Latest Kansas Headlines
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Missouri Department Lists Additional Producer Licensing Test Locations
Apr 7 2008 // In March, the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration announced that it contracted with Pearson VUE to conduct producer licensing examinations. In an effort to accommodate the...
New Markets
Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Liquor Liability with Assault and...
Kansas Legislators Quibble about Who Should Get Health Care Assistance
Apr 4 2008 // House and Senate negotiators are trying to reach a compromise on health care legislation. The two chambers disagree about which uninsured Kansans should get state assistance. The House bill provides a year’s worth of...
Kansas Senate Calls for Staff Changes on Board that Regulates Docs
Apr 2 2008 // The state board that regulates doctors will hold a special meeting Wednesday to discuss a Senate resolution calling on the board to fire some of its staff. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said legislators and the Board of...
Kansas House, Senate Must Resolve Who Gets State Aid on Health
Mar 28 2008 // Legislators are committed to modest health care improvements, but the House and Senate disagree about which uninsured Kansans should get help from the state. The House approved a bill Tuesday on a 103-20 vote to provide a...
Kansas House Gives First-round Approval to Health Care Bill
Mar 26 2008 // A health care bill that provides a year’s worth of state aid to help poor families buy insurance won first-round approval earlier this week in the House. The measure also includes provisions designed to make...
Percentage of Flood-insured Kansans Low Despite Past Flooding
Mar 24 2008 // Only 1.3 percent of Kansas homes carried flood insurance in 2007, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). FEMA is urging Kansans to buy flood insurance during what is the 15th anniversary of the...
New Markets
Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...
It Figures
Mar 24 2008 // $381 Million Kansas state officials say the winter storm that knocked power out to thousands of customers across Kansas continues to get costlier. The newest damage estimate puts the figure at $381 million. The Kansas...
Kansas Legislature Continues to Quibble over Insurance Aid for Poor
Mar 20 2008 // Thousands of poor families don’t know whether they will get state aid they have been promised to help them buy insurance because the House and Senate still disagree on health care legislation. Legislators created the...
Kansas Brooke Capital Corporation Announces Director Resignation
Mar 13 2008 // Overland Park, Kan.-based Brooke Capital Corp. recently announced that Keith Bouchey, a member of its board of directors, has resigned as a director effective immediately. Brooke Capital Corp. is an affiliate of Brooke...
New Markets
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
Kansas National Guard Raises Estimate for Storm Damage to $381Million
Mar 7 2008 // Kansas state officials say the winter storm that knocked power out to thousands of customers across Kansas continues to get costlier. The newest damage estimate was released earlier this week, putting the figure at $381...
People
Feb 24 2008 // San Diego-based Barney & Barney LLC named Jim O’Connell principal. He also will serve as director of development for programs, specialty insurance solutions. In that role, he is responsible for both regional and...
Kan. Insurance Claims Drop Despite Massive Storms
Feb 4 2008 // A tornado wiped out 95 percent of Greensburg. Hailstorms rattled the south-central part of the state, damaging roofs. An ice storm crippled the state. With all the large-scale weather events to hit Kansas last year, it...
Regulators Address the Politics of Underwriting
Jan 27 2008 // There is an X-factor in setting insurance rates that even actuaries would have a hard time calculating: Politics. For those who serve as their state’s ultimate authority on what factors insurers can use to raise or...
Kan. Senate Committee Moves Quickly on Disaster Relief Bill
Jan 18 2008 // A Senate committee is moving quickly on a proposal to help flood- and tornado-damaged communities rebuild homes. The Ways and Means Committee voted Monday to sponsor the proposal. It would provide $12 million over three...
Kan. Report: Traffic Deaths Hit 15-year Low
Jan 11 2008 // State officials say the traffic death count in Kansas has hit a 15-year low. The Kansas Department of Transportation says 404 people died in Kansas crashes in 2007, down 13 percent from 468 fatalities in 2006. KDOT traffic...
Kan. Jury Sides with Oil Company in Pollution Lawsuit
Jan 9 2008 // Jurors sided with oil giant BP Corp. North America Inc. Monday in a pollution lawsuit filed by the city of Neodesha seeking to recover the costs of cleanup and damages caused by an oil refinery. Jurors hearing the case in...
Kansas 2007 Storm Damage Totals Top $625 Million
Jan 4 2008 // Damage from an ice storm that hit Kansas in early December pushed the 2007 total to more than $625 million in reimbursable losses. But the state adjutant general’s office warned Wednesday that the numbers would...
