Latest Kansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Kansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Healthy Competition, Safety Technology Drive Commercial Auto Market
Dec 4 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...
Torts Drive Commercial Auto in Heartland, Elsewhere
Nov 20 2005 // Insurers like writing commercial auto business, and most lines of business, in the Midwestern states because of market stability and a favorable legislative and regulatory climate. But even in this typically stable line of...
ACE Opens Branch in Kansas City
Nov 15 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, has opened a Kansas City branch office headed by Jason Patchen, assistant vice president and branch manager. Patchen will work closely with...
SILA Names Kan. DOI Employee Regulator of the Year
Oct 31 2005 // The Society of Insurance Licensing Administrators (SILA) has named Kansas Insurance Department employee LeRoy Brungardt the Warren E. Spurill Regulator of the Year-2005. “Naming Leroy as this year’s recipient...
Acuity Expands to Kansas
Oct 28 2005 // Acuity said Friday that it will begin writing insurance in Kansas effective Jan. 1. The Sheboygan, Wis.-based insurer said consumers may receive policy premium quotes from independent agents who represent Acuity starting...
As Insured Acres Increase, Are Farmers Subsidizing High-Risk States?
Oct 17 2005 // As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (ARPA), more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide, insured acres have increased by 14.6 million acres, and coverage has increased by $12.2...
As Insured Acres Increase, Are Farmers Subsidizing High-Risk States?
Oct 17 2005 // With Katrina’s impact yet to be felt, farmers in low loss-ratio states may have to pick up the slack for the hard-hit Gulf Coast farmers in months and years to come. If anything, the aftermath of Katrina underlines...
As Insured Acres Increase Are Farmers Subsidizing High-Risk States?
Oct 17 2005 // As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (ARPA), more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide, insured acres have increased by 14.6 million acres and coverage increased by $12.2 billion...
As Insured Acres Increase, Are Farmers Subsidizing High-Risk States?
Oct 17 2005 // As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide, insured acres have increased by 14.6 million acres and coverage increased by $12.2 billion over the...
As Insured Acres Increase, Are Farmers Subsidizing High-Risk States?
Oct 17 2005 // The hurricane [Katrina] produced catastrophic Broward and Miami- Dade counties in Florida. As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (ARPA), more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide,...
Kansas Sends DOI Staffers to Katrina Claims Processing Center
Sep 21 2005 // Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger has deployed two members of the Kansas Insurance Department to assist at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Call Center in Kansas City, Mo., which was...
GE PLANS SALE OF INSURANCE UNITS:
Sep 19 2005 // General Electric Co. likely will sell all of its remaining insurance operations, which include Kansas City-based GE Insurance Solutions, according to comments made by the head of GE Insurance Solutions. Ron Pressman, head...
News Briefs
Sep 19 2005 // Illinois Katrina Could Affect Ill. Insurance Rates: Experts say the path of destruction left by Hurricane Katrina likely will lead to higher insurance rates in the metro-east and across the country, although it is unclear...
News Briefs
Sep 5 2005 // Illinois CCC Settles Class-Action Suit on Total Loss Vehicle Valuation: Chicago-based claims software-maker CCC Information Services Inc. and 15 of its customers signed a settlement agreement with plaintiffs in various...
GE Plans Sale of Insurance Units
Aug 25 2005 // General Electric Co. likely will sell all of its remaining insurance operations, which include Kansas City-based GE Insurance Solutions, the local company’s chief executive told Bloomberg News. Bloomberg reported the...
Engle Martin & Associates Opens Vegas, K.C. Offices
Aug 22 2005 // Engle Martin & Associates Inc., an independent loss adjustment firm, will expand its Western and Midwestern presence with the opening of two new offices in Las Vegas and Kansas City. Officially located at 1489 W Warm...
Auto-Liability
Aug 22 2005 // This recurring feature examines insurance coverage decisions in the Midwest’s appellate courts, as compiled by the New York-based law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLC and edited by insurance lawyer Kevin T. Merriman...
People
Aug 22 2005 // The National Association of Government Labor Officials (NAGLO) during its 2005 summer conference elected Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Commissioner Scott Brener president. With members from more than 30 U.S....
Increase in Midwestern Insured Crop Acres Eases Drought Threat
Aug 22 2005 // Farmers in Midwestern states like Kansas have more than doubled the acres they insure and tripled their dollar amount of coverage since 1989, according to recent statistics. It’s a trend that could mitigate financial...
Kansas Insurers Oppose Drivers’ License Renewals at AAA Offices
Aug 17 2005 // Kansas members of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) are mobilizing opposition to a state program permitting drivers’ license renewals at local AAA offices. The Kansas Department of...
