Kansas News

Black Boxes in Cars Monitor How You Drive, Assist Fraud Investigations

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 …

CPCU Society National Leadership Institute Course Comes to Kansas City

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. …

Specialty Global Unveils Travel Agents E&O Program

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 …

Lockton Cos. Note New Fla. Division

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 …

2006 Begins with Politics Up Front; State Legislatures Tackle Auto Issues

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 …

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 state keep better track of uninsured motorists and the …

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 to proceed with the sale of Zurich’s wholly owned Universal Underwriters Group to an …

Editor’s Note: 2006 Begins with Politics Up Front; State Legislatures Tackle Auto Issues

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 …

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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 …

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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 …