All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 12 2019 // POWERS Insurance and Risk Management, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, has launched an emerging risks division. This new sector will focus on insurance risk strategies that are aligned with cyber, technology, cannabis...
Mar 5 2019 // Harrisonville, Missouri-based Stafford & Stafford Insurance has affiliated with Leavitt Group, a network of insurance brokers whose collective strength allows members to provide national insurance products and risk...
Mar 4 2019 // CFM Insurance Inc., a mutual insurance company headquartered in Concordia, Missouri, has finalized its acquisition of Cornerstone National Insurance Co., a stock company based in Columbia, Missouri.With this acquisition,...
Feb 27 2019 // Missouri towns along the Mississippi River and its tributaries should brace for the prospect of potentially serious flooding this spring, in large part because of an unusually snowy winter to the north.The National Weather...
Feb 26 2019 // A Missouri Supreme Court ruling on talc lawsuits could reduce the liability and number of large trials Johnson & Johnson faces over allegations its talc products, including baby powder, cause cancer.The ruling will...
Feb 19 2019 // POWERS Insurance and Risk Management, a St. Louis, Missouri-based family owned and operated independent insurance agency, has added Samantha Hentschke as personal lines account manager and Luke Wittenberg as commercial...
Feb 18 2019 // Between 2008 and 2017 rhere was a significant drop in the number of homes in Missouri insured for damage from earthquake, state insurance regulators report. That’s despite the fact that earthquakes present a...
Feb 13 2019 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. says it is cutting its rates in Missouri. As a result, its overall personal auto rate will drop by 3.9 percent.The total state-wide expected impact for State Farm Mutual by this...
Feb 7 2019 // Despite the fact that earthquakes present a significant hazard to Missourians, the number of homes insured against damage from earthquakes declined between 2008 and 2017, according to a Residential Earthquake Coverage...
Feb 6 2019 // Appalachian Underwriters Inc. (AUI) has hired four workers’ compensation underwriting professionals in its St. Peters, Missouri, office.Tara Regan-Collins, senior underwriter, is a seasoned insurance professional,...
Feb 4 2019 // Hours of Service, Other Safety Exemptions for Livestock Haulers Raise ConcernsMidwest Center for Investigative Reporting It was sometime around 4 a.m. on a cool, spring morning when James McGilvray lost control of his...
Feb 1 2019 // The Missouri Supreme Court has halted an upcoming trial in a case brought by women who claim talc supplied by Imerys Talc America for use in Johnson & Johnson products gave them cancer, saying it wanted to consider a...
Jan 30 2019 // Insurance education scholarships are once again being made available to Missouri high school seniors and college students, the Missouri Department of Insurance announced.The deadline to apply for the Missouri Insurance...
Jan 28 2019 // Mulligan Insurance in New Columbia, Missouri, has joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of over 120 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois.Mulligan Insurance was founded in 2019...
Jan 28 2019 // The Consumer Affairs Division and Market Conduct Section at the Missouri Department of Insurance helped insurance consumers to receive an additional $16.2 million from their insurance companies in 2018, the department...
Jan 24 2019 // A new report ranks Missouri near the bottom of all states for driver safety laws, at a time when distracted driving is happening at a high rate.Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, a national roadway safety coalition,...
Jan 21 2019 // A study has found that sick or injured Missourians who need air ambulance services often face steep medical bills, even if they have insurance.The Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional...
Jan 18 2019 // Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration (DIFP) Director Chlora Lindley-Myers has been appointed chair of the Market Regulation and Consumer Affairs (D) Committee for the...
Jan 14 2019 // A massive winter snowstorm that blanketed several Midwest states was a factor in at least five road deaths on Saturday and forced the grounds crew to scramble to clear snow from Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City ahead of...
Jan 14 2019 // Sick or injured Missouri residents who need air ambulance services face thousands of dollars in bills and sometimes aggressive collection efforts if they cannot pay, according to a state report.The average bill after...