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Insurance Premiums Climb to a Record $30 Billion in Missouri in 2011
May 7 2012 // Missouri experienced a number of insurance industry “firsts” in 2011, including a record number of premium sales dollars, the largest-ever amount in claims paid for a single event, and an historically high...
Declarations – Midwest
May 7 2012 // Can’t Get No … “Repair times … increased slightly from the last quarter. This, in addition to customers waiting longer for a more convenient time, or the weekend, to bring their vehicle to the...
Missouri Governor Signals Compromise On Workers’ Comp
May 3 2012 // About six weeks after he vetoed legislation that would have changed the state’s workers’ compensation system, Missouri’s Democratic governor is signaling that he would be open to compromise with...
More Families Building Their Own Tornado Shelters
May 2 2012 // When deadly twisters chewed through the South and Midwest in 2011, thousands of people in the killers’ paths had nowhere to hide. Now many of those families are taking an unusual extra step to be ready next time:...
A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of Missouri’s Gateway Insurance
May 2 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B (Fair) from B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating to “bb” from “bbb-” of Gateway Insurance Co.y (Gateway) of St. Louis, Mo. The outlook...
Missouri House Passes Whistleblower, Work Comp Bills
Apr 30 2012 // The Missouri House passed two pieces of business legislation aimed at overcoming vetoes by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon earlier this year. Both measures now go to the Senate, which approved similar measures earlier in the...
Missouri Woman Wins $5.8M in ‘Girls Gone Wild’ Case
Apr 30 2012 // A company that makes “Girls Gone Wild” DVDs is seeking to overturn a verdict awarding nearly $6 million to a St. Louis-area woman who claims her bare breasts were recorded without permission. St. Louis Circuit...
Missouri Bill Would Limit Whistleblower Protections
Apr 23 2012 // About a month after Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed changes to Missouri’s workplace discrimination law, Republicans lawmakers are pushing a pair of scaled-back measures that could make it more difficult for workers...
Ex-US Fidelis Workers in Missouri to Split $1.5M
Apr 20 2012 // More than 550 former employees of US Fidelis in Wentzville, Mo., will share a nearly $1.5 million settlement reached in bankruptcy court. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the April 18 deal settles allegations that...
Missouri Bill Criminalizes Undercover Videos at Farms
Apr 19 2012 // The Missouri House has endorsed legislation that would make it a crime for undercover activists to produce videos portraying poor conditions at livestock farms or other agricultural facilities. The legislation given...
6 of 13 E. coli Cases in Missouri Linked to Single Farm
Apr 18 2012 // Six of Missouri’s 13 recent confirmed cases of E. coli have been linked to the consumption of unpasteurized milk or raw dairy products from a farm in Howard County although the source of the infection has not been...
Ex-Governor, Lawyer Plead Guilty in Missouri Insurance Firm Donation Case
Apr 17 2012 // Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson pleaded guilty on April 12 to misusing money involved in an illegal political donation made years after he left office, and the longtime Democratic stalwart apologized for his...
Group Pushes for Sustainable Rebuilding in Joplin, Missouri
Apr 16 2012 // Folks in Joplin, Mo., who want to go green in rebuilding homes and businesses — or at least use products to help them cut down on energy costs — can find help in a local organization called GreenTown Joplin. The group...
Insurance Premiums Climb to a Record $30B in Missouri in 2011
Apr 16 2012 // Missouri experienced a number of insurance industry “firsts” in 2011, including a record number of premium sales dollars, the largest-ever amount in claims paid for a single event in the state, and an...
Missouri Home Insurance Rates Rise
Apr 16 2012 // Missouri insurance regulators report that homeowners premiums increased 5 percent between July 2011 and March 2012. The figure is based on an analysis of rates charged by insurers covering 80 percent of homes. Disaster...
Agents Urge Caution on Changes to Missouri Work Comp Insurer
Apr 16 2012 // Some insurance agents are urging caution as Missouri lawmakers consider changes to a state-created workers’ compensation firm that has been criticized by the state auditor for taking advantage of a federal tax...
Ex-Missouri Governor Charged with Mishandling Insurance Firm Donation
Apr 13 2012 // Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson has been indicted on charges he misappropriated $5,000 from a firm created by the state Legislature to provide workers’ compensation insurance and where he served as president and...
Missouri House Panel to Again Consider Workplace Discrimination
Apr 11 2012 // Missouri lawmakers appear poised to take up discrimination in the workplace again, in a possible attempt to get around a veto issued by Gov. Jay Nixon. Nixon, a Democrat, vetoed a measure in March that would have required...
Bond Passage to Fund More Storm Shelters in Joplin, Missouri
Apr 10 2012 // When Joplin, Mo., residents approved a $62 million bond issue recently, they agreed to fund more than just new schools. The bond issue and about $122 million from insurance, donations and state and federal aid will also...
Former Warranty Insurance Firm Co-Owner Pleads Guilty in Missouri
Apr 9 2012 // A former co-owner of one of the country’s top marketers of auto service contracts has pleaded guilty in Missouri to theft and fraud. Darain Atkinson founded St. Charles-based US Fidelis with his brother, Cory...
