Kansas News

Celebrating 75 Years, Quirk & Company Looks to 100 and Beyond

As we celebrate our 75th anniversary year, reflections on the past seem to be in order. We have a long and rich history in the insurance industry, a particularly in Texas. I believe that Quirk & Company is one oldest …

New Markets

Hospitality Program Nuts & Bolts: Venture Insurance Programs added “Venture Hospitality,” to its hospitality program to complement its workers’ compensation products. The package is ideally suited for full-service restaurants, hotels and resort properties, and is available in all states. Hanover’s …

Missouri Jury Tells State Farm to Pay Up

A Kansas City jury recently had some bad news for one of the nation’s top insurers in deliberations that reportedly took less than six hours. The message to State Farm-pay up. Five former State Farm Ins-urance agents were awarded $20 …

Missouri Jury Tells State Farm to Pay Up

A Kansas City jury recently had some bad news for one of the nation’s top insurers in deliberations that reportedly took less than six hours. The message to State Farm-pay up. Five former State Farm Ins-urance agents were awarded $20 …

SPECIAL REPORT: Back to Earth with Surplus Lines

NARRATOR: The year is 2010 and Dr. Lois Kwoat, Dr. Heywood Jawrithis and their know-it-all computer companion, Pal 2010, have returned to planet Earth from Recover Space Station a million miles away. They are on a new mission. Kwoat: We …

Regulators Say Industry Prepared for Katrina’s Cost

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) says that while the damages from Hurricane Katrina may set record losses, the property and casualty industry maintains the adequate capital and liquidity required to withstand claims arising from one of the most …

WellPoint Pledges $500,000 in Hurricane Katrina Relief

WellPoint Inc. announced that the WellPoint foundations will immediately contribute $500,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to support relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The company has also organized an employee contribution effort in which …

Former Agent Settles with Mo. DOI

A former St. Louis insurance agent with A.J. Gallagher agreed to a settlement with the Missouri Department of Insurance that will require him to be supervised, the department said Wednesday. Jeffrey Combs made efforts to promote a Caribbean insurance carrier, …

Realm National Placed in Liquidation

Realm National Insurance Company, a property and casualty insurer domiciled in New York that wrote mainly workers’ compensation, was placed in liquidation by the Supreme Court of the State of New York on June 15, 2005. Realm was authorized to …

Brooke Corp. Announces Closing of Stock Offering

Brooke Corporation of Overland Park, Kansas, announced that it has issued 375,000 shares of its common stock to complete the exercise in full of the over-allotment option granted to the underwriters as part of the company’s recent follow-on offering. Sandler …