A Sharon Springs, Kan., attorney and former insurance agent has been ordered to repay $47,685 and will serve 18 months’ probation after pleading guilty to forgery, failing to forward an insurance premium, theft by deception and false impersonation, Kansas Attorney …
A new survey of business leaders suggests the economy will continue growing in nine Midwest and Plains states through the rest of 2013 but at a slower pace than earlier this year. The survey’s overall economic index rose to 53.8 …
IMA Inc. announced that Brian St. Jacques has joined the firm as leader of its oil and gas and alternative energy team in Wichita, Kan. Brandon Coffee also joins IMA as a risk control specialist on St. Jacques’ team, and …
A western Kansas company is recalling more than 50,000 pounds of ground beef products due to concerns that it could be tainted with E. coli. The U.S. Agriculture Department said Wednesday that National Beef Packing Company, which is based in …
The hailstorm that pounded south-central Kansas last week left automotive dealers with big headaches, but it’s also giving prospective buyers a chance at big bargains. The Hutchinson News reports dealerships in the city were scrambling to get insurance appraisals after …
A Hutchinson, Kan., couple who bought a home without being told they would be responsible for maintaining a dam on the property has been awarded $202,500 in a lawsuit they filed against their real estate agent and a realty company. …
The Kansas House Insurance Committee’s longtime chairman is running for insurance commissioner, becoming the fourth declared candidate for next year’s Republican primary. Rep. Clark Shultz of McPherson said that one of his main goals as commissioner would be ensuring that …
A Missouri appeals panel says it agrees with a lower court ruling that said a Kansas gun store is protected from lawsuits in a 2007 fatal shooting at a Kansas City mall. The Kansas City Star reports the appeals court …
Sandy Praeger, Commissioner of Insurance in Kansas, has named Steve O’Neil as Consumer Assistance Division director and LeAnn Crow and Elizabeth Fike as supervisors in the same area. Crow will serve as the division’s property/casualty supervisor, and Fike as the …
The founder of failed Kansas-based insurance franchising business Brooke Corp. has pleaded guilty to providing misleading information in a federal securities filing. Robert D. Orr, formerly of Smith Center, Kan., and now living in Denver, admitted to one count of …
