Kansas News

Officials Looking to Catch Few Bad Apples Among P/C Insurance Agents

Those who track insurance criminals for a living say that as the economy has worsened, insurance fraud has been on the rise– and they are on the alert for any jump in fraud by property/casualty agents and brokers. These days …

Chavez Joins Signature Select LLC

Signature Select LLC, a retail insurance broker subsidiary of The IMA Financial Group Inc., has hired Phillip Chavez as employee benefits director. He is responsible for developing Signature Select’s Denver employee benefits practice and client service platform. IMA is a …

Finding Fraudsters

Insurance fraud has become a nationwide problem, and experts say it’s a problem that has the potential to get worse as people look for ways to cut down on their expenses as the economy tightens. “The special agents at NICB …

Pressure Is On to Catch a Few Bad Apples

Fraud Investigators on Alert to Prevent Property/Casualty Agent Abuses from Spreading Those who track insurance criminals for a living say that as the economy has worsened, insurance fraud has been on the rise — and they are on the alert …

Agents Can Help Fight Insurance Fraud

Insurance agents can play a big role in helping states to fight insurance fraud. And with insurance fraud costing California alone $15 billion each year, or $500 per resident, the cost of which is eventually passed onto consumers, they should …

New Markets

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Revisiting Surplus Lines Regulation Reform

Federal lawmakers once again are preparing to tackle the issue of how states can more effectively regulate the surplus lines insurance market. It’s been tried before, but legislation was recently reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives with the goal …

Storm Causes Damage in 13 Arkansas Counties

Storms with wind gusts nearing hurricane speed cut across Oklahoma and Arkansas on June 12, causing damage in at least 13 Arkansas counties. Tommy Jackson, a spokesman with the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, says Conway and Johnson counties have …

It Figures

$4.4 Million The southwest Kansas town of Greensburg, destroyed two years ago by a massive tornado, is due to receive $4.4 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Division to help repair streets and build a …

People

Kansas City-based insurance broker Lockton has added Michael Todorovich II as vice president and producer in its St. Louis office. With more than 11 years of experience in the insurance industry, Todorovich’s expertise includes mergers and acquisitions and executive risk. …