All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 17 2020 // Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance Inc. (MIAA), based in Lincoln, Neb., has hired Sam Stallard as an agency development field specialist for Kansas and Missouri.Stallard will be directly responsible for agency development...
Apr 14 2020 // Shelter Insurance, based in Columbia, Mo., and its subsidiaries AmShield Insurance, Haulers Insurance, and Say Insurance, is joining other insurers in offering assistance to auto insurance policyholders.The company said it...
Apr 13 2020 // Specialty insurance agencies Lawrence E. Smith & Associates (LESA) of greater St. Louis, Mo., and Scholastic Insurance of Florida (SIF) of greater Orlando, Fla., have been acquired by DOXA Insurance Holdings LLC...
Apr 2 2020 // With flood concerns already high in the Midwest, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is warning that many levees on the Missouri and Kansas rivers that were damaged during devastating floods last spring remain vulnerable to...
Apr 1 2020 // An eastern Missouri sheriff’s department has reached a $2 million settlement with a man who spent more than three years in prison for his wife’s killing before the conviction was overturned, his lawyers said.An...
Mar 15 2020 // Last Friday, American Family Insurance Co. closed a regional office out of concern that an employee may have been exposed to an airline passenger on a March 4 domestic flight who later tested positive for...
Mar 11 2020 // Missouri state senators have passed a wide-ranging bill that would ban marijuana-infused candy for medical use, an attempt to ensure children don’t accidentally eat the drug.The measure would ban candy, lollipops,...
Mar 9 2020 // Missouri lawmakers are considering new guidelines to regulate delivery robots that may soon be roaming St. Louis and other communities in the state.The proposed law is aimed at allowing the small, cooler-sized delivery...
Mar 5 2020 // Faith Insurance Agency, in Eureka, Missouri, has joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a network of more than 130 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Faith Insurance Agency is owned by Jordan...
Mar 4 2020 // Pie Insurance, an insurtech offering workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses, has expanded its workers’ compensation insurance offering to Missouri. The addition increases Pie’s coverage area...
Mar 3 2020 // More than 800 appeals have been filed by companies that were denied state permits to grow, sell or distribute medical marijuana in Missouri.As part of the process to launch Missouri’s new medical marijuana program,...
Mar 3 2020 // Nebraska lawmakers have sent a nearly unanimous message to federal officials who control the flow of the Missouri River: focus on preventing floods above all else.Lawmakers voted 43-1 on a resolution calling on Congress...
Feb 28 2020 // Missouri’s Republican-led Senate swiftly advanced a bill tightening standards for punitive damages in liability lawsuits after an all-night filibuster by Democrats successfully blocked a separate bill limiting...
Feb 28 2020 // Federal officials have cited a Georgia-based charcoal manufacturer for exposing employees to safety and health hazards at two Missouri plants.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is recommending fines of...
Feb 25 2020 // St. Louis, Missouri-based POWERS Insurance & Risk Management has opened a new division: POWERS Surety Bonds.The new national division will focus on bond products and services for all surety programs to help safeguard...
Feb 24 2020 // Jurors have awarded $3,500 to a woman who was shocked three times with a stun gun after a St. Louis, Mo., march protesting police misconduct. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that jurors found in favor of University...
Feb 21 2020 // A woman whose daughter was wrongfully arrested at a middle school is suing the Columbia school district and police department.Kandas Holmes-Barnes is seeking a total of $2.4 million from the Columbia Public Schools and the...
Feb 17 2020 // A Missouri jury’s $265 million award to peach grower Bill Bader in his lawsuit against herbicide providers Bayer and BASF has raised the stakes for the two companies as at least 140 similar cases head to U.S. courts...
Feb 14 2020 // A Kirkwood, Mo., man has been sentenced to 48 months in federal prison and ordered to pay approximately $3.8 million in restitution after being convicted of stealing that amount from his former employer, the U.S....
Feb 14 2020 // Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), based in St. Louis, Missouri, has promoted Robert Qaoud to director of PerformanceHis responsibilities include providing resources to member agencies, integrating new members into...