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Tornadoes Rip Through Storm-Weary Midwest
Jun 1 2004 // Powerful storms again swept across the Midwest, downing trees and power lines and spawning twisters that leveled houses and barns and sent mobile homes hurtling through the air. In Marengo, Ind., a town of 800 about 35...
AIA Reports 2004 Kansas Legislative Session a Success
May 17 2004 // The Kansas legislature passed several bills sought by the Kansas Insurance Department and defeated or amended virtually all bills viewed as onerous by insurers before adjourning on May 8, the American Insurance Association...
LOCKTON FOUNDER DIES:
Apr 5 2004 // The founder of Kansas City, Mo.-based brokerage Lockton Cos. died March 11. He was 62. At 24, John T. Lockton III took over his mother and father’s insurance agency in Kansas City and turned it into a successful...
Lockton Founder Dies
Mar 15 2004 // Jack Lockton The founder of Kansas City, Mo.-based brokerage Lockton Cos. died March 11. He was 62. At 24, John T. Lockton III took over his mother and father’s insurance agency in Kansas City and turned it into a...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Felony Charges Filed Against Kansas Agent
Jan 26 2004 // The Kansas Insurance Department (KID), in cooperation with Sheridan County Attorney Mike Haas and the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, has filed felony charges against a Selden, Kan., insurance agent. An...
Insurance Pros Can Earn CE at Kan. Insurance Institute
Jan 14 2004 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger and the Kansas Insurance Department (KID) are preparing for the 2004 Kansas Insurance Institute. This educational institute in Overland Park, Kan., offers a unique opportunity...
Felony Charges Filed Against Kan. Agent
Jan 5 2004 // The Kansas Insurance Department, in cooperation with Sheridan County Attorney Mike Haas and the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, has filed felony charges against a Selden, Kan., insurance agent. An investigation by...
Kansas Agents Meet Jan. 27-29
Dec 5 2003 // The Kansas AIA Rural and Small Agents Conference will take place next month (Jan. 27-29) at the Holiday Inn in Salinas, KS. More information is available by contacting Leann Lowe at (800) 229-7048, or by e-mailing:...
Kan. Fraud Unit Takes On Battle Against Crime
Oct 31 2003 // The Kansas Department of Insurance’s new fraud unit announced its first prosecution. Acting in concert with the Attorney General and Douglas County District Attorney Christine Kenney, the Unit has filed a 14-count...
Kansas Storm Loss Now Exceeds $256 Million
Aug 25 2003 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger said the 2003 storm season in Kansas produced more than $256 million in losses of insured property and crops during April through July. “The storm season extended well...
Kansas Storm Losses Now Exceed $256 Million
Aug 22 2003 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger said the 2003 storm season in Kansas produced more than $256 million in losses of insured property and crops during April through July. “The storm season extended well...
Kansas City Life Declares Quarterly Dividend
Jul 29 2003 // The Board of Directors of Kansas City Life Insurance Company declared on July 28, 2003 a quarterly dividend of $ .27 a share. The dividend will be payable on August 25, 2003, to stockholders of record on August 11,...
Farmers Lowers Kan. Auto Rates, Not Homeowners
Jul 25 2003 // An earlier Insurance Journal story incorrectly reported that Farmers Insurance Group was reducing homeowners rates in Kansas, when in actuality it was lowering auto rates. The story was based on an erroneous statement...
Farmers Group Lowers Rates for Kan. Homeowners
Jul 18 2003 // Farmers Insurance Group® announced they are reducing homeowners rates in the state of Kansas. Farmers’ policyholders in Kansas were to see a rate decrease of .7 percent effective July 1. Actual savings will vary...
Kansas DOI Establishes Temporary Office for Storm Inquiries
May 20 2003 // The Kansas Insurance Department has established a temporary office in Liberal, Kan., to help storm and tornado victims with insurance-related inquiries, according to a statement. Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger...
Kansas City Life Insurance Company First Quarter, 2003 Earnings Release
May 9 2003 // Kansas City Life Insurance Company posted a $0.62 per share net loss in the first quarter 2003, compared with a $0.54 per share net income last year. The net loss of $7.5 million for the quarter is primarily due to...
N.D. Enacts NCOIL Insurance Scoring Model; Kan. Bill Sent To Governor
Apr 10 2003 // Legislation regulating the use of credit-based insurance scores was recently signed by North Dakota’s governor and has passed the Kansas legislature. Three other states, Colorado, Virginia and Wyoming have enacted...
Unlicensed Mo. Insurer Reportedly Marketing in Kansas City Area
Apr 9 2003 // First Actual American Insurance Co., which has no license to sell in Missouri, reportedly is soliciting medical malpractice business in the Kansas City area. If doctors or other health-care providers are approached, they...
Kansas City Life and GuideOne Group of Companies sign Stock purchase agreement for GuideOne Life Insurance Co.
Mar 31 2003 // Kansas City Life Insurance Company and The GuideOne Group of Companies, based in West Des Moines, Iowa, have signed a definitive agreement under which Kansas City Life will buy all of GuideOne Life Insurance...
