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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...