Missouri Department of Insurance

Bricks tumble off a damaged home in central Oklahoma after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit in 2011. This is the kind of damage homes in southeastern Missouri and up through St. Louis could expect if the New Madrid Seismic Zone sparks a major earthquake.

Why so few houses have earthquake insurance near Missouri’s New Madrid Seismic Zone

Corinne Ruff

Only about 12% of homes in the New Madrid Seismic Zone in Missouri’s southeastern tip have earthquake insurance, a dramatic decline since 2000.

Health, Science & Environment

18,000 could lose health coverage in Missouri’s ‘bare counties,’ as state faces tough choices

Brent Jones

Next year, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City will leave the individual health care marketplace in Missouri that was set up under the Affordable Care…

Health, Science & Environment

Missouri says it will block some health plans from a merged Aetna-Humana

Missouri’s insurance regulator could block Aetna and Humana from offering certain insurance plans in the state if they go forward with a $37 billion…

Government, Politics & Issues

Missouri governor takes on insurance companies

Jo Mannies

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 11, 2009 - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon just announced that he has "ordered the state Department of…