Two former employees have filed a federal lawsuit against Shawnee County, Kansas, District Attorney Chad Taylor alleging they were wrongfully terminated for raising issues about race and gender discrimination. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that Krystal Boxum-Debolt of Lawrence and Lisa …
Insurance broker IMA Inc. has hired Geoff Baker, claims manager, and Maranda Pike, claims advocate, in the company’s Wichita, Kansas claims office. As IMA’s claims manager, Baker will lead the claims department and will strive to improve clients’ long-term profitability …
Insurance broker IMA Inc. announced it has promoted Craig Schumacher, Tim Smith and Russ Winn in its Wichita, Kan., office. Schumacher is now director of client services, where he focuses on alternative energy, program practice areas, and building new business. …
A long-running legal fight involving allegations that Wichita, Kan.-based Hawker Beechcraft made false statements and misrepresentations in the sale of military aircraft to the United States is now dogging the company’s bankruptcy proceedings in New York. Former employees of a …
Former cadets of a Kansas military school have asked a federal judge to impose sanctions and order the school to release information about prior complaints, records and lawsuits they say would show a pattern of abuse. Tuesday’s filing is part …
Copper thieves tore out electrical systems at a Wichita industrial park, causing about $750,000 in damage. The theft was reported Sept. 14 at Kamen Industrial Park in Wichita. Police said the vandals stole about 2,000 feet of copper wiring. The …
Family members of four people killed in a grain elevator explosion last year in northeast Kansas are suing employees of Bartlett Grain Co., including its current president Bob Knief, less than five months after federal investigators pinned the blame for …
Property and Casualty Division of the Kansas Insurance Department (KID) has raised the bar when it comes to reviewing new rate and form filings from insurance companies, the department announced. Kansas Commissioner of Insurance Sandy Praeger recently honored the 12-person …
The refusal of city and county officials to fund the improvement of a levee near an unincorporated section of Hutchinson has prompted concerns among residents. The city voted last year to improve and recertify levees along the Arkansas River and …
More than $10.4 million will be distributed among 578 local Firefighters Relief Associations (FRAs) across Kansas, state insurance regulators report. Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger is currently making the annual funds distribution to state and local firefighter relief organizations. The …
