Latest Kansas Headlines
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Kansas’ Fee Succeeds South Carolina’s Jensen as Chair of National Big ‘I’ Agents
Oct 6 2021 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) installed Kansas’ Bob Fee, president of Fee Insurance Group Inc. in Hutchinson, as 2021-22 Big “I” chair at the recent...
Judge Clears Kansas City COVID Business Interruption Claim for Trial
Sep 24 2021 // A federal judge in Kansas City has cleared a restaurant group’s COVID-related business interruption claim for jury trial, finding that an 8th Circuit Court decision that found no coverage was owed in a separate case...
Feds Investigating Suspected Arson Fire at Historic Kansas City Church
Sep 21 2021 // A federal investigation is underway after arson damaged a historic Kansas City, Missouri, church that now serves a congregation predominantly made up of people from the South Sudan. John Ham of the Kansas City office of...
People Moves: Harrington to VP at GJS Re; Kansas Association of Insurance Agents Adds Werth
Aug 23 2021 // GJS Re Insurance and reinsurance veteran Chris Harrington joined the Los Angeles-based reinsurance intermediary G. J. Sullivan Co., Reinsurance, as vice president. Based in Chicago, Harrington will report to John...
Kansas City Police to Pay $200K in Settlement With Demonstrator
Aug 20 2021 // A man who suffered a compound fracture to his leg when he was hit by a tear gas canister during racial injustice protests last summer has received a $200,000 settlement from the Kansas City, Missouri, police...
Forecast: Smaller Corn Crop Expected in Kansas
Aug 16 2021 // Kansas farmers are expected to harvest a smaller corn crop this season, according to a forecast released Aug. 12. The National Agricultural Statistics Service said in its monthly production report that the state is...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Kansas Agency, Dissinger Reed
Aug 16 2021 // Global insurance broker and financial services firm, Hub International Limited (Hub), acquired the assets of Dissinger Reed LLC (Dissinger Reed), located in Overland Park, Kansas. Terms of the transaction were not...
Officials: Illness Outbreak at Kansas Splash Park Not Caused by Zoo Animals
Aug 11 2021 // An outbreak of illness at a splash park near Wichita, Kansas, was not caused by animals at its interactive zoo, health officials said. The Wichita Eagle reported that email exchanges it obtained through an open records...
Risk Strategies Buys Centric Actuarial Solutions in Kansas
Aug 4 2021 // National specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, Risk Strategies, acquired property/casualty actuarial consulting firm Centric Actuarial Solutions LLC, based in Overland Park, Kansas. Terms of the deal were...
People Moves: Dreier Now Leading Minnesota Insurance Division; O’Brien Joins Kansas Insurance Agents Group’s Executive Committee
Aug 4 2021 // Minnesota Commerce Insurance Division Julia Dreier has been appointed to lead the Minnesota Commerce Insurance Division. Drier brings extensive knowledge and experience with Minnesota’s insurance industry. She has...
COVID Outbreak Shuts Down Kansas Summer Camp
Jul 28 2021 // A suburban Kansas City summer camp has been shut down after eight COVID-19 cases were reported, and hospitals were raising alarms about a rise in infected patients. The Kansas City Star reports that the camp, which was put...
New Case Linked to Illness Outbreak at Kansas Splash Park
Jul 19 2021 // Health officials have identified another person infected with the bacteria that may have caused an outbreak of illness at a splash park near Wichita. State and Sedgwick County health investigators said in a news release...
Lawsuit Filed over Illness After Kansas Wildlife Park Visit
Jun 25 2021 // A woman who said she and her three children became violently ill after using a splash park at the Tanganyika Wildlife Park is suing the attraction, alleging unsanitary conditions led to an illness outbreak. The Kansas...
Abuse Claim Substantiated Against Previously Cleared Kansas City Priest
Jun 24 2021 // The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas has substantiated a sexual abuse claim against a priest nearly two decades after clearing him. The archdiocese announced in a statement published in Friday’s...
Kansas Company Faces $119K Civil Penalty in Consumer Protection Case
Jun 10 2021 // A now-defunct Wichita, Kansas, moving company has been ordered to pay more than $119,000 in restitution, civil fines, penalties and court costs after the company president ignored a consumer protection lawsuit filed by the...
People Moves: Domek Joins HOAIC in Illinois; United Heartland Promotes Richeson in Kansas City; Liberty Mutual, Safeco Name Meuret Midwest Field Exec
Jun 4 2021 // HOAIC Homeowners of America Insurance Co. (HOAIC), an Irving, Texas-based property/casualty insurance provider, has added Paul Domek as a territory sales manager in Illinois. Domek brings over 20 years of insurance...
Tornado Damages Buildings in Northwest Kansas Town
May 26 2021 // A tornado caused lots of property damage, but no serious injuries, in the northwestern Kansas town of Selden as strong storms raked the area, the National Weather Service said. Sheridan County officials reported the...
Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Law Barring ‘Wrongful Birth’ Suits
May 3 2021 // Kansas’ highest court on April 30 upheld a law barring so-called wrongful birth lawsuits against doctors, in a case in which a couple sued because they weren’t told of serious fetal defects until after an...
North-Central Kansas Rattled by Small Earthquakes
Apr 26 2021 // Several small earthquakes have rattled north-central Kansas. The largest had a magnitude of 3.5 and was reported Friday in Jewell County. Two other quakes measuring 2.3 and 2.5 on the Richter scale were recorded Saturday...
Kansas Jury Awards Black Ex-Firefighter $2.43M in Discrimination Case
Apr 23 2021 // A Black Kansas City firefighter was subjected to racial discrimination then fired in retaliation for his complaints, a federal jury found in a trial that highlighted systemic racism in the department. The Unified...
