Signature Select LLC, an IMA company, has added Greg Rasby as the Kansas City market leader. Rasby joins Signature Select from Gallagher, where he had several years of experience prospecting, marketing and servicing a variety of accounts from small commercial …
Privately owned retail insurance broker, IMA Inc., announced that Sean Jackson has joined the company as leader of its newly created IMA Global Risk. Jackson will be based in IMA’s Kansas City office and will direct efforts within all of …
Tyson Foods Inc. will pay roughly $4 million in civil penalties to settle allegations related to eight accidental anhydrous ammonia releases in Midwest states that caused multiple injuries and one death over four years, the U.S. government and the company …
A monthly economic survey index for nine Midwest and Plains states jumped last month, suggesting improving economic growth for the region over the next three to six months. The Mid-America Business Conditions index hit 58.2 in March, compared with 53.1 …
A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating to “a” from “a-” of Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange (FREIE or the Exchange) in Lenexa, Kan. The outlook for both …
Overland Park, Kan.-based SeaFire Insurance Services announced it is actively seeking new agency partners in Wisconsin and Illinois for its exclusive auto dealer and repair insurance program. SeaFire will consider appointments for retail insurance agencies with scale, brand, resources and …
The second major snowstorm in a week battered the nation’s midsection on Feb. 26, dropping a half-foot or more of snow across Missouri and Kansas and cutting power to thousands. Gusting winds blew drifts more than 2 feet high and …
A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” to Bearing Midwest Casualty Co. (Bearing) and Horizon Midwest Casualty Co. (Horizon). The outlook assigned to these ratings is stable. Concurrently, …
The Kansas securities commissioner has resigned and announced plans to pursue opportunities in the private sector. Aaron Jack is seeking the 2014 Republican nomination for state insurance commissioner. He previously served in the Kansas Legislature from 2009 to 2011. Jack’s …
Midwesterners accustomed to generous government aid after ice storms, floods and tornadoes may soon have to look somewhere else for help when disaster strikes. Even as the U.S. House on Jan. 15 passed a $50.7 billion aid package for victims …
