Latest Missouri Headlines
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Missouri Senate Backs Study of State-Created Workers’ Compensation Insurer
Apr 6 2012 // The Missouri Senate has endorsed the establishment of a special committee to study whether to change a state-created workers’ compensation insurer. Senators gave initial approval on April 4 to a bill creating a...
Agents Urge Caution on Changes to Missouri Work Comp Insurer
Apr 4 2012 // Some insurance agents are urging caution as Missouri lawmakers considered changes to a state-created workers’ compensation firm that has been criticized by the state auditor for taking advantage of a federal tax...
Tornadoes Raise Home Insurance Rates in Missouri
Apr 3 2012 // Even Missouri residents who lived nowhere near last year’s deadly tornadoes are writing bigger checks to insure their homes. The state Department of Insurance reports that premiums increased 5 percent between July...
Corps Seeks Dismissal of Missouri Breached Levee Lawsuit
Apr 2 2012 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit brought on behalf of more than 140 southeast Missouri farmers over damage caused by last year’s intentional breach of the Birds Point levee at the...
Missouri Senate Votes to Override Veto on Workers’ Comp
Apr 2 2012 // The Missouri Senate has voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s earlier veto of a bill that would change workers’ compensation laws by barring some lawsuits over workplace injuries. The Republican-controlled...
Missouri Discrimination, Workers’ Comp Bills Vetoed
Apr 2 2012 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed for the second consecutive year legislation that would have changed rules for lawsuits alleging workplace discrimination (HB 1219) and blocked changes to the workers’ compensation...
Settlement Reached In Missouri LGBT Web-Filtering Case
Mar 29 2012 // The American Civil Liberties Union has settled a lawsuit with a central Missouri school district whose Internet filtering software was blocking access to educational websites about gay, lesbian and transgender issues. The...
Missouri Senator Seeks Insurance For Inspection Shops
Mar 29 2012 // Vehicle inspection stations in Missouri would have to carry insurance to cover vehicle damage done by employees, under legislation moving through the state Senate. Missouri requires inspections every two years for older...
Missouri Workers’ Comp Insurer To Pay $2M Dividend
Mar 29 2012 // Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co. says it will pay more than $2 million in dividends this spring to more than 11,000 policyholders. The Columbia-based workers’ compensation insurance company says the payments...
Missouri Senator Seeks Insurance for Inspection Shops
Mar 29 2012 // Vehicle inspection stations in Missouri would have to carry insurance to cover vehicle damage done by employees, under legislation moving through the state Senate. Sen. Robin Wright-Jones Missouri requires inspections...
Missouri AG Settles with American Suzuki Motor Corp. over Advertising
Mar 27 2012 // Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has announced a $540,000 settlement with American Suzuki Motor Corp. that resolves allegations that Chad Franklin Suzuki, a former Suzuki dealer operating in the Kansas City area,...
Missouri Republicans Ponder Next Move on Vetoed Business Bills
Mar 26 2012 // Republican lawmakers in Missouri are trying to decide what they will do next on two pieces of business legislation recently vetoed by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. One measure would require workers who bring wrongful...
Missouri Insurance Company Sues Over Mamtek Bonds
Mar 23 2012 // Columbia, Mo.-based Shelter Insurance has filed a $390 million lawsuit against a Memphis firm that it says failed to do due diligence on a municipal bond offering for the failed Mamtek sweetener plant project in...
Ratings Roundup: Missouri Valley, Berkley (Notes), Old United, Blue Whale (Pfizer), Zale, Infinity
Mar 23 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B+’ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of South Dakota-based Missouri Valley...
A.M. Best: Outlook Negative for Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance Co.
Mar 21 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance Co. (MVM) in Burke,...
Missouri Governor Vetoes Discrimination, Workers’ Comp Bills
Mar 19 2012 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed for the second consecutive year legislation that would have changed rules for lawsuits alleging workplace discrimination and blocked changes to the workers compensation system also pushed...
Missouri Workers’ Comp Insurer Scrutinized
Mar 19 2012 // Missouri state senators are looking at making changes to a state-created insurance company after an audit criticized the firm’s operations and expenses. State Auditor Tom Schweich wants lawmakers to investigate...
Pilot Project in Kansas, Missouri, Seeks Better Storm Warnings
Mar 15 2012 // When weather radios start sounding warnings in the Wichita, Kan., area this spring, the computerized voice nicknamed Chance Storms won’t just alert listeners to severe thunderstorms or tornado warnings. He’ll...
Missouri Senate Passes Workplace Discrimination Measure
Mar 12 2012 // The Missouri Senate has given final approval to legislation aimed at changing the state’s rules for lawsuits that deal with workplace discrimination. Senators backed the bill in a 23-8 vote along party lines, sending...
Workers’ Compensation Bill Sent to Missouri Governor
Mar 9 2012 // Lawmakers gave final approval on March 7 to legislation that would expand the type of ailments covered by the state workers’ compensation system, a move that supporters hope will make Missouri more attractive to...
