Latest Kansas Headlines

Kan. Law Raises Concerns about Uninsured Drivers

Aug 22 2007 // A new Kansas state law that recently went into effect, making it harder for illegal immigrants to get driver’s licenses after July 1, has raised concerns that it will increase the number of unlicensed and uninsured...

Kan. Highway Department Taking Another Look at Safety Barriers

Aug 21 2007 // A spate of deadly cross-over crashes has pushed the Kansas Department of Transportation to re-examine its policy for installing safety barriers in highway medians. Highway engineers said Kansas highways were designed with...

Former Kan. Agent Sentenced for Insurance Theft and Fraud

Aug 17 2007 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger announced today that the Kansas Insurance Department, along with Johnson County authorities and the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, were involved in the case of a former...

Kan. Praeger Names Director of Public Affairs and Public Information Officer

Aug 6 2007 // Kan. Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger, recently announced that she has named Cindy Hermes as director of the Government and Public Affairs Division and Bob Hanson as public information officer. Cindy Hermes previously...

Report: N.D. has the best roads, Kansas ranks 3rd

Aug 6 2007 // Nearly 52 percent of U.S. urban interstates are now congested and traffic fatality rates rose slightly, but road surface conditions and bridge conditions improved, according to the Reason Foundation’s latest annual...

It Figures

Aug 6 2007 // $9.1 million Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger announced that nearly $9.1 million is being distributed to Firefighter Relief Associations from the Firefighters Relief Fund this year. This important fund,...

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Aug 6 2007 // $9.1 million Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger announced that nearly $9.1 million is being distributed to Firefighter Relief Associations from the Firefighters Relief Fund this year. This important fund,...

Kansas ranks third, survey says

Aug 6 2007 // N.D. HAS BEST ROADS IN U.S. Redlining or effective predictor? THE RUSSIANS AREN’T COMING No Russian firefighting aid yet

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Aug 6 2007 // $9.1 million Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger announced that nearly $9.1 million is being distributed to Firefighter Relief Associations from the Firefighters Relief Fund this year. This important fund,...

Kansas ranks third, survey says

Aug 6 2007 // N.D. HAS BEST ROADS IN U.S. Redlining or effective predictor? THE RUSSIANS AREN’T COMING No Russian firefighting aid yet

HRH Acquires Kansas Employee Benefits Broker The Resource Group

Jul 26 2007 // Richmond, Va.-based insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. said it is acquiring the assets of The Resource Group, L.C. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close on Aug. 1, 2007, were not disclosed. Founded...

Few Kan. Residents Covered by Flood Insurance

Jul 16 2007 // While his flooded neighbors faced an uncertain future, homeowner Bob Foust was already well under way this week repairing the water damage to his house upstream of the refinery’s oil spill. Not only did his house...

Kan: Flooding, Blizzards, Tornadoes Cause Millions of Dollars in Damage

Jul 10 2007 // The first half of 2007 has been one to forget for many Kansans as blizzards, deadly tornadoes and now flooding have caused millions of dollars in damage, disrupted lives and put a dent in the state’s economy. Of the...

Kan. Commissioner Says Insured Storm Losses for May Total $230 Million

Jun 20 2007 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger says the 2007 storm season in Kansas so far has accumulated $230 million in losses of insured property and crops during the month of May 2007. “We experienced a terrible...

Truck Mechanical Problems Decline in Mo. Roadside Inspection Report

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 18 2007 // People Kansas-based Brooke Franchise Corp., a subsidiary of Brooke Corp., elected Kyle L. Garst as its chairman and chief executive officer, and Dane S. Devlin as its president and chief operating officer. Garst was most...

Hilb Rogal Hobbs to Buy Kansas Agency, Charton Manley

Jun 6 2007 // Virginia-based insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Charlton Manley, Inc. , a Kansas-based retail property and casualty insurance agency and brokerage and...

Kansas City Westrope Adds Staff in Eastern Region

Jun 1 2007 // Kansas City-based Westrope recently announced that it has added Joyce James as the Eastern Region Client manager, responsible for client relationships, service and account retention. According to the company statement,...

Expert Says Workers Could Be Exposed to Asbestos in Greensburg Clean-up

May 30 2007 // A Kansas asbestos expert says he is so sure that residents and volunteers who are wading through what’s left of Greensburg, Kan., are being exposed to the carcinogen that he’s willing to wager his reputation on...

FEMA Adds 9 Kansas Counties to May Disaster List

May 29 2007 // Nine more Kansas counties have been declared eligible for federal assistance to repair public facilities damaged by this month’s violent weather. The declaration by the Federal Emergency Management Agency applies to...