All the headlines from our Missouri Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 12 2007 // Rockhill Holdings recently announced the acquisition of Plaza Insurance Co. (PIC), formerly National Alliance Insurance Co. PIC is a Mo.-domiciled property/casualty insurer admitted in 38 jurisdictions. Initial lines of...
Jul 2 2007 // DeclarationsDangerous pooches “You never hear stories about roving packs of golden retrievers attacking children in our streets. … But you do hear about the pit bulls, who are responsible, according to...
Jun 28 2007 // Brown Smith Wallace LLC recently announced that Derek Hudson has been named financial auditor in the risk management services practice. Hudson will assess the effectiveness of clients’ internal controls through...
Jun 26 2007 // A state judge has overturned a jury’s decision ordering American Family Mutual Insurance Co. to pay $17 million as part of a class-action lawsuit over aftermarket vehicle parts in Missouri.Jackson County Circuit...
Jun 20 2007 // Legislation allowing midwives to deliver babies at home in Missouri will likely be challenged in court by doctors’ groups.The measure was approved by lawmakers in May as part of larger health insurance bill signed...
Jun 19 2007 // Roadside inspections found slightly fewer mechanical problems with tractor-trailers in Missouri last year, but the state still logs a higher percentage of flaws than Kansas or Oklahoma.Federal statistics show that just...
Jun 15 2007 // A divided Missouri Supreme Court ruled against the city of St. Louis on Tuesday in a fight over who should pay to clean up lead paint in homes.In a 4-3 unsigned opinion, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s...
Jun 13 2007 // Two years after lawmakers tightened eligibility for benefits to injured workers, the insurance premiums businesses must pay to care for injured workers have dropped to 1994 levels.In 2005, Gov. Matt Blunt and the...
Jun 11 2007 // The director of the Missouri state Workers’ Compensation Division said Friday that she was forced to resign, though she believes she had “done a terrific job.”Pat Secrest submitted her resignation on...
May 29 2007 // Aetna Inc. in Hartfors, Con. has agreed to buy a Phoenix-based company that manages health care for Medicaid plans and administers employers’ self-funded health plans.The Hartford-based insurer announced Thursday...
May 22 2007 // As floodwaters recede along the Missouri River bottoms, some areas remain at risk because their levees are broken.“The flood is not over for me if there’s still a hole in the levee,” said Tom Waters of...
May 21 2007 // 1 Brickstreet Mutual Insurance Co. WV 765,9632 Texas Mutual Insurance Co. TX 743,095 3 Old American Cty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. TX 491,6414 SAIF Corp. OR 449,7945 Universal Property & Casualty...
May 21 2007 // Nature’s fury made life miserable from one end of the United States to the other, with people forced out of their homes by wildfires near both coasts and the Canadian border and by major flooding in the Midwest.And...
May 21 2007 // Spring wildfires, floods wreak havoc from coast to coastInmates from the Georgia Department of Corrections use Class A foam and rakes Tuesday, May 1, 2007 to extinguish the remains of a fire in Waycross, Ga. As part of a...
May 17 2007 // A state senator got stripped of his committee chairmanship this week after sneaking contentious language legalizing lay midwifery into a health insurance bill passed by the House and Senate.Sen. John Loudon defended his...
May 14 2007 // Some of the roughly 700,000 Missourians lacking health insurance could find it a little more affordable to get. But people who don’t pay their medical bills could lose their state income tax refunds under legislation...
May 11 2007 // Floodwaters continued to rise across northwest and central Missouri, inundating small towns like Bigelow and shutting down businesses from Chillicothe to Platte County.The National Weather Service said it expected parts of...
May 11 2007 // Nature’s fury made life miserable from one end of the United States to the other, with people forced out of their homes by wildfires near both coasts and the Canadian border and by major flooding in the Midwest.And...
Apr 30 2007 // The Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration announced recently that Fred Heese will serve as acting chief financial examiner for the Insurance Solvency & Company...
Apr 30 2007 // Missouri farmers would stand a greater chance of getting reimbursed if their crops are accidentally destroyed under a bill sent to the governor.The legislation changes the liability standard for crop damage or destruction....