All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 30 2021 // A new Missouri law that went into effect on Aug. 28 revises provisions for producer license renewals and provides opportunities toward continuing education credits for insurance professionals. It also enacts several...
Aug 26 2021 // Police and fire investigators say a fire at a northeast Missouri law firm’s office is being investigated as an arson.The fire was reported early Sunday at the Frick and Cundiff law office in Kirksville. Legal...
Aug 25 2021 // Openly is up and running in Missouri, enabling independent insurance agents to access Openly’s coverage and obtain quotes. Missouri marks the 12th state in Openly’s nationwide expansion. Openly says it plans to...
Jul 21 2021 // AM Best revised the outlook to negative from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B (Fair) and the Long-Term ICR of “bb+” (Fair) of...
Jul 20 2021 // Workers and residents at a Missouri residential nursing facility were exposed asbestos hazards when three employers at the site failed to ensure safe removal of the known carcinogen during a flooring replacement project, a...
Jul 19 2021 // A local prosecutor on July 16 charged a boat captain and two other employees over 17 deaths in July 2018 when a tourist duck boat sank on a Missouri lake during a severe thunderstorm, reviving the threat of long prison...
Jul 19 2021 // Missouri has enacted legislation that prohibits a claimant, tortfeasor, or any other party from using an arbitration award against any liability insurer that did not agree to the arbitration.The new legislation also places...
Jul 13 2021 // Waukee, Iowa-based Holmes Murphy named Ellen Willadsen chief innovation officer (CIO); Lindsay Chase assumed the role of the firm’s chief financial officer (CFO); and Susan Hatten has been promoted to the role of...
Jul 13 2021 // A Missouri grain facility faces more than $215,000 in penalties after being cited for one willful and six serious safety violations following an explosion that seriously injured an employee.According to the U.S. Department...
Jul 13 2021 // New report from Missouri insurance regulators shows earthquake coverage plummeting amid sharply escalating insurance premiums.The new Earthquake Insurance Market Report from the Missouri Department of Commerce and...
Jul 12 2021 // Tyson Foods is recalling almost 4,500 tons of ready-to-eat chicken products after finding the products may be tainted with listeria bacteria, federal officials announced. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the...
Jul 9 2021 // The family of a man who was fatally shot by a security guard during a New Year’s Day 2018 melee at a Columbia, Mo., Waffle House has agreed to a settlement.KMIZ-TV reported that attorneys for members of Anthony...
Jul 9 2021 // A woman has alleged in a civil rights lawsuit that a former northwest Missouri sheriff gave her drugs and sexually assaulted her.The St. Joseph News-Press reported that the claims involve former Harrison County Sheriff...
Jul 8 2021 // Missouri recently enacted legislation that prohibits a claimant, tortfeasor, or any other party from using an arbitration award against any liability insurer that did not agree to the arbitration.The new legislation also...
Jul 6 2021 // The family of a toddler who died just three hours after being misdiagnosed at a Branson, Mo., urgent care clinic is receiving $1.8 million in damages.Jurors in Taney County recently awarded Kassie Mcatee nearly $3.2...
Jul 5 2021 // Severe weather trends causing an increase in claims are impacting the price of homeowners insurance in Missouri, regulators say.A recent report, Missouri Homeowners Insurance — Premium & Losses, by the Missouri...
Jul 2 2021 // OSHA has cited a Missouri grain-handling facility for one willful and six serious safety violations, and proposed penalties of $215,525.The safety agency said that if MFA Enterprises Inc. – operating as West Central Agri...
Jun 29 2021 // Missouri’s rivers are rising, and with heavy rain possible through most of the week, parts of the state are under flood warnings and flash flood watches.Minor flooding was already happening Monday at several points...
Jun 29 2021 // Three journalists with Al Jazeera who were tear-gassed during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri, after Michael Brown’s death in 2014 have settled a lawsuit with the county whose SWAT team fired the tear gas.St. Charles...
Jun 25 2021 // Jim Bakker and his southwestern Missouri church will pay restitution of $156,000 to settle a lawsuit that accuses the TV pastor of falsely claiming a health supplement could cure COVID-19.Missouri court records show that a...