Latest Kansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Kansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Farm Bureau Mutual to Merge with Kan., Neb. Farm Bureau Affiliated P&C Insurers
Jul 9 2002 // Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company announced that the Farm Bureau property-casualty affiliates in Kansas (Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Inc.) and Nebraska (Farm Bureau Insurance Company of Nebraska) will merge...
Coverage Difficult to Find for Farm Supply Operations
Jun 26 2002 // Farm supply cooperatives and grain elevators in the Midwest are in a difficult situation regarding insurance, according to an Associated Press report, as those operations face skyrocketing premiums even if they are able to...
State Farm Shuns New Homeowners Policies in Kansas, Missouri
Jun 21 2002 // State Farm Insurance Company imposed a moratorium on new homeowners customers in Missouri and Kansas, expanding its ban against new residential policies to five states. According to the Kansas City Star, the company is the...
Kans. Task Force to Study Use of Credit Scores
May 31 2002 // The Kansas Legislature has adopted a resolution creating a task force to study insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores and the regulation of their use by the state Insurance Department. According to the...
Missouri’s Lakin to Moderate Kansas City Roundtable
May 22 2002 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that its director, Scott B. Lakin, will hosed a public roundtable discussion on key issues facing consumers and regulators in Kansas City on May 23. Five state insurance...
Kan. Commissioner Candidate Resigns from Post after Rebuke
May 7 2002 // After being denounced by current Kansas insurance commissioner, Kathleen Sebelius, for allegedly soliciting campaign donations from insurance companies, a Republican candidate in the commissioner’s race, John...
Ks. Commissioner Urges Credit Scoring Study
Apr 24 2002 // Concerned about the use to credit scoring in setting insurance rates, Kansas Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius urged the state legislature to pass a resolution (1623) requiring the Kansas Insurance Department to...
Cattle Loom Large on the Farm & Ranch Scene
Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own. Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...
Cattle Loom Large on the Farm & Ranch Scene
Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own. Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...
Kansas Commissioner to Run for Governor
Feb 27 2002 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius announced she is making a bid to become governor, a move that was not unexpected among political observers in the state. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that, Sebelius, a...
Midwest Governors Want $200 Million in Disaster Aid
Feb 21 2002 // The governors of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma requested almost $200 million in federal disaster aid to help recovery efforts after a January storm. Kansas and Oklahoma are seeking full federal relief; Missouri wants 90...
Claims Expected to Pile up Like Snowdrifts in Midwest
Feb 6 2002 // Tens of thousands of residents of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri are still without power after ice storms crippled those states last week, and many thousands of residents are expected to begin filing claims for damage to...
Insurance Managers, Agents Named to Mo. Industry Advisory Panel
Jan 21 2002 // Missouri Department of Insurance Director Scott B. Lakin named eight insurance company executives and agents to the state agency’s first Industry Advisory Council. Lakin said although insurance industry lobbyists and...
New Kansas Workers’ Comp Rates in Effect
Jan 7 2002 // New workers’ compensation rates that include an overall four per cent rate decrease became effective in Kansas on Jan. 1. In late December, Kansas Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius approved the rates, which...
Kansas Department Receives Five Year Accreditation
Dec 14 2001 // The Kansas Insurance Department was awarded accreditation this week at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) winter national meeting in Chicago. Hawaii, North Carolina and Ohio also received...
Kansas-Based PDA Software Launches New Management System
Dec 13 2001 // PDA Software Services Inc., headquartered in Overland Park, Kan., announced the launch of an all-lines property and casualty claims management system, ClaimConnect, at Unitrin Direct Insurance Company located in Vista,...
Riley Announces Candidacy for Kansas Insurance Commissioner
Sep 26 2001 // Bryan Riley, the owner of a Wichita insurance agency, announced he is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Kansas Insurance Commissioner in 2002. He was the GOP nominee for the office in 1998 but lost to Democrat...
Kansas Commissioner Discusses Tragedy
Sep 18 2001 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner and National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) President Kathleen Sebelius discussed the effects of last week’s tragedies on the East Coast and how they could impact the...
Marsh Inc. Welcomes Four New Executives to Kansas City Office
Jul 30 2001 // Marsh Inc. announced it has hired four new professionals at its Kansas City office. John Puetz accepted the position of managing director and head of office. Puetz’s experience is in value-based risk management...
Kansas Auto Insurance Rates Among Lowest in U.S.
Jul 16 2001 // A recent report from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) notes that Kansas residents paid an average of $542.01 for auto coverage in 1999, the seventh lowest rate in the nation. The Kansas rate ranks...
