All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 19 2009 // Indiana has ordered Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based auto insurance company Universal Casualty Company (UCC) to stop writing new policies in the state until the company can demonstrate “improved business...
Jun 18 2009 // More than 40 earthquake recording stations will be placed around the state and in Iowa as part of a federal initiative overseen by Missouri University of Science and Technology. The seismic monitors join another 400...
Jun 16 2009 // The Missouri Department of Insurance’s annual complaint index report has been posted at the department’s Web site, insurance.mo.gov, under the Information About Insurers section. Users can search more than...
Jun 12 2009 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has appointed two veteran insurance regulators to division director positions.Mary Kempker has been name to direct the Market Regulation Division. Kempker has worked at the department...
Jun 3 2009 // Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson has taken over as acting president and CEO of Missouri Employers Mutual.Wilson began May 31 as the leader of the workers’ compensation firm that employs more than 200 people in...
May 27 2009 // The former owner of a St. Joseph, Mo., tannery that is being sued over health concerns acknowledged that the plant used a cancer-causing chemical, but he said the tanning process posed no danger to the public.The former...
May 26 2009 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers has appointed Brian Billhartz, Larry Jackson and Cindie Allscheid to establish a new office in Chesterfield, Mo. – Wrap Up Insurance Solutions.Wrap Up Insurance Solutions is a full service...
May 21 2009 // Missouri Transportation Director Pete Rahn says legislation repealing the state’s motorcycle helmet law for adults “makes no sense” and that Gov. Jay Nixon should veto it.Lawmakers during their annual...
May 20 2009 // Trusted Choice has awarded the inaugural Dan Fulwider Award for Community Involvement to Kevin and Kathy Flynn of K. Flynn Insurance Agency in Troy, Mo., the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America announced.In...
May 15 2009 // Citizens in four Midwestern states are cleaning up after violent storms killed three people in northern Missouri, damaged hundreds of homes and left thousands without power.Authorities reported at least two tornadoes...
May 14 2009 // Legislation easing the burden on the Missouri fire marshal to conduct fire safety inspections at long-term care facilities won final approval.The measure partially revises a law enacted after a November 2006 fire killed 11...
May 11 2009 // Residents of the Midwest began clearing away wreckage May 9 following a wave of powerful storms that splintered homes, knocked out power to thousands and killed six people.Hundreds of homes and businesses were damaged or...
May 7 2009 // Missouri has become the latest state to join a national movement in requiring cigarettes to be self-extinguishing.The Missouri House voted 137-16 on May 5 to give final approval to legislation that requires the special...
May 6 2009 // A Missouri appeals court has reinstated a $17 million jury award in a class action lawsuit against American Family Mutual Insurance Co. over aftermarket vehicle parts.The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District...
May 1 2009 // Residents in several river towns in Missouri are anxiously watching the weather over the next few days, now that recent rains have already caused minor to moderate flooding. Parts of northeast and central Missouri got up...
Apr 24 2009 // Farmers in four northwest Missouri counties may have unwittingly dumped millions of pounds of carcinogen-laced sludge on their fields, which may be linked to a rash of brain tumors in the area, environmental activist Erin...
Apr 23 2009 // Missouri senators have scaled back an effort to force people to get car insurance by limiting how much uninsured drivers could collect in court. A bill increasing the penalty for creating a fake insurance card received...
Apr 10 2009 // Businesses in Southwest Missouri learned a lot about insurance, record-keeping and personal safety from tornadoes that tore through the area last spring.In many ways, walking into Bill Lant’s feed store in Seneca,...
Apr 1 2009 // Cigarettes sold in Missouri would have to be self-extinguishing under a bill receiving first-round approval in the House. The goal is to lower the chances of a fire breaking out if a smoker falls asleep with a lit...
Mar 27 2009 // On March 25, Missouri Senators endorsed legislation that would repeal a requirement that fire safety inspections in Missouri long-term care facilities be performed by local fire departments or the state fire...