Kansas Commissioner of Insurance Sandy Praeger named department veteran Jim Newins as the new Property and Casualty Division Director at the Kansas Insurance Department (KID). Newins began working for KID in 1988 as an automobile policy examiner. He became a …
IMA Inc., an independently owned retail insurance broker, has added Bobby Vickers Jr. as a sales executive in the company’s Kansas City, Kan., office. Vickers is responsible for business development. He has expertise in the construction, manufacturing, energy and real …
A southeast Kansas man whose wife and daughter were killed when a fleeing driver hit their car has been awarded $5.7 million in damages. The Joplin Globe reported that assistant Pittsburg State University football coach John Kemp filed a wrongful …
Kansas Commissioner of Insurance Sandy Praeger named Tom Whalen as the Kansas Insurance Department’s new Producers Division director. The division qualifies and supervises Kansas insurance agents and agencies. It issues agent licenses, gives exams and approves continuing education hours for …
IMA Inc., a retail insurance brokerage, announced that Michael Whipps has joined as president of the company’s Kansas City, Kan., office. IMA of Kansas City is part of the IMA Financial Group Inc., a financial services company specializing in insurance, …
A federal judge in Wichita, Kan., has refused to reconsider his earlier ruling siding with The Boeing Co. and Spirit AeroSystems in an age discrimination lawsuit brought by former workers in the wake of Boeing’s 2005 sale of its commercial …
The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced it testified in favor of legislation in Kansas — House Bill 2119 — that would prohibit municipalities from adopting accident response fees or “crash taxes.” AIA’s testimony was presented by Brad Smoot, AIA’s Kansas …
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger will conduct a public fact-finding hearing March 14 regarding the impact on Kansas insurance companies and agents of a medical loss ratio (MLR) provision in the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA). The hearing will begin …
The Missouri Legislature convened its 2011 session on Jan. 5, 2011, with many new faces, a looming budget shortfall and a pledge from the state’s largest Republican majority to make quick progress on a pro-business agenda. On opening day, the …
A signed legal settlement with American International Group will net the State of Kansas general fund $500,000, according to Sandy Praeger, Commissioner of Insurance. “The AIG settlement for Kansas was part of a nationwide $146 million agreement over alleged misreporting …
