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Transamerica Occidental Life Moves Bulk of Operations to Iowa

Jan 15 2007 // Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Co. is moving the bulk of its Kansas City operations to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, costing 500 jobs and alarming city officials trying to bring businesses back downtown. The company’s...

Kan. Governor Calls for Universal Health Care, Tax Cuts

Jan 12 2007 // Kan. Governor Kathleen Sebelius proposed tax cuts for businesses and promised the state will be more aggressive in promoting energy conservation and wind power as she outlined her legislative agenda Wednesday night. And,...

Kan. Commissioner Offers Tips on Insurance Coverage

Jan 8 2007 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger is offering New Year’s tips on smart choices for insurance coverage. Praeger said in her release that “even though most Americans, three fourths, feel they have about...

People and Places

Dec 25 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas appointed P. Scott Hubacek to the newly created position of IIAT Member Services Ambassador. Hubacek will be responsible for recruiting new members and for helping new and existing...

People and Places

Dec 25 2006 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected 2007 officers during the group’s winter meeting in San Antonio. Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell was named president, Kansas Insurance...

People and Places

Dec 25 2006 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected 2007 officers during the group’s winter meeting in San Antonio. Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell was named president, Kansas Insurance...

People and places

Dec 25 2006 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected 2007 officers during the group’s winter meeting in San Antonio. Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell was named president, Kansas Insurance...

People

Dec 24 2006 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected 2007 officers during the group’s winter meeting in San Antonio. Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell was named president, Kansas Insurance...

Dec 24 2006 // People Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected 2007 officers during the group’s winter meeting in San Antonio. Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell was named president, Kansas...

People

Dec 24 2006 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected 2007 officers during the group’s winter meeting in San Antonio. Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell was named president, Kansas Insurance...

Kan. Commissioner Elected to National Post

Dec 14 2006 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger is the newly-elected president-elect of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), according to a department release. She was elected during the NAIC Winter...

Ala.’s Bell Heads State Regulators; Kansas’ Praeger Next in Line

Dec 12 2006 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners elected 2007 officers during last week’s winter meeting in San Antonio. Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell was named president, Kansas Insurance...

Western U.S. Snowstorms Blamed in Deaths, Injuries; More in Store

Dec 1 2006 // A new storm headed into the northwestern U.S. the region shivered in the aftermath of unusually heavy rain and snow that was blamed for at least eight deaths and has caused traffic nightmares and power outages. The stormy...

Mo. Man Sentenced to Prison in Medicare Fraud Scam

Nov 22 2006 // The owner of two Kansas City-area medical supply businesses was sentenced Monday to three years in prison without parole for his part in a scheme that bilked Medicare out of millions of dollars. U.S. District Judge Gary A....

Not your father’s wholesaler

Nov 20 2006 // When it comes to today’s excess and surplus lines brokers, retail agents have a choice of several models Much is said about retail agents having to change with the times and stand out from the crowd to survive. But...

Not your father’s wholesaler

Nov 19 2006 // Much is said about retail agents having to change with the times and stand out from the crowd to survive. But what about wholesalers? Wholesale brokers are also trying to differentiate themselves, hoping retail agents will...

Holborn Corp. Opens Kansas City Office

Nov 9 2006 // New York-based Holborn Corp., a provider of reinsurance brokerage services, today announced the opening of its Kansas City office. Serving clients in the Central and West U.S. regions, the office is headed by Jeffrey H....

Kansans Re-Elect Republican Commissioner Praeger

Nov 9 2006 // Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger claimed victory on Tuesday as Kansas voters gave her a second four-year term. The Republican incumbent’s campaign against Rep. Bonnie Sharp, D-Kansas City, was low-key, unlike the...

Kansas Race for Commissioner, Secretary of State Overshadowed

Nov 2 2006 // With so much attention focused on battles for governor and attorney general, contests for secretary of state, state treasurer and insurance commissioner have fallen off the political radar and are known collectively as the...

Declarations

Oct 23 2006 // Economic outlook “The challenge for both the Federal Reserve Board and the U.S. economy is that this period of sub-par growth is likely to have little impact on inflation and short-term interest rates.” Gail D....