All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 10 2012 // Missouri’s top justices have ruled that the state’s law placing limits on the amount juries can award for non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits is unconstitutional. The state Supreme Court said...
Sep 6 2012 // Is a person hired to perform seasonal, part-time tasks for a company owner, based on a referral from an employee of the company, an employee or a temporary worker? It depends, according to Missouri’s high court...
Sep 5 2012 // An August survey suggests that the continuing drought and lessening export demand for U.S. products are among the drains on the economy in nine Midwest and Plains states, according to a report released Tuesday.The...
Sep 5 2012 // John M. Huff, director of the Missouri Department of Insurance, has been appointed chair of a national task force focusing on insurance regulation, the department announced.The Solvency Modernization Initiative was created...
Sep 3 2012 // The Agent Support Network of America, ASNOA has welcomed its two newest partners, insurance veterans J. Scott Loveland and Roger Collins. J. Scott Loveland, owner and founder of Springfield, Mo.-based Scott Loveland...
Aug 31 2012 // Family members of four people killed in a grain elevator explosion last year in northeast Kansas are suing employees of Bartlett Grain Co., including its current president Bob Knief, less than five months after federal...
Aug 27 2012 // A 33-year-old St. Louis man has pleaded guilty in the 2007 death of a Missouri insurance agent.Cleo S. Hines pleaded guilty on Aug. 24 in St. Charles County Court to charges of robbery and second-degree murder. Hines and...
Aug 23 2012 // State regulators say mutual insurance companies that provide property coverage to rural Missourians will be financially stronger because of a new reinsurance requirement.Missouri Department of Insurance reports that a new...
Aug 20 2012 // A lawsuit filed on Aug. 17 alleges that St. Louis, Mo., jailers forced inmates to fight each other for the amusement of guards and bet on the outcomes.At least one attack was captured on camera, according to the suit filed...
Aug 16 2012 // The question of whether insurance brokers are required to obtain the lowest cost insurance that meets the insured’s needs was answered recently by the Missouri Supreme Court in the case of Emerson Electric Co. v....
Aug 13 2012 // Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri stressed her support for federal crop insurance legislation and other rural interests on Aug. 10 while her new Republican challenger, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, defended his...
Aug 8 2012 // A St. Charles, Mo., man has been convicted of killing his auto insurance agent during a robbery prompted by a big loss at a casino. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports a jury deliberated less than three hours before...
Aug 6 2012 // The question of whether insurance brokers are required to obtain the lowest cost insurance that meets the insured’s needs was answered recently by the Missouri Supreme Court in Emerson Electric Co. v. Marsh &...
Aug 2 2012 // Missouri’s top justices have ruled that the state’s law placing limits on the amount juries can award for non-economic damages in medical malpractice lawsuits is unconstitutional.The state Supreme Court said...
Jul 31 2012 // Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange, a policyholder-owned property/casualty insurer exclusively focused on high net worth individuals and families, has announced that it will begin accepting new members...
Jul 30 2012 // A southeast Missouri county has been told it won’t be getting any money for damage caused by the activation of the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway last year.The Southeast Missourian reports Mississippi County’s...
Jul 27 2012 // Missouri insurance regulators report their efforts are helping consumers to receive more than $5 million in additional insurance claims payments in first half of 2012.Consumers will receive an additional $5.1 million in...
Jul 23 2012 // Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson has been sentenced to two years of probation for misusing money to make political donations.Wilson, a 63-year-old Democrat, pleaded guilty in April to one count of misdemeanor campaign...
Jul 19 2012 // The drought has spread across much of the country, creating extreme fire risks. But no place is more at risk than Missouri. The National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska rates Missouri’s fire...
Jul 13 2012 // Three gas stations in Missouri that were shut down by the state’s attorney general for operating without insurance coverage for their underground storage tanks are back in business after purchasing...