Kansas News

Wind-Driven Fires Ease in Texas Panhandle, Conditions Worsen

The strong winds that pushed wildfires across nearly a million acres of the bone-dry Texas Panhandle were easing early on Thursday, March 16, but in Oklahoma, the fire danger was picking up. A series of wind-whipped grass fires broke out …

Kan. Commissioner Gives Tips to Residents for Spring Storm Season

UPDATE: Insurers Tally Storm Damage to Auto, Property in Midwest

Insurance companies in the Midwest are beginning to tally claims connected to hundreds of tornadoes and severe storms that hit a five state region in the Midwest late Saturday and early Sunday. Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas were all …

Castle Inspection Service Integrates with e2Value

Expands Client Offerings to Include e2Value Replacement Cost Valuation Salt Lake City, UT and Stamford, CT – Castle Inspection Service, one of the insurance industry’s premier residential inspection providers, and e2Value®, Inc., a leading provider of Insurance-to-Value Internet applications, announced …

100 Tornadoes Hit Midwest, Damage, Injury Totals Still Being Assessed

Heavy windstorms and tornadoes hit the Midwest yesterday causing major damage in five states. Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma were ravaged by high winds, rain and hail in addition to tornadoes. Several deaths have been reported as well as …

Kansas Collects $410,598 in Taxes from American International Group Inc.

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger in a written statement said that Kansas is the recipient of back taxes and interest in the amount of $410,598 from one of the largest insurance groups in the United States, American International Group Inc. …

Burns & Wilcox Relocates Kan. Office

Burns & Wilcox, a national specialty insurance managing general agency, announces the expansion and move of the company’s Overland Park, Kan., office. “We will continue to provide the market advantages of a national organization to fulfill the varied and ever …

Fraud Roundup

Mo. police arrest two people in fake license scam Authorities in Grain Valley, Mo. have arrested two people suspected of making illegal license tags. Police believe the large-scale operation has already brought in $10,000 to $20,000 for those involved. The …

Lincoln General, First Capital Create New Contractors Construction Program

Lincoln General Insurance Company has teamed up with First Capital Group’s Midwest Contractors Construction Program. The program is available in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Minnesota, Arkansas and Nebraska. First Capital Group’s Illinois Construction Division serves as …

Mo.-based Lockton Companies Adds New VP, Commercial Insurance Div.

Mo.-based Lockton Companies recently announced that Kerry R. Martin will be its new vice president, Commercial Insurance Division. Martin will be based in Chicago and focus on client development. Formerly, Martin was the head of the Columbus, Ohio office of …