Kansas News

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 …

Tucker to Manage Crawford & Co.’s Atlanta Claims Services

Stu Tucker has been named branch manager of the Atlanta Claims Services Branch of Crawford & Co. Tucker began his career with Crawford & Co. in 1986 in Fort Wayne, Ind., and has served in a number of roles, most …

Texas Best, Vermont Worst Tort Climate for Jobs, Capital Investment, Claims New Study

In the competition for jobs and capital investment among the states, those states that suffer from high tort costs will continue to lose jobs and businesses to states with superior tort systems, according to a new report by the Pacific …

Mo. Lawmakers Vote to Allow Insurance Director Authority to Veto Excessive Med Mal Rates

Missouri lawmakers voted recently to give the state insurance director the authority to veto medical malpractice rates that are “excessive” or otherwise inappropriate in an effort to help cut doctors’ insurance rates. The House gave final approval to (HB 1837) …

IJ’s Top 100 Highlights Nation’s Largest Privately-Held Independent Agencies

Insurance Journal released its third annual Top 100 Property Casualty Independent Agencies list late last month and one of the nation’s largest networks of retail agencies came in as number one. Leading the pack of the nation’s largest privately-held P/C …

New Markets

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Asbestos reform gaining momentum in the states

The issue of asbestos claims is still a complex legal and emotional one that continues to be grappled with in the courts and now state legislatures. The state of Michigan is looking to join the ranks of Georgia, Florida and …

New Markets

Architects & Engineers Nuts & Bolts: NAS Insurance Services Inc. offers architects and engineers errors and omissions insurance through qualifying wholesale brokers. The classes included, but not limited to, architects/building design, civil engineers, construction staking, electrical engineers, HVAC, interior designers …

People and Places

Robert Fenley has joined Integro Insurance Brokerage as principal in their Chicago office. He will report to Nancy Aque, managing principal and head of the office. Fenley has 22 years of experience in the insurance and risk management profession. He …

GETTING OUT FAST? MAKE SURE VITAL DOCUMENTS ARE SAFE

No social security card? No job. No pictures or videos of household goods? Try getting the insurance company to pay. No cash or credit cards? Good luck getting a hotel room. Retrieving important personal documents may not be the first …