Kansas News

Aon establishes group to manage renewable bio fuel risks

Aon’s Agribusiness and Food Systems Group has created a new unit to focus on the specialized risks associated with the bio-fuels industry. Aon’s new Agri-Fuels Risk Management Group (AFRMG), based in Kansas City, will be headed up by Senior Rela-tionship …

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Trucking Nuts & Bolts: AIX Group, Inc., a specialty insurance holding company, has formed a program to provide automobile physical damage coverage to commercial trucking operations. This program will be targeting operations with above average loss experience and fleets between …

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Fla. pols to lobby Washington for national catastrophe fund But U.S. Rep. Feeney warns some are ‘overly optimistic’ and it will be a tough sell in Washington After the Florida Legislature passed a bill that lawmakers say will address the …

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Long Haul Trucking Program Nuts & Bolts: M.J. Hall and Co. Inc. has a program for long haul truckers garaged in California. It covers liability, physical damage, cargo and trucker’s general liability. The program also covers: Ag haulers, intermodal operations, …

Kansas – Sandy Praeger

Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger is a seasoned player now going into her fifth year leading the Kansas Insurance Department. She was elected in 2002 to her first term as Commissioner of Insurance, and was recently re-elected in November 2006 to …

Top 10 hail cities

Hail events remain a constant threat to property and casualty insurers. In 2005 alone, there were over 13,000 hail storms in the United States. According to Swiss RE, four out of the top 20 most costly insurance losses of 2005 …

One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators

At a recent meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Insurance Journal sat down with 15 insurance regulators to talk about issues affecting their state insurance markets, as well as industry-wide concerns. Regulators addressed their viewpoints on issues ranging …

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Kan. Brooke Corp. to Merge with Oakmont Acquisition

Brooke Corp. has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement by which Brooke Credit Corp., its finance company subsidiary, to merge with Oakmont Acquisition Corp. The planned merger will result in Brooke Credit becoming a public company with …

Regulators Release Annual Homeowners Insurance Comparison

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) today announced the release of the 2004 Homeowners Insurance Report, which provides data on market distribution and average cost by policy form and amount of insurance. The report provides countrywide and state-specific premium …