Latest Kansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Kansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Kansas Governor Signs Insurance Bills Into Law
Jun 1 2001 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) noted that the adjournment on May 8th of the Kansas legislature ended a 10-week session marked by several important victories for the associaiton. Earlier in the week, Governor Bill...
Kansans Weigh In on Medical Coverage
Apr 27 2001 // Residents of Kansas who receive health insurance generally pay more for premiums than in border states, and employees in the Jayhawk State typically pay much less out of pocket for their health coverage, following the...
Kansas Tornado Provides No Warning
Apr 24 2001 // Twenty-eight people were injured and 200 buildings were destroyed when a tornado hit Hoisington, Kansas, on April 21. The damage was six blocks wide and a mile long. A 69-year-old man was killed in his home when warning...
Iowa, Kansas Houses Pass Producer Licensing Bills
Mar 22 2001 // The Kansas and Iowa Houses have both passed insurance licensing bills that appear to meet the reciprocity provisions of the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley act but do not contain exemptions for customer service...
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...
