carrier who had complained about feeling ill from the heat. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced...
Missouri Hospitals Provided $1.1B in Uncompensated Care in 2011
Dec 14 2012 // Missouri hospitals report providing a record $1.1 billion of uncompensated care to patients in 2011. The Missouri Hospital Association says the figure includes $623 million of charity care provided at 129 hospitals, an...
Missouri Insurance Firm Gets $5M to Move 1 Mile, Into Kansas
Dec 7 2012 // An insurance marketing company is receiving $5 million in incentives to move one mile from Kansas City, Mo., across the border to Lenexa, Kan., the latest in a series of business moves that has raised questions about the...
Midwest Economic Index Rises Slightly
Dec 4 2012 // A monthly economic index report suggests an economic slump will continue over the next three to six months for nine Midwest and Plains states. The Mid-America Business Conditions index rose slightly in November to a weak...
Missouri AG Reports $399K Settlement with Auto Warranty Firm
Nov 27 2012 // Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced a $399,400 settlement with NRRM LLC, a St. Peters-based seller of vehicle breakdown coverage over misleading practices and claims delay tactics. The settlement was announced...
People – Midwest
Nov 19 2012 // Republican and incumbent Commissioner Adam Hamm will continue to lead the North Dakota Department of Insurance after winning re-election against his Democrat challenger Tom Potter. Hamm received just over 63 percent of the...
Missouri Company Cited Following Fatality at Joplin Site
Nov 16 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited utility company Missouri American Water for two willful safety violations following the May 16, 2012, death of a worker. Proposed...
Missouri AG: $36K Settlement with Company for Violating No-Call Law
Oct 31 2012 // Attorney General Chris Koster announced he has reached a settlement with Innovative Wealth Builders Inc., requiring the Florida business to pay $36,000 in penalties and to abide by Missouri telemarketing laws. Koster filed...
2 Life Terms in Missouri Insurance Agent’s Death
Oct 31 2012 // A St. Louis man was sentenced to two life terms for his part in the robbery and murder of St. Charles, Mo., insurance agent in 2007. Before being sentenced, 33-year-old Cleo S. Hines testified that he was forced to drive...
City, Fire Officials in Kansas and Missouri: Sky Lanterns Are Dangerous
Oct 23 2012 // Some municipal officials in Missouri and Kansas want to permanently ground lanterns that float through the night sky, saying they are dangerous balls of fire that could spark blazes when they land. The lanterns have become...
Midwest Farmers Planted Most of Land Flooded in 2011
Oct 22 2012 // Farmers this spring were able to plant all but a few thousand acres of the land deluged by last year’s flooding along on the Missouri River and the intentional breaching of a Mississippi River levee in southeast...
Missouri Insurance Department Fields 26K Complaints
Oct 19 2012 // Missouri’s Insurance Department says it has recovered $7.7 million so far this year for consumers with complaints about their insurance companies or coverage. The department said this week it fielded more than 10,000...
Illinois Infant Formula Maker Sued After Baby’s Death
Oct 18 2012 // The families of a three babies sickened by a rare bacterial infection, including a 10-day-old Missouri infant who died, filed a lawsuit against the Illinois-based manufacturer of a powdered baby formula that they believe...
Missouri Police Offer Breath Tests to Bar Patrons
Oct 17 2012 // Lines of drinkers recently waited on a weekend night to have their intoxication levels checked and it doesn’t have anything to do with a sobriety checkpoint. Kansas City, Mo., police allowed drinkers to measure their...
Missouri Recovers Nearly $8M for Consumers in First 9 Months of 2012
Oct 17 2012 // Consumers who filed complaints with the Missouri Department of Insurance have received almost $8 million in additional claims payments from their insurance companies in the nine months of 2012. The department said it has...
Missouri Couple Who Won $20M in Popcorn Suit Going Bankrupt
Oct 16 2012 // A southwest Missouri couple who won a $20 million verdict from the makers of a butter flavoring used at a popcorn plant have filed for bankruptcy. The Joplin Globe reports Eric and Cassandra Peoples of Carthage also are...
Court Rejects Missouri AG’s Health Care Lawsuit
Oct 8 2012 // A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder’s lawsuit challenging the federal health care law. The Kansas City Star reported that a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit...
Insurer Must Pay Missouri Firm $11M in Supply Chain Interruption Case
Oct 8 2012 // A federal jury in in St. Louis has ordered an insurance company to pay $11 million to a Joplin, Mo., company for damages caused by an oil pipeline leak. TAMKO Building Products Inc. said in a lawsuit that Factory Mutual...
US Fidelis Founders Sentenced to Prison in Missouri
Oct 2 2012 // The co-founders of defunct St. Louis-area auto service contract seller, US Fidelis, has been sentenced to prison on charges of stealing consumers’ refunds, insurance fraud and consumer fraud. Missouri Attorney...
