Latest Kansas Headlines
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Kan. Department Employee Named to Leadership Role for FBI Associates
Oct 2 2006 // Kansas Commissioner Sandy Praeger has announced that Kansas Insurance Department employee, Randy Adair, chief fraud investigator, has been selected as the 2nd vice-president of the Kansas-Western Missouri chapter of the...
Kan. Attorney General Phil Kline’s Advisor Resigns
Oct 1 2006 // Embroiled in a bitter re-election campaign, Attorney General Phill Kline on Friday lost one of his key legal and political advisers when Bob Stephan, a former Kansas attorney general, announced his resignation. Stephan,...
Kan. Candidate’s Health Plan Criticized as Creating New Bureaucracy
Sep 29 2006 // A day after outlining a health reform plan, Republican gubernatorial challenger Jim Barnett faced questions Wednesday from the governor’s office about whether the proposal would create a new bureaucracy without...
Iowa Hawkeye-Security Appoints Blue Valley and Garry & Associates
Sep 27 2006 // Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has added Blue Valley Insurance Agency located in Overland Park, Kan., and Garry & Associates Insurance Agency located in North Kansas City, Mo. to its...
Industry Money an Issue in Kansas Race for Insurance Commissioner
Sep 12 2006 // Almost 25 percent of Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger’s campaign funds have come from the industry she regulates, and Democratic challenger Bonnie Sharp hopes voters think it’s a big deal. Seeking a second...
Kansas City-area Physician Groups Settle Price-fixing Complaint
Aug 28 2006 // Two suburban Kansas City physician groups have agreed to settle a price-fixing complaint filed against them by the Federal Trade Commission. The commission had accused New Century Health Quality Alliance Inc. and Prime...
Attorney General: Kan. to Receive $58,065 in Glaxo SmithKline Settlement
Aug 17 2006 // Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline recently announced he had reached a settlement with pharmaceutical giant Glaxo SmithKline to resolve allegations that it improperly inflated the “average wholesale price”...
Answers Still Elusive in 127-year-old Kansas Mystery
Aug 16 2006 // Researchers trying to solve a 127-year-old mystery still don’t have a usable DNA sample to help them. Two University of Colorado professors excavated a grave in Lawrence, Kan. in May supposed to belong to John...
Kan. Commissioner Distributes Firefighters Relief Fund Monies
Aug 2 2006 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger announced that nearly $9 million is being distributed to Firefighter Relief Associations from the Firefighters Relief Fund this year. This fund is used to assist firefighters and...
Kan. Incumbent Commissioner Seen as Vulnerable in Primary by Some
Jul 31 2006 // Trying to persuade 100 or so fellow Republicans to nominate him for insurance commissioner in Tuesday’s primary, Eric Carter calls to the back of the room and asks his 11-year-old son where the boy’s new...
Kan. Commissioner Warns Medicare Beneficiaries About New Scam
Jul 27 2006 // Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger wants Kansas seniors to know that the “$299 Ring” scam recently has escalated into a higher priced scam involving, in some cases, a new Medicare card, instead of a...
Kan. Commissioner Praeger Attends Interstate Compact Press Conference
Jun 13 2006 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger was among a gathering of other state regulators today at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. for a news conference which outlined plans for the implementation of the...
South Carolina, Tennessee and Kansas Governors Sign Medical Criteria Bills
Jun 5 2006 // South Carolina, Tennessee and Kansas have joined a growing number of states that have enacted laws that require plaintiffs to meet specific medical criteria in order to bring or pursue an asbestos- or silica-related...
Brooke Corp. Adds Mitch Holthus, Shawn Lowry to Board of Directors
Apr 28 2006 // Brooke Corporation, headquarted in Overland Park, Kansas, recently announced that Mitch Holthus and Shawn Lowry were elected to its board of directors at their annual meeting of shareholders. They become the seventh and...
Kan. Commissioner Praeger Attends Planning Meeting for Insure U Program
Mar 28 2006 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger joined insurance commissioners from several other states in New York City to launch an ambitious national public education program on insurance issues under the banner of Insure...
Insurer Group Says Kan. Workers’ Comp Bill in Senate for Possible Veto Override
Mar 23 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America expressed disappointment with Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ decision to veto comprehensive workers’ compensation reform legislation. “SB 461 made...
Kan. Governor Vetos Workers’ Compensation Bill
Mar 23 2006 // Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius vetoed a workers’ compensation bill, SB 461, this week that would have lowered compensation settlements for workers injured on the job. The bill would have allowed a physician to...
UPDATE: Insurers Tally Storm Damage to Auto, Property in Midwest
Mar 14 2006 // Insurance companies in the Midwest are beginning to tally claims connected to hundreds of tornadoes and severe storms that hit a five state region in the Midwest late Saturday and early Sunday. Illinois, Indiana, Missouri,...
Kansas Collects $410,598 in Taxes from American International Group Inc.
Mar 9 2006 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger in a written statement said that Kansas is the recipient of back taxes and interest in the amount of $410,598 from one of the largest insurance groups in the United States,...
Unusual circumstances surround dropped sale of Universal Underwriters
Feb 20 2006 // Most failed company mergers remain a secret, except to a handful of insiders.That was not the case with the collapsed attempt by Zurich Financial Services Group to sell its affiliate, Universal Underwriters Insurance...
