Kansas News

Report: N.C. among states with worst traffic, S.C. among best roads

Nearly 52 percent of U.S. urban Interstates are now congested and traffic fatality rates rose slightly, but road surface conditions and bridge conditions improved, according to the Reason Foundation’s latest annual highway performance report. “Gridlock isn’t going away,” said David …

My New Markets

Truckers, Motor Truck Cargo Nuts & Bolts: Frontline Underwriters Inc., an independently owned and operated wholesale MGA, specializes in the placement of motor truck cargo, and offers physical damage and truckers’ liability. Dollars: $10,000 to $250,000 Carrier: Rated “A” by …

Figures

$2.175 Billion U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay homeowners and businesses an estimated $2.175 billion for second-quarter property losses resulting from six catastrophes in 25 states — tying the record for the second-lowest number of catastrophes in a second …

It Figures

$76,000 A South Dakota judge ordered a man who set fire to a Rapid City home last fall to pay thousands of dollars in restitution to an insurance company. Dustin Bomford pleaded guilty to second-degree arson and was given a …

Congress gets serious about surplus lines insurance reform

Insurance regulatory reform efforts on Capitol Hill took a giant leap forward with the recent House passage of HR 1065, the Non-Admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2007. Sponsored by Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., and Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Florida, HR …

People and Places

Cary Schneider, senior vice president of the Insurance Information Institute, has been elected executive vice president by the organization’s board of directors. Schneider assumes new responsibilities for directing the internal operations of the I.I.I. while continuing to manage the I.I.I.’s …

It Figures

$2.175 Billion U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay homeowners and businesses an estimated $2.175 billion for second-quarter property losses resulting from six catastrophes in 25 states — tying the record for the second-lowest number of catastrophes in a second …

Congress gets serious about surplus lines insurance reform

Legislation passes House, heads for the Senate; but not all in the industry think it’s the answer as now written Insurance regulatory reform efforts on Capitol Hill took a giant leap forward with the recent House passage of HR 1065, …

Premium Growth: Top 25 P/C premium gainers for first quarter 2007

“Growth is not constant and smooth. … I ain’t what I ought to be. … I ain’t what I am going to be, but I am not what I was.” I am certain that Erik Erikson, Stella Chess and Jane …

U.S. P/C INSURERS PAY $2.1 BILLION IN CAT LOSSES

U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay homeowners and businesses an estimated $2.175 billion for second-quarter property losses resulting from a total of six catastrophes in 25 states — tying the record for the second-lowest number of catastrophes in a …