January 27, 2006
Most people don’t know it, but there is a little black box in your car that tracks the way you drive. According to a recent account in the Kansas City Star, the metal box, about the size of a carpenter’s …
January 25, 2006
On March 2, the CPCU Society and the Society’s Kansas City Chapter will be hosting a new CPCU Society National Leadership Institute (NLI) course, Creative Thinking in Business. Both CPCU Society members and nonmembers are invited to attend NLI courses. …
January 24, 2006
Specialty Global Insurance is launching a nationwide Travel Agents E&O program. The new program is designed for travel agents and tour operators with gross written receipts of $5,000,000 or more. Specialty Global declined to disclose the carrier’s name but advised …
January 24, 2006
Kansas City, Missouri-based brokerage Lockton Cos. Inc. has announced that it will open a Florida division with staff that previously worked for Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. Sean T. Lyons and H. Stanton Shaffer, who joined Lockton after long careers …
January 23, 2006
Midwesterners have never been known to take a “back seat” on anything. Seizing the opportunity seems to come naturally to us. A case in point is the recent scramble by three Midwestern congressmen to jump into the spot of House …
January 23, 2006
Two tough bills to keep uninsured motorists off Kansas roadways will be on the agenda for consideration when the Kansas legislature convenes this January. The first bill promises to help the state keep better track of uninsured motorists and the …
January 23, 2006
Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) and affiliates of Hellman & Friedman LLC (H&F), a leading private equity investment firm, jointly announced that they have agreed not to proceed with the sale of Zurich’s wholly owned Universal Underwriters Group to an …
January 22, 2006
Midwesterners have never been known to take a “back seat” on anything. Seizing the opportunity seems to come naturally to us. A case in point is the recent scramble by three Midwestern congressmen to jump into the spot of House …
January 22, 2006
Zurich and Hellman & Friedman call off Universal Underwriters sale after regulatory issues surface Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) and affiliates of Hellman & Friedman LLC (H&F), a leading private equity investment firm, jointly announced that they have agreed not …
January 22, 2006
Kansas lawmakers push for tougher penalties for uninsured drivers Two tough bills to keep uninsured motorists off Kansas roadways will be on the agenda for consideration when the Kansas legislature convenes this January. The first bill promises to help the …