All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 2 2007 // The medical malpractice insurance market has stabilized following escalating medical malpractice costs that caused a downturn in the market from 1999 – 2003, according to the 2006 Medical Malpractice Report recently...
Sep 24 2007 // With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency forceBoston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and...
Sep 21 2007 // A Brayton, Mo. woman is suing her gynecologist for allegedly not telling her that he accidentally cut open a tumor he removed from her ovary, spilling cancerous tissue in her abdomen and causing her cancer to spread.The...
Sep 20 2007 // Mo. Gov. Matt Blunt said the number of uninsured Missourians could be reduced by nearly one-third under a plan he outlined this week to provide government-subsidized health care to lower-income families.The Republican,...
Sep 11 2007 // Gilsbar Specialty Insurance Services, one of the largest administrators of CNA Lawyers’ Professional Liability insurance, recently announced that it is now offering professional liability insurance coverage to...
Sep 11 2007 // The Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration recently announced that Fred Heese will serve as the new chief financial examiner for the Insurance Solvency & Company...
Sep 3 2007 // With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency forceBoston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and...
Sep 3 2007 // With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets now largest regional independent agency.Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and casualty insurance...
Sep 3 2007 // Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency familyWith $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets now largest regional independent agency Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now...
Aug 30 2007 // A month after the deadly Minneapolis bridge collapse, Missouri lawmakers are poised to approve a massive bridge repair project that could serve as a national roadmap for renovating aging infrastructure.Missouri plans to...
Aug 27 2007 // Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group finalized its acquisition of Ohio Casualty Corp. on Friday, Aug. 24, 2007 and immediately announced a realignment of its $5.9 billion net premium regional agency company organization to...
Aug 21 2007 // To help Missouri consumers keep track of the latest recalls, Attorney General Jay Nixon on Friday, Aug. 17th launched a new Web site to serve as a clearinghouse. The page brings together detailed information on recalls...
Aug 20 2007 // The Missouri Insurance Department recently announced steps it’s taking to implement legislation signed by Gov. Matt Blunt, which allows for the formation of captive insurance companies to bring as much as $10 million...
Aug 17 2007 // Democratic attorney general candidate Margaret Donnelly on Wednesday called for Missouri to enact a children’s product safety law that could penalize business that don’t quickly inform consumers of product...
Aug 9 2007 // Forty-three current or former workers at a southwest Missouri microwave-popcorn packaging plant have joined in the suit claiming they sustained lung damage by working with a butter flavoring.A man who lived near the Jasper...
Aug 7 2007 // A former mayor of Kirksville, Mo. was sentenced to more than five years in prison for setting fire to a popular hangout for college students that she owned in the northeast Missouri town.Deborah Masten was also ordered to...
Aug 3 2007 // A supermarket chain in St. Louis, Mo., is pulling its brand of French style green beans from the shelves of more than 100 stores in several states, including Wisconsin, because of concerns about possible...
Aug 2 2007 // The Missouri Insurance Market Regulation Division announced recently that paper copies of life, health, property and casualty insurance filings will no longer be retained by the department.Effective Aug. 1, 2007, all lines...
Jul 30 2007 // Jeff Buker has been named as Missouri’s new workers’ compensation director, labor officials said.Buker has worked on various division projects in the past year and a half involving self-insurance and the Second...
Jul 26 2007 // Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has been named 2007 Top Partner insurer by the Missouri Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA). The award was presented to President and Chief Executive Officer...