Kansas News

States Promise Quicker Insurance Product Approvals Under New System

State regulators have reached a milestone in their efforts to streamline product regulation, with a centralized approval system for certain life and financial products on the verge of becoming reality. After three years of lobbying, the required number of states …

Business Moves

Pierson & Fendley, CAA Combined Agents of America LLC, Austin, announced that Pierson & Fendley Insurance Agency LLC of Paris, Texas, joined CAA as the group’s 34th member. Pierson & Fendley has served Paris and surrounding areas for over 70 …

New Markets

Architects and Engineers Nuts & Bolts: NAS Insurance Services Inc. offers architects and engineers errors and omissions insurance through qualifying wholesale brokers. Classes include architects/building design, civil engineers, construction staking, electrical engineers, HVAC, interior designers (industrial), land surveyors, landscape architects, …

People

RLI Corp. of Peoria, Ill., has hired Craig Kliethermes as vice president of actuarial services. Kliethermes will report to Joseph Dondanville, chief financial officer and senior vice president. His responsibilities include pricing, reserving, enterprise risk modeling and actuarial analysis of …

People and Places

RLI Corp. of Peoria, Ill., has hired Craig Kliethermes as vice president of actuarial services. Kliethermes will report to Joseph Dondanville, chief financial officer and senior vice president. His responsibilities include pricing, reserving, enterprise risk modeling and actuarial analysis of …

New Markets

Collectibles Nuts & Bolts: American Collectors Insurance offers coverage for precious collectibles. This policy supplements homeowners insurance. Once homeowners insurance limitations are explained to a collector, with regard to full value replacement, this product is itself easy to write as …

AUTO THEFT DECLINES FOR SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR

Des Plaines, Ill.-based National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that preliminary FBI data shows a 2.1 percent decrease in motor vehicle thefts during January to June 2005 when compared with the same period in 2004. Nationally, this is the second …

People and Places

Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, has named Don Bailey as chief operating officer of the company’s North American business unit. In this capacity, Bailey will work with Mario Vitale, CEO of Willis North America in managing the organization’s …

People

Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, has named Don Bailey as chief operating officer of the company’s North American business unit. In this capacity, Bailey will work with Mario Vitale, CEO of Willis North America in managing the organization’s …

Auto theft declines for second straight year

Des Plaines, Ill.-based National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that preliminary FBI data shows a 2.1 percent decrease in motor vehicle thefts during January to June 2005 when compared with the same period in 2004. Nationally, this is the second …