Latest Kansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Kansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kansas Recovers More Than $13M for Insurance Consumers in 2007
Jan 3 2008 // The Kansas Insurance Department’s (KID’s) Consumer Assistance Division had a record year in 2007, recovering more than $13 million for Kansas insurance consumers, according to Commissioner Sandy...
People
Dec 23 2007 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected 2008 officers during their meeting in Houston. The newly elected officers, who will assume their duties following the completion of the NAIC...
People
Dec 23 2007 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected 2008 officers during their meeting in Houston. The newly elected officers, who will assume their duties following the completion of the NAIC...
Mo. Governor’s Official One of Nominees for Appeals Court Spot
Dec 21 2007 // A former top official in Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt’s administration is one of three finalists for a spot on the state appeals court. An appellate nominating commission on Monday selected Rod Chapel Jr., Zel Fischer...
Kan. Legislative Proposal to Help Areas Hit by Flooding and Tornado
Nov 12 2007 // Two Kansas legislative leaders outlined a $17.5 million relief package Saturday, (Nov. 10) to help flood-stricken southeast Kansas and tornado-ravaged Greensburg, with money to encourage home building and tax breaks for...
National Group Recommends Adoption of Rate Modernization Legislation
Oct 30 2007 // Kansas could become the ninth state to allow a modernized rating system for personal lines of insurance. A state task force studying rate modernization has issued a recommendation proposed by the National Association of...
Kan. Lawmakers Propose Funding for Housing for Storm-ravaged Areas
Oct 15 2007 // A bipartisan group of state lawmakers want to provide $50 million to build new housing in Kansas communities still hurting from storms earlier this year. The Greensburg tornado in May and flooding in southeast Kansas...
Declarations
Oct 8 2007 // Funeral director’s scam “I didn’t try to deceive anyone out of their money, I was just trying to maintain my business.” — Kent Kellog, 51, a former Indiana funeral home director accused of...
Kan. Chief Actuary Named to National Organization’s Board
Oct 4 2007 // The Kansas Insurance Department (KID), recently announced that Larry Bruning has been elected and installed as a new director of the American Academy of Actuaries. Bruning, with 29 years of experience as an actuary, was...
Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family
Sep 24 2007 // With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency force Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and...
Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family
Sep 3 2007 // With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency force Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and...
News Currents
Sep 3 2007 // Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets now largest regional independent agency Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now...
Liberty Mutual Realigns Agency Companies to Welcome Ohio Casualty
Aug 27 2007 // Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group finalized its acquisition of Ohio Casualty Corp. on Friday, Aug. 24, 2007 and immediately announced a realignment of its $5.9 billion net premium regional agency company organization to...
Westrope Opens New Transportation Division in Kansas City Office
Aug 23 2007 // Westrope recently announced the creation of its Transportation Division, which will be located in its Kansas City, Mo. office.The new wholesale broker team will service all of Westrope’s clients, primarily focusing...
Kan. Law Raises Concerns about Uninsured Drivers
Aug 22 2007 // A new Kansas state law that recently went into effect, making it harder for illegal immigrants to get driver’s licenses after July 1, has raised concerns that it will increase the number of unlicensed and uninsured...
Kan. Highway Department Taking Another Look at Safety Barriers
Aug 21 2007 // A spate of deadly cross-over crashes has pushed the Kansas Department of Transportation to re-examine its policy for installing safety barriers in highway medians. Highway engineers said Kansas highways were designed with...
Former Kan. Agent Sentenced for Insurance Theft and Fraud
Aug 17 2007 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger announced today that the Kansas Insurance Department, along with Johnson County authorities and the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, were involved in the case of a former...
Kan. Praeger Names Director of Public Affairs and Public Information Officer
Aug 6 2007 // Kan. Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger, recently announced that she has named Cindy Hermes as director of the Government and Public Affairs Division and Bob Hanson as public information officer. Cindy Hermes previously...
Report: N.D. has the best roads, Kansas ranks 3rd
Aug 6 2007 // Nearly 52 percent of U.S. urban interstates are now congested and traffic fatality rates rose slightly, but road surface conditions and bridge conditions improved, according to the Reason Foundation’s latest annual...
It Figures
Aug 6 2007 // $9.1 million Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger announced that nearly $9.1 million is being distributed to Firefighter Relief Associations from the Firefighters Relief Fund this year. This important fund,...
