Latest Missouri Headlines
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Utility Ameren Missouri Fighting for $30M Insurance Recovery
Jan 18 2011 // Ameren Missouri continues its fight to recover more than $30 million from one of its insurers five years after a section of the utility’s Taum Sauk reservoir collapsed and sent more than a billion gallons of water...
Two Missouri Employers Jailed for Noncompliance with OSHA Citations
Jan 10 2011 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration in late December arrested two St. Louis, Mo., employers for failing to comply with court sanctions enforcing OSHA citations. Brian Andre,...
Missouri Lawmakers Pledge to Aid Businesses in 2011
Jan 7 2011 // The Missouri Legislature convened its 2011 session on Jan. 5, 2011, with many new faces, a looming budget shortfall and a pledge from the state’s largest Republican majority to make quick progress on a pro-business...
2 Missouri Employers Jailed for Noncompliance With OSHA Citations
Dec 30 2010 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the arrest of two St. Louis, Mo., employers for failing to comply with court sanctions enforcing OSHA citations. Brian Andre,...
Missouri Recommends 11% Drop in Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates
Dec 16 2010 // After reviewing statewide data for insurance claims paid by employers for injured workers in 2010, the Missouri Department of Insurance is recommending a 11.1 percent decrease in workers’ compensation rates for 2011....
Missouri Health Plan Loses Enrollees
Dec 14 2010 // Enrollment in Missouri’s health care plan for state workers and retirees has fallen almost 5 percent after the state announced it was making budget-cutting changes that would result in higher out-of-pocket costs for...
Court: Missouri Can Lay Off Workers’ Comp Judges to Cut Costs
Dec 9 2010 // A Missouri appeals court has ruled that the state can lay off three workers’ compensation administrative law judges who challenged the state’s decision to scrap their positions as part of state budget cuts. The...
Missouri Lawmaker Wants State Liability for Elk
Dec 2 2010 // A Missouri lawmaker wants the state to be liable for damage caused to crops or cars by wild elk. Republican Rep. Casey Guernsey is a farmer from northwest Missouri — far away from where the Department of Conservation...
Iowa Joins States Barring Activities of Former U.S. Fidelis Owners
Nov 15 2010 // Attorney General Tom Miller and ten other state attorneys general, have obtained judgments against the owners of a former Missouri company, barring them from ever again selling auto service contracts or engaging in...
Business Moves
Nov 14 2010 // Ohio Mutual, Casco Indemnity Ohio Mutual Insurance Group (OMIG) agreed to acquire N.E. Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Casco Indemnity Co., a property and casualty insurer located in Saco, Maine. The transaction is...
Missouri AG, Insurance Chief Target Auto Warranty Firms
Nov 12 2010 // Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said he is amending his lawsuits against three companies that sold bogus auto warranty products by including the allegation that the companies have been selling insurance without a...
Safeco Insurance Expands in Missouri
Oct 28 2010 // Safeco Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has opened its new office in Fenton, Mo. Liberty Mutual also plans to hire 100 additional employees in St. Louis County over the next two years. With a seven-year lease...
Missouri DOI Returns $6.5M to Consumers in 2010
Oct 18 2010 // Consumers who filed complaints with the Missouri Department of Insurance have received $6.5 million from their insurance companies in 2010. The money was returned as a result of the department’s mediation efforts on...
2 Get Life Sentences in Missouri Murder-for-Hire Insurance Case
Sep 27 2010 // Two eastern Missouri men have been sentenced to life in federal prison for a murder-for-hire plot. James Kornhardt and Steven Mueller were convicted in June in connection with the 1992 killing of Danny Harold...
MMIC Expands Insurance Services to Kansas and Missouri
Sep 21 2010 // Medical professional liability insurance provider, MMIC Group, recently announced its entry into the Kansas/Missouri marketplace. According to MMIC President and CEO Bill McDonough, “As consolidation of healthcare...
Missouri Insurance Department Joins Lawsuit Against US Fidelis
Sep 1 2010 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has joined a pending consumer fraud lawsuit filed by Attorney General Chris Koster against service contract seller US Fidelis. US Fidelis sold motor vehicle extended service contracts,...
Missouri Consumers Better Protected Against Insolvent Insurers
Aug 18 2010 // Financially strapped insurance companies in Missouri will soon face tighter oversight, thanks to a new law signed by Gov. Jay Nixon. Senate Bill 583, which takes effect Aug. 28, spells out the specific standards the...
Missouri Votes to Block Obama Health Insurance Mandate
Aug 4 2010 // Missouri voters Tuesday rejected the new U.S. healthcare bill, approving a measure that would forbid the federal government from penalizing people who do not buy health insurance. With 78 percent of precincts reporting,...
Midwest Economy: North Dakota Tops Region in Job Growth
Aug 3 2010 // The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same...
Smith Named Missouri Insurance Agents’ Person of the Year
Jul 29 2010 // Dennis Smith of Columbia, Mo., has been honored as the Missouri Association of Insurance Agents’ Insurance Person of the Year. The award was given at MAIA’s annual Leadership Conference on July 22. Smith...
