Greensburg, Kan., students will move this fall to a new $50-million facility that replaces the one destroyed in 2007, when a massive tornado steamrolled the south-central Kansas town and killed 13 people. The new school was paid for with insurance …
Sandy Praeger prevailed over challenger David Powell in the Aug. 3 Republican primary to secure the nomination for Kansas Insurance Commissioner. Because there are no challengers from any other party for the November election, the primary win means Praeger, the …
The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same methodology as the national survey to consult supply managers and business …
Sentry Insurance Co. in Stevens Point, Wis., announced that Peter G. McPartland is joining Sentry as president and chief operating officer. McPartland is a seasoned insurance executive with more than 30 years of experience in the industry, including service with …
Experience and support for the new federal health care reform law are the defining issues in a Republican primary for Kansas insurance commissioner that will determine who holds the office for the next four years. Republicans also must pick nominees …
David Froscheiser has joined the Kansas City, Mo., office of privately held insurance broker Lockton as an executive benefits producer with Lockton Financial Advisors LLC. Froscheiser will provide expertise to Lockton’s corporate clients and their executive groups with advice on …
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger has spent four times as much money as her only rival in her campaign for a third term. Praeger, of Lawrence, faces El Dorado insurance agent David Powell in the Aug. 3 Republican primary. No …
Kansas regulators have suspended the license of a Wichita insurance agent in a rare emergency order spurred by a federal investigation over alleged fraud linked to the trust of an elderly woman. The action was taken against former State Farm …
Former Chicago Bears tight end Gabe Reid never caught a touchdown pass during his three-year National Football League career, but he has caught hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Illinois Workers Compensation Commission. Reid was awarded $325,000 after suffering …
Steven D. Johnson has been named CEO of the Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet). Johnson has held staff leadership roles in five associations over the last 26 years. Most recently, he was executive director of the National Association of Quick …
