Kansas News

Kan. Commissioner Distributes Firefighters Relief Fund Monies

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger announced that nearly $9 million is being distributed to Firefighter Relief Associations from the Firefighters Relief Fund this year. This fund is used to assist firefighters and their families when accidents or death occur in …

Sunflower Insurance Program Subject of Dispute in N.D.

Some North Dakota sunflower farmers are growing frustrated at the federal government about an insurance program that both sides agree needs changing. The Agriculture Department’s Risk Management Agency says it is proposing a change in the interest of simplifying the …

Arrowhead General Offers Wrapups and Conversions for General Contractors

Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc.’s Managed Insurance Programs Division is offering a new market for wrapups and conversions for general contractors and developers. The contractors wrapup program includes: *New minimum premiums starting at $250,000; *Conversions; *The ability to handle the …

Kan. Incumbent Commissioner Seen as Vulnerable in Primary by Some

Trying to persuade 100 or so fellow Republicans to nominate him for insurance commissioner in Tuesday’s primary, Eric Carter calls to the back of the room and asks his 11-year-old son where the boy’s new football was manufactured. After a …

Kan. Commissioner Warns Medicare Beneficiaries About New Scam

Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger wants Kansas seniors to know that the “$299 Ring” scam recently has escalated into a higher priced scam involving, in some cases, a new Medicare card, instead of a prescription drug plan. Callers are asking for …

House Committee Advances Surplus Lines Regulatory Reform

The House Financial Services Committee has approved legislation that would apply single-state regulation and uniform standards to the nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance marketplace. Chairman Michael G. Oxley (Ohio) convened a full committee markup yesterday at which H.R. 5637, the Nonadmitted …

Ind. InsureMax Adds New Member to Board of Directors

Ind.-based InsureMax Insurance Company announced that Bob Morgan has become a member of its Board of Directors. On April 1, 2006, Morgan retired from Cincinnati Financial Corp. where he began as an assistant casualty manager in 1966. He rose through …

Agents Again Urge Passage of Surplus Lines Reform Legislation

As the Non-Admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2006 (HR 5637) makes its way to full committee of the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services, the American Association of Managing General Agents sent a call to all 70 members urging …

New Markets

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New Markets

Social Service Program Nuts & Bolts: London American Risk Specialists, Inc. is offering a Social Service Program written by an “A” rated carrier that includes general liability, professional liability, (including sexual abuse/molestation) property, non-owned auto, domestic social services with foreign …