Latest Kansas Headlines
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Kan. Insurance Claims Drop Despite Massive Storms
Feb 4 2008 // A tornado wiped out 95 percent of Greensburg. Hailstorms rattled the south-central part of the state, damaging roofs. An ice storm crippled the state. With all the large-scale weather events to hit Kansas last year, it...
Regulators Address the Politics of Underwriting
Jan 27 2008 // There is an X-factor in setting insurance rates that even actuaries would have a hard time calculating: Politics. For those who serve as their state’s ultimate authority on what factors insurers can use to raise or...
Kan. Senate Committee Moves Quickly on Disaster Relief Bill
Jan 18 2008 // A Senate committee is moving quickly on a proposal to help flood- and tornado-damaged communities rebuild homes. The Ways and Means Committee voted Monday to sponsor the proposal. It would provide $12 million over three...
Kan. Report: Traffic Deaths Hit 15-year Low
Jan 11 2008 // State officials say the traffic death count in Kansas has hit a 15-year low. The Kansas Department of Transportation says 404 people died in Kansas crashes in 2007, down 13 percent from 468 fatalities in 2006. KDOT traffic...
Kan. Jury Sides with Oil Company in Pollution Lawsuit
Jan 9 2008 // Jurors sided with oil giant BP Corp. North America Inc. Monday in a pollution lawsuit filed by the city of Neodesha seeking to recover the costs of cleanup and damages caused by an oil refinery. Jurors hearing the case in...
Kansas 2007 Storm Damage Totals Top $625 Million
Jan 4 2008 // Damage from an ice storm that hit Kansas in early December pushed the 2007 total to more than $625 million in reimbursable losses. But the state adjutant general’s office warned Wednesday that the numbers would...
Kansas Recovers More Than $13M for Insurance Consumers in 2007
Jan 3 2008 // The Kansas Insurance Department’s (KID’s) Consumer Assistance Division had a record year in 2007, recovering more than $13 million for Kansas insurance consumers, according to Commissioner Sandy...
People
Dec 23 2007 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected 2008 officers during their meeting in Houston. The newly elected officers, who will assume their duties following the completion of the NAIC...
People
Dec 23 2007 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected 2008 officers during their meeting in Houston. The newly elected officers, who will assume their duties following the completion of the NAIC...
Mo. Governor’s Official One of Nominees for Appeals Court Spot
Dec 21 2007 // A former top official in Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt’s administration is one of three finalists for a spot on the state appeals court. An appellate nominating commission on Monday selected Rod Chapel Jr., Zel Fischer...
Kan. Legislative Proposal to Help Areas Hit by Flooding and Tornado
Nov 12 2007 // Two Kansas legislative leaders outlined a $17.5 million relief package Saturday, (Nov. 10) to help flood-stricken southeast Kansas and tornado-ravaged Greensburg, with money to encourage home building and tax breaks for...
National Group Recommends Adoption of Rate Modernization Legislation
Oct 30 2007 // Kansas could become the ninth state to allow a modernized rating system for personal lines of insurance. A state task force studying rate modernization has issued a recommendation proposed by the National Association of...
Kan. Lawmakers Propose Funding for Housing for Storm-ravaged Areas
Oct 15 2007 // A bipartisan group of state lawmakers want to provide $50 million to build new housing in Kansas communities still hurting from storms earlier this year. The Greensburg tornado in May and flooding in southeast Kansas...
Declarations
Oct 8 2007 // Funeral director’s scam “I didn’t try to deceive anyone out of their money, I was just trying to maintain my business.” — Kent Kellog, 51, a former Indiana funeral home director accused of...
Kan. Chief Actuary Named to National Organization’s Board
Oct 4 2007 // The Kansas Insurance Department (KID), recently announced that Larry Bruning has been elected and installed as a new director of the American Academy of Actuaries. Bruning, with 29 years of experience as an actuary, was...
Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family
Sep 24 2007 // With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency force Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and...
Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family
Sep 3 2007 // With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency force Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and...
News Currents
Sep 3 2007 // Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets now largest regional independent agency Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now...
Liberty Mutual Realigns Agency Companies to Welcome Ohio Casualty
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...
Westrope Opens New Transportation Division in Kansas City Office
Aug 23 2007 // Westrope recently announced the creation of its Transportation Division, which will be located in its Kansas City, Mo. office.The new wholesale broker team will service all of Westrope’s clients, primarily focusing...
