Latest Kansas Headlines
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Ratings: Partners Mutual, Farmers (NJ), Premier Group, United Farm Indiana, Real State, Kansas Med Mutual
May 13 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B+’ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Wisconsin-based Partners Mutual...
Kansas City-Based Westrope Expands Transportation Team
Apr 30 2010 // Wholesale insurance broker Westrope announced that Edward T. Havermann III has joined its Kansas City, Mo., headquarters as a broker in Westrope’s national transportation practice. Havermann began his career with...
Kansas State University: Crashes Caused by Older Drivers Often Severe
Apr 15 2010 // Kansas State University researchers are discovering the challenges aging creates for drivers. To help improve traffic safety, K-State engineers identified the characteristics of older drivers in Kansas and the types of...
Kansas Lawmakers Add Exemptions to Insurance Scoring Law
Apr 8 2010 // A national insurer trade organization is praising the Kansas Legislature for passing legislation (HB 2501) that includes what the trade group says are positive changes to the state’s laws regarding the credit...
Insurance Related Complaint Against Kansas House Speaker Dismissed
Apr 1 2010 // A special Kansas House committee has dismissed a complaint by Democrats against Republican Speaker Mike O’Neal. Democrat lawmakers filed a complaint in mid-March, accusing O’Neal, an attorney, of misconduct for...
Kansas Democrats File Complaint Against Speaker Over Comp Fund Suit
Mar 15 2010 // Top Democrat lawmakers in Kansas filed a complaint in the Kansas House against its Republican speaker, accusing him of misconduct for representing businesses, trade groups and insurance funds in a lawsuit against the...
Kansas Debates Ignition Lock Reporting Amendment
Mar 8 2010 // Some fear a proposed amendment to a drunken driving bill would make it easier for DUI offenders to avoid getting a device that prevents them from starting their vehicles if they have had too much to drink. That’s...
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Honored by American Medical Assoc.
Mar 3 2010 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner and former National Association of Insurance Commissioners President Sandy Praeger was honored with the American Medical Association’s (AMA) top government service award for an elected...
Kansas Insurance Chief Opposed to Interstate Health Insurance Options
Mar 2 2010 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger has joined colleagues from two other states in opposing interstate health insurance options. Praeger, along with state insurance commissioners from Oklahoma and West Virginia,...
Kansas Storm Related Losses in 2009 Surpass Those of Previous Year
Mar 1 2010 // Insured losses in Kansas in 2009 that resulted from storms are higher than the record set during 2008, the Kansas Insurance Department reports. In 2009, storm-related losses based on some 137,000 insurance claims are...
Heat Builds on Kansas House Speaker over Insurance-Related Lawsuit
Feb 26 2010 // Democrats in the Kansas House demanded Feb. 24 that its Republican speaker remove himself and his law firm from a lawsuit against the state, threatening “formal action” if he doesn’t comply. Six Democrats...
4 Companies Told to Stop Selling Insurance Products in Kansas
Feb 16 2010 // Kansas Commissioner of Insurance Sandy Praeger has issued a cease and desist order to four companies and four individuals for selling unauthorized health insurance and distributing deceptive advertising. The Kansas...
Kansas-based Vortex Offers New Weather Insurance Product Offering
Feb 10 2010 // Vortex Insurance Agency LLC (Vortex), based in Overland Park, Kan., has added “Drought Shield” to its list of available weather insurance products. Drought affects a countless number of agriculture related...
Adults in Kansas Could Be Ticketed for Helmet-Less Teen Motorcyclists
Feb 9 2010 // It’s illegal in Kansas for someone under 18 to drive or ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet, and teenagers can be ticketed if they’re caught doing so. Now, a new Senate bill proposes adults face...
Manhattan, Kansas, Lawmakers Vote to Ban Driving With Cell Phones
Feb 8 2010 // The days of drivers with a cell phone to their ear could be coming to an end in Manhattan, Kan., this summer. City commissioners have unanimously approved a ban on handheld phones night, the ban to take effect July...
Democrat: Kan. House Speaker Should Step Down Due to Insurance Ties
Feb 8 2010 // A Democratic legislator called for Kansas’ Republican House speaker to step down because he is representing businesses, trade groups and insurance funds in a lawsuit against the state. State Rep. Marti Crow said...
Kansas City Agent Convicted of Fraud Sentenced to 15 Years in Jail
Jan 28 2010 // The Kansas Insurance Department (KID) reported that a former Kansas City-area insurance agent has been convicted on federal charges of insurance and mortgage fraud, and handed a 15-year jail term. Investigators from the...
IMA Adds Allen, Davies-Downing in Wichita, Kansas, Office
Jan 27 2010 // Mark Allen and Christy Davies-Downing have joined the Wichita, Kan., office of insurance broker IMA Inc. as sales executives. Allen has extensive sales experience as an entrepreneur and in other industries including...
Kansas State Fair Wants to Opt Out of Workers’ Comp Pool
Jan 27 2010 // Kansas State Fair officials are asking the legislature to allow the fair to opt out of the state workers’ compensation insurance pool. Fair officials want to be able to buy insurance from a private company, but state...
From Zero to 200 in 5
Jan 10 2010 // The Rise of Kansas City-based Ascension Insurance Len Kline and his business partners, the private equity firms Parthenon Capital and Century Capital Management, had an ambitious goal when they created Kansas City,...
