Latest Kansas Headlines
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California Warns Consumers of Brooke Policies
Nov 7 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner encouraged consumers who have purchased insurance policies through Brooke franchises to verify their coverage, in light of recent closures at Brooke. It is unlikely that an...
Kansas Lawsuit Over Fatal Team Bus Accident Remains Uncertain
Nov 6 2008 // The last time Kansas hosted Kansas State in football, the 2006 game was marred by a fatal accident involving the Cat Tracker bus, a modified Kansas State football fan bus. A negligence lawsuit was filed last year in...
Kan. Insurers That Cover Drivers With Foreign Licenses Spark Debate
Nov 4 2008 // While some immigrants may not be able to get a driver’s license in Kansas, they can get car insurance. The Wichita Eagle reported on Nov. 2 that at least two insurance companies in the state offer policies to...
Brooke Corp. Troubles Continue as Stock is Sold
Nov 2 2008 // Kansas Franchise Group Faces Lawsuits in Multiple States Amid the flurry of lawsuits leveled by franchisees, now an Illinois company connected to a bank involved in the lawsuit of the parent company of Brooke Corp. has...
It Figures
Nov 2 2008 // $23 Million Iowa is set to receive another $23 million in federal money to repair flood damaged roads and bridges. The funds are part of $690 million being divided up among 28 states by the U.S. Department of...
Kansas Businessmen Offer to Purchase Brooke Corp. Assets
Oct 28 2008 // Two Kansas businessmen, one in banking and the other in insurance, have made an offer to purchase the assets of the troubled Brooke Insurance Corp. In an interview with Insurance Journal, Albert Riederer, who is the...
Kansas Insurance Department Reports Increase in Deer-Auto Collisions
Oct 21 2008 // Steadily rising numbers in Kansas vehicle accidents involving deer have prompted a need for constant defensive driving this fall, according to Sandy Praeger, Commissioner of Insurance. More than 200 additional deer-vehicle...
Illinois Company Involved in Lawsuit Against Brooke Buys 44.3% of Stock
Oct 21 2008 // An Illinois company connected to a bank involved in the lawsuit of the parent company of Brooke Corp. has taken control of 44.3 percent of Brooke’s stock. Trim Creek LLC of Crete, Ill., now owns 6.43 million shares...
Brooke Corp. Faces Lawsuits by Illinois and New York Banks
Oct 20 2008 // Overland Park, Kansas-based Brooke Corp. faces a lawsuit by a bank seeking $13 million plus interest and costs for breach of contract. The suit was filed the last week in September 2008 in federal court in Illinois by...
Mo. Docs Move to Kan. Citing Lower Malpractice Costs
Oct 6 2008 // A Missouri physicians’ group plans to build a new medical office building in Galena, Kan., citing lower malpractice insurance costs across the state line. Dr. Christopher Banwart, a member of Orthopedic Specialists...
Kansas Man Convicted of Insurance Fraud Files for Bankruptcy
Oct 3 2008 // A man convicted in five Kansas counties of selling insurance to elderly residents but pocketing tens of thousands of dollars in premiums has filed for bankruptcy. The Chapter 7 filing by Ronald Hummel of Hutchinson could...
Brooke Corp. Faces Lawsuits by Illinois and New York Banks
Oct 3 2008 // Overland Park, Kansas-based Brooke Corp. faces a lawsuit by a bank that is seeking $13 million plus interest and costs for breach of contract. The suit was filed the last week in September 2008 in federal court in Illinois...
Judge Sides with Polluted Kansas Town Over Big Oil
Sep 25 2008 // After three days of deliberation in one of the longest jury trials ever held in Kansas, a jury in January left residents in a southeast city stunned. The panel had decided that the city of Neodesha was not entitled to...
Docs Tout Lower Malpractice Costs as Impetus to Move to Kansas
Sep 19 2008 // A Missouri physicians’ group plans to build a new medical office building in Galena, Kan., citing lower malpractice insurance costs across the state line. Dr. Christopher Banwart, a member of Orthopedic Specialists...
Missouri Crane Company Fined in Fatal Accident
Sep 11 2008 // The crane company involved in a fatal accident at Kansas City Power & Light’s Iatan power plant in Platte County has been fined $14,000 for two serious violations. The Occupational Safety & Health...
Kansas Jury Awards $4 Million for Misdiagnosis of Rocky Mountain Fever
Sep 5 2008 // A Sedgwick County jury has awarded more than $4 million in damages to a Wichita man who became permanently disabled after doctors failed to diagnose Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Kyle Jim was 11 when he was taken to Via...
People
Sep 1 2008 // Community Financial Insurance Center, Monroe, La., hired Jeanette F. Credo as senior vice president for its new Financial Institutions Division for the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Credo will establish and...
A Winning Culture
Sep 1 2008 // Lots of companies claim to have a great working environment, but when a company backs up its claim with awards, who can deny it? Insurance Journal Top 100 Agency Profile The IMA Financial Group Inc. RANKING: No....
Survey Shows Child Seat Belt Use Improving in Kansas
Aug 22 2008 // A survey shows that new safety restraint mandates in Kansas have helped boost compliance among children. A study by the Kansas Department of Transportation found that 75 percent of passengers younger than 14 were protected...
State Ranking In Number of Events
Aug 21 2008 // F5 Tornado damage in Parkersburg, Iowa, May 25, 2008. Tornado damage, Windsor, Colo. Prior to 1990, the average number of tornadoes per year in the Continental US was 772. In the period from 1990 through 2007, the average...
