Latest Kansas Headlines
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Kansas Workers’ Comp Rates to Decrease in 2018
Oct 16 2017 // Kansas Commissioner of Insurance Ken Selzer announced that workers’ compensation insurance rates on average will drop in his state in 2018. The National Council on Compensations Insurance Inc. (NCCI) filing for the...
Indiana Fines Kansas Contractor $24.5K After Worker Dies in Fall
Oct 16 2017 // A contractor was fined $24,500 for safety violations after a worker died from a fall at a Richmond, Ind., factory. The Richmond Palladium-Item reports 23-year-old Jacob Bugg died June 27 after falling about 40 feet at a...
Kansas Residents Continue Fight Against Saltwater Injection Wells
Oct 16 2017 // Kansas residents are broadening the fight over an oil-related waste disposal well in Flint Hills into a protest of similar wells across several counties. Residents of Chase, Morris and other counties known for open...
Kansas Governor Pardons Man in 1994 Insurance Fraud Case
Oct 11 2017 // Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has issued his first pardon in almost seven years in office to a man convicted of felony theft as a college student in 1994. Brownback’s office announced the pardon for Mark Schmitt of...
Kansas Residents Fighting Against Saltwater Injection Wells
Oct 9 2017 // Kansas residents are broadening the fight over an oil-related waste disposal well in the Flint Hills into a protest of similar wells across several counties. Residents of Chase, Morris and other counties known for open...
Kansas Woman Files Suit Against Hospital Over Wrong Diagnosis, Surgery
Oct 3 2017 // A Kansas woman’s lawsuit claims she underwent a complex surgery at the University of Kansas Hospital for a cancer diagnosis that proved to be wrong, but she was never told of the mistake. The Kansas City Star reports...
Syngenta Settles With U.S. Farmers in China Corn Trade Case
Sep 28 2017 // Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta said it has agreed to settle tens of thousands of U.S. lawsuits by farmers over the company’s rollout of a genetically engineered corn seed variety before China approved it for...
Kansas Banker Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Bank, Insurance Company
Sep 20 2017 // Prosecutors say a former Kansas banker has been sentenced to prison eight months in prison for a wire fraud scheme that included the theft of funds from Labette Bank and its insurance company subsidiary, as well as filing...
People
Sep 18 2017 // Detroit, Mich.-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group named Daniel J. Kaufman senior vice president of corporate growth. Kaufman will continue to serve as managing director and lead the Chicago, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and...
Ratings of Kansas Medical Mutual Insurance Downgraded by A.M. Best
Sep 8 2017 // A.M. Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A- (Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a-” from “a” of Kansas Medical Mutual...
Lockton Adds Eckrich in Kansas City
Aug 31 2017 // Joshua Eckrich has joined insurance broker Lockton’s Kansas City operation as vice president and producer. He joined Lockton from Aon where he led a team that worked with clients on complex risk management issues. A...
St. Louis Workers Likely to See Wage Drop with New Law
Aug 27 2017 // Thousands of workers in St. Louis will likely see smaller paychecks starting Monday, when a new Missouri law takes effect barring local government from enacting minimum wages different than the state minimum. The law is...
Trial Over Bias Claim Against Kansas Secretary of State Kobach’s Office Begins
Aug 21 2017 // A former employee in Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s office alleges in a lawsuit headed to trial on Aug. 21 that she was fired because she didn’t go to church enough. Kobach — who until the middle of...
21 States See Drop in Longer-Term Opioid-Related Workers’ Comp Claims: WCRI
Aug 21 2017 // As states institute opioid policies to address the opioid epidemic, a new study has found considerable decreases in the prevalence of longer-term dispensing of opioids to injured workers in a number of states studied. The...
Kansas Insurance Regulator Appoints Treasurer in His Bid for Governor
Aug 8 2017 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer has appointed a treasurer for a campaign for the Republican nomination for governor next year. Selzer filed the form last week with the secretary of state’s office. Appointing...
Several States See Drop in Opioid-Related Workers’ Compensation Claims: WCRI
Aug 4 2017 // As states institute opioid policies to address the opioid epidemic, a new study has found considerable decreases in the prevalence of longer-term dispensing of opioids to injured workers in a number of states studied. The...
Trying to Kill Bug, Kansas Woman Sets Apartment on Fire
Jul 27 2017 // An eastern Kansas woman accidentally has set her apartment on fire in an attempt to kill a bug by burning it with a small, flip-style lighter. Officials estimate that the fire caused $140,000 in damage Monique Quarles told...
General Indemnity Group Acquires Kansas’ Surety Support Services
Jul 20 2017 // General Indemnity Group LLC (GIG), a subsidiary of Boston Omaha Corp., has acquired Surety Support Services Inc., of Overland Park, Kansas. Tracing its origins back almost 40 years, Surety Support Services (SSS) provides...
Kansas Insurance Department Distributes $13.1 M to Firefighters Relief Fund
Jul 13 2017 // The Kansas Insurance Department is currently making the annual funds distribution to state and local firefighter relief organizations. More than $13.1 million will be distributed among 562 local Firefighters Relief...
Kansas’ Stephens Chapin Insurance Joins CAA
Jul 12 2017 // Combined Agents of America (CAA) announced its newest partner and voting member, Stephens Chapin Insurance, based in Lawrence, Kansas. CAA is a privately held agency partner group comprised of independent insurance...
