Latest Kansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Kansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kansas First State to Drop Age Restrictions on Life/Annuities Sales
Feb 2 2006 // Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger has announced that Kansas is providing enhanced consumer protections by calling for an expansion of industry standards for the suitability of the sale of fixed and variable annuity...
Kansas Officials Close State-Approved AAA License Renewal Program
Feb 1 2006 // The Kansas state House panel supported a proposal this week to end a pilot program that allowed motorists to renew drivers licenses at a AAA office in Lawrence. The project began in May 2005 and officials say it allowed...
Black Boxes in Cars Monitor How You Drive, Assist Fraud Investigations
Jan 27 2006 // Most people don’t know it, but there is a little black box in your car that tracks the way you drive. According to a recent account in the Kansas City Star, the metal box, about the size of a carpenter’s tape...
CPCU Society National Leadership Institute Course Comes to Kansas City
Jan 25 2006 // On March 2, the CPCU Society and the Society’s Kansas City Chapter will be hosting a new CPCU Society National Leadership Institute (NLI) course, Creative Thinking in Business. Both CPCU Society members and...
News Currents
Jan 22 2006 // Zurich and Hellman & Friedman call off Universal Underwriters sale after regulatory issues surface Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) and affiliates of Hellman & Friedman LLC (H&F), a leading private...
News Currents
Jan 22 2006 // Kansas lawmakers push for tougher penalties for uninsured drivers Two tough bills to keep uninsured motorists off Kansas roadways will be on the agenda for consideration when the Kansas legislature convenes this January....
News Briefs
Jan 22 2006 // Health insurance plan: new option for low-income Kansas residents Low-income Kansas residents, who have not had health insurance for more than a year, may qualify for a new program that promises half-price premiums, Blue...
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Faces Challenge to Re-election
Jan 17 2006 // Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger is facing a serious challenge to her re-election within the Republican Party — from a legislator who argues she isn’t pro-business enough. Rep. Eric Carter of Overland Park...
Zurich, Hellman & Friedman Call Off Universal Underwriters Sale
Jan 16 2006 // Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) and affiliates of Hellman & Friedman LLC (H&F), a leading private equity investment firm, jointly announced that they have agreed not to proceed with the sale of...
Buyout of Universal Underwriters Insurance Canceled;Customers to Receive Large Refunds
Jan 16 2006 // The Kansas City Star reported today that the proposed $1.1 billion sale of Universal Underwriters Insurance Co. has fallen through following a regulatory examination that may mandate refunds to customers in the amount of...
Health Insurance Plan: New Option for Low-income Kansas Residents
Jan 13 2006 // Low-income Kansas residents, who have not had health insurance for more than a year, may qualify for a new program that promises half-price premiums, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas announced this week. Named...
Kansas Lawmakers Seek Tougher Penalties for Uninsured Drivers
Jan 10 2006 // The Kansas Department of Insurance recently estimated that nearly 10 percent of the state’s two million drivers are on the roads without the required coverage. Kansas lawmakers have taken those numbers seriously and...
Kansas Lawmakers Push for Tougher Penalities for Uninsured Drivers
Jan 5 2006 // Two tough bills to keep uninsured motorists off Kansas roadways will be on the agenda for consideration when the Kansas legislature convenes on Monday.The first proposed bill will help the state keep better track uninsured...
People & Places
Jan 2 2006 // Brent Jenkins Crump Insurance Services of Texas Inc. appointed three new members to the Dallas property/casualty brokerage team: Brent Jenkins, Stephanie Murillo and Matt Sheehan. Additionally, Elizabeth Wafer has joined...
People
Jan 1 2006 // Crump Insurance Services of Texas Inc. appointed three new members to the Dallas property/casualty brokerage team: Brent Jenkins, Stephanie Murillo and Matt Sheehan. Additionally, Elizabeth Wafer has joined the P/C team at...
Former Kansas City cop pleads guilty in insurance fraud scheme
Jan 1 2006 // Todd Graves, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, reported that a former Kansas City, Mo., police officer pleaded guilty in federal court recently to a scheme to collect insurance on a fraudulent stolen car...
Former Kansas City Cop Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Collect Insurance
Dec 15 2005 // Todd Graves, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, reported that a former Kansas City, Mo., police officer pleaded guilty in federal court recently to a scheme to collect insurance on a fraudulent...
National Assoc. of Insurance Commissioners Elects Officers
Dec 8 2005 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected regulators from Maine, Alabama, Kansas and New Mexico as the organization’s 2006 officers during the Association’s Winter National...
Healthy Competition, Safety Technology Drive Commercial Auto Market
Dec 5 2005 // According to conventional wisdom, 2004 was the first year in the past 16 where insurers finally broke through and made an underwriting profit on commercial lines auto. The breakthrough came after a year, 2003, which saw...
