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Kansas Storm Damage Totals Dropped in 2014
Jan 6 2015 // The amount of storm damage reported in Kansas in 2014 was the lowest amount in 16 years, according to state insurance regulators. The Kansas Insurance Department says insurance companies received reports of $112.4 million...
Falling Grain Prices, Record Cattle Prices Mark 2014 For Kansas
Dec 31 2014 // Farmers and ranchers across Kansas are wrapping up the 2014 growing season, marked by rapidly changing fortunes that were buffeted by weather and markets. It began with a meager winter wheat harvest before late spring...
Safety Of Guardrails Questioned by Kansas, Missouri
Dec 30 2014 // Missouri and Kansas transportation officials have suspended installations of a guardrail system after concerns that parts of the guardrails break off on impact and run through vehicles, causing injuries to drivers and...
Incoming Kansas Insurance Regulator Wants More Competition in State
Dec 15 2014 // The accountant and industry executive taking over as Kansas’ top insurance regulator next month says creating a more robust market is a top goal and argues that greater competition will address problems with the...
Praeger: Insurance Industry in Kansas Grew by $6B During Tenure
Dec 15 2014 // Outgoing Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger says the insurance industry has grown from an $11 billion industry to a $17 billion one during the time she has been in office. Praeger, who chose not to run for...
New Kansas Insurance Chief to Hire Former Rival as Legislative Liaison
Dec 12 2014 // Incoming Kansas Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer says he’s planning to have a former Republican primary rival serve in a key position in the office. Selzer said that Republican state Sen. Clark Shultz of Lindsborg...
Tenure of Outgoing Kansas Commissioner Marked by Industry Growth
Dec 11 2014 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger says the insurance industry has grown from an $11 billion industry to a $17 billion one during the time she has been in office. Praeger, who chose not to run for re-election this...
Thieves Steal Valuable Items from Kansas Ag Museum
Dec 10 2014 // Police are seeking help to identify whoever stole items from the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame’s collection in Bonner Springs, Kan. Bonner Springs police tell The Kansas City Star thieves broke into...
Kansas Assistant Commissioner Anshutz to Leave Insurance Department
Dec 2 2014 // Zachary J.C. Anshutz, assistant commissioner at the Kansas Insurance Department, will be leaving his post to join Advisors Excel LLC, a Topeka-based independent insurance marketing organization, Insurance Commissioner...
Schinnerer to Acquire SeaFire Insurance Services in Kansas
Dec 1 2014 // Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. on Monday announced an agreement to acquire SeaFire Insurance Services, a Kansas-based managing general underwriter focused on providing property/casualty solutions for the auto dealership...
4 Kansas Insurance Department Directors to Retire
Dec 1 2014 // Four directors will retire from the Kansas Insurance Department on Dec. 5. The retirements announced on Nov. 25 come as Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger prepares to leave office in January. Department spokesman Bob...
Kansas Agents See Increased Demand for Earthquake Insurance
Dec 1 2014 // Kansas insurance agencies say they’ve been flooded with queries about earthquake coverage after a 4.8 magnitude temblor struck near Conway Springs on Nov. 12. “We have been getting calls all day,” said...
Hospitals Improvise on Safety to Treat Ebola Patients
Nov 21 2014 // What does it take to Ebola-proof a hospital? Over the past few months, U.S. medical centers have spent millions of dollars putting together a plan to treat patients with the scary, but extremely rare disease. To a large...
Hlasney Named Director, of Lockton Health Risk Solutions in Kansas City
Nov 18 2014 // Todd Hlasney has been promoted to director of Lockton Health Risk Solutions for Lockton’s Kansas City benefits operation. Hlasney joined Lockton in 2013 as a Health Risk Solutions consultant, partnering with client...
South-Central Kansas Rattled by More Quakes
Nov 18 2014 // Four more earthquakes were reported in south-central Kansas during the weekend. No serious injuries or damage was reported. The U.S. Geological Survey says the largest quake was a 3.8-magnitude earthquake that was centered...
Oklahoman: Kansas Quake Caused $25K Damage to Home
Nov 17 2014 // An Oklahoma resident says a preliminary 4.8-magnitude earthquake that struck a Kansas town on Nov. 12 caused at least $25,000 in damage to his home. The quake originated near the town of Conway Springs, Kan., and shook...
Kansas Agents See Increased Demand for Earthquake Insurance
Nov 17 2014 // Kansas insurance agencies say they’ve been flooded with queries about earthquake coverage after the 4.8 magnitude temblor on Nov. 12. “We have been getting calls all day,” Matt Woodall, who works at a...
Industry Exec Selzer Elected Insurance Commissioner in Kansas
Nov 17 2014 // A Republican accountant and industry executive has won the Kansas insurance commissioner’s race without the backing of the retiring, three-term GOP incumbent. Ken Selzer of Leawood defeated Democrat Dennis Anderson...
Kansas Plans Seismic Monitoring System
Nov 14 2014 // An earthquake that rattled parts of Kansas and Oklahoma is the 94th earthquake reported this year in Kansas. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake on Nov. 12 was the strongest in Kansas this year, with most quakes recorded in...
4.8 Mag Earthquake Shakes Parts of Kansas, Oklahoma
Nov 14 2014 // An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 shook parts of Kansas and Oklahoma on Nov. 12, the largest since a series of temblors began rattling Kansas a little more than a year ago. The quake’s epicenter was...
