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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,...

Kansas ranks third, survey says

Aug 6 2007 // N.D. HAS BEST ROADS IN U.S. Redlining or effective predictor? THE RUSSIANS AREN’T COMING No Russian firefighting aid yet

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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,...

Kansas ranks third, survey says

Aug 6 2007 // N.D. HAS BEST ROADS IN U.S. Redlining or effective predictor? THE RUSSIANS AREN’T COMING No Russian firefighting aid yet

HRH Acquires Kansas Employee Benefits Broker The Resource Group

Jul 26 2007 // Richmond, Va.-based insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. said it is acquiring the assets of The Resource Group, L.C. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close on Aug. 1, 2007, were not disclosed. Founded...

Few Kan. Residents Covered by Flood Insurance

Jul 16 2007 // While his flooded neighbors faced an uncertain future, homeowner Bob Foust was already well under way this week repairing the water damage to his house upstream of the refinery’s oil spill. Not only did his house...

Kan: Flooding, Blizzards, Tornadoes Cause Millions of Dollars in Damage

Jul 10 2007 // The first half of 2007 has been one to forget for many Kansans as blizzards, deadly tornadoes and now flooding have caused millions of dollars in damage, disrupted lives and put a dent in the state’s economy. Of the...

Kan. Commissioner Says Insured Storm Losses for May Total $230 Million

Jun 20 2007 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger says the 2007 storm season in Kansas so far has accumulated $230 million in losses of insured property and crops during the month of May 2007. “We experienced a terrible...

Truck Mechanical Problems Decline in Mo. Roadside Inspection Report

Jun 19 2007 // Roadside inspections found slightly fewer mechanical problems with tractor-trailers in Missouri last year, but the state still logs a higher percentage of flaws than Kansas or Oklahoma. Federal statistics show that just...

Jun 18 2007 // People Kansas-based Brooke Franchise Corp., a subsidiary of Brooke Corp., elected Kyle L. Garst as its chairman and chief executive officer, and Dane S. Devlin as its president and chief operating officer. Garst was most...

Hilb Rogal Hobbs to Buy Kansas Agency, Charton Manley

Jun 6 2007 // Virginia-based insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Charlton Manley, Inc. , a Kansas-based retail property and casualty insurance agency and brokerage and...

Kansas City Westrope Adds Staff in Eastern Region

Jun 1 2007 // Kansas City-based Westrope recently announced that it has added Joyce James as the Eastern Region Client manager, responsible for client relationships, service and account retention. According to the company statement,...

Expert Says Workers Could Be Exposed to Asbestos in Greensburg Clean-up

May 30 2007 // A Kansas asbestos expert says he is so sure that residents and volunteers who are wading through what’s left of Greensburg, Kan., are being exposed to the carcinogen that he’s willing to wager his reputation on...

FEMA Adds 9 Kansas Counties to May Disaster List

May 29 2007 // Nine more Kansas counties have been declared eligible for federal assistance to repair public facilities damaged by this month’s violent weather. The declaration by the Federal Emergency Management Agency applies to...

Flooding Causes $5.4 Million in Damages in Kansas County

May 23 2007 // Flooding last week caused more than $5 million in damage to buildings in Shawnee County, Kan., said Mark Hixon, county appraiser. The American Red Cross provided a list of addresses of flood-damaged structures that...

Fla. Agents Send Response Vehicle to Tornado-ravaged Kan. Town

May 22 2007 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents’ state-of-the-art catastrophe response vehicle (CRV) arrived in Greensburg, Kan. earlier this week to assist insurance agents whose offices were demolished by the tornado...

State Farm Claims at $12 Million After Deadly Kansas Tornado

May 21 2007 // State Farm Insurance Co. has paid out about $12 million in claims with more still coming in after a Kansas tornado that destroyed a town two weeks ago and killed at least a dozen people, the company said. Home and auto...

Kansas Residents Evacuate Homes as Water Levels Rise

May 10 2007 // Small creeks and broad rivers swollen by heavy rain topped their banks in much of Kansas on this week, forcing residents from their homes in scattered parts of the state. Flooding along the Wakarusa River cut off its...

Kan. Department Ready to Work with Adjusters, Residents in Storm Aftermath

May 8 2007 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger wants citizens to know the Kansas Insurance Department is here to help. In a statement on Monday morning she said, “The past weekend has been devastating for the state of...

Kan. Governor Seeks Federal Agricultural Disaster Designation

May 2 2007 // While the extent of freeze damage to Kansas crops is still being calculated, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius assured farmers last week that she will seek a federal agricultural disaster designation for counties hit...