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Kansas Governor Signs Insurance Bills Into Law
Jun 1 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) noted that the adjournment on May 8th of the Kansas legislature ended a 10-week session marked by several important victories for the associaiton. Earlier in the week, Governor Bill...
Kansans Weigh In on Medical Coverage
Apr 27 2001 // Residents of Kansas who receive health insurance generally pay more for premiums than in border states, and employees in the Jayhawk State typically pay much less out of pocket for their health coverage, following the...
Kansas Tornado Provides No Warning
Apr 24 2001 // Twenty-eight people were injured and 200 buildings were destroyed when a tornado hit Hoisington, Kansas, on April 21. The damage was six blocks wide and a mile long. A 69-year-old man was killed in his home when warning...
Iowa, Kansas Houses Pass Producer Licensing Bills
Mar 22 2001 // The Kansas and Iowa Houses have both passed insurance licensing bills that appear to meet the reciprocity provisions of the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley act but do not contain exemptions for customer service...
Kansas House Reviews Privacy Bill Today
Feb 14 2001 // The Kansas House of Representatives will hear testimony today on a privacy bill. Both Kansas Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius and Kansas House Insurance Committee Chairman Bob Tomlinson will testify in favor of the...
Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Acquires Kansas Agency
Feb 2 2001 // Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Co. has acquired substantially all of the operations of Dulaney, Johnston & Priest, an insurance agency headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With over...
Sebelius Elected NAIC President for 2001; Vaughan, Pickens Selected as Officers
Dec 5 2000 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have elected regulators from Kansas, Iowa and Arkansas as the organization’s officers for 2001 during its Winter National Meeting in Boston. “We...
Lying, Cheating and Stealing
Jul 24 2000 // There are a number of sins to which those providing services for money are susceptible: product ignorance, market ignorance, administrative incompetence, disloyalty and betrayal, slothfulness, untruthfulness, and stealing....
Commercial Lines Deregulation Continuesto Gain Momentum at State Level
Jun 26 2000 // Chalk up 2000 as another year for making great strides in passing legislation relating to deregulation. Since 1997, 21 states have passed laws deregulating commercial lines to one degree or another. “In 2000, we had...
Kansas Agency Takes Advantage of Financial Services Reform
Jun 5 2000 // When financial services reform laws were passed late last year, the banshee wails for independent insurance agencies began. Analysts and soothsayers predicted banks, with their mountains of money, would swoop down upon the...
Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Acquires Kansas Agency
Feb 2 2000 // Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Co. has acquired substantially all of the operations of Dulaney, Johnston & Priest, an insurance agency headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With over...
