All the headlines from our Kansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 10 2019 // A federal lawsuit filed Sept. 6 accuses the University of Kansas Medical Center of discharging an employee who reported age discrimination practices by a department head.The lawsuit against the Kansas City, Kansas-based...
Sep 4 2019 // An August survey of business supply managers suggested slow or no economic growth over the next several months in nine Midwest and Plains states, in part because of trade skirmishes, according to a newly released...
Sep 3 2019 // The Kansas insurance commissioner will take supervisory control of a company that provides malpractice insurance to nearly 500 medical professionals in Missouri and Kansas.A Shawnee County judge last week placed Physicians...
Aug 15 2019 // Strong winds and heavy rain blew over semi-trailer trucks and downed power lines and caused damage across parts of western Kansas. Ellis County and Hays city officials said in social media posts that Tuesday’s storms...
Aug 9 2019 // A 38-year-old Kansas City man was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison without parole for participating in a conspiracy to steal sport utility vehicles and pickups from other states and taking them to Kansas...
Aug 7 2019 // State Farm said it is reducing its Kansas homeowners insurance rates by an average of 2.2 percent. The total statewide expected savings impact for State Farm customers by this rate decrease is approximately $5.1...
Aug 5 2019 // The Hilb Group, 360 Corporate Benefit AdvisorsThe Hilb Group LLC has acquired New England-based 360 Corporate Benefit Advisors. The transaction became effective May 1, 2019. With offices in Fairfield, Conn., and Wayland,...
Jul 25 2019 // Jurors have awarded more than $2 million to a Missouri man who was injured when a driver threw a tractor-trailer in reverse on Interstate 35 in Kansas. The Kansas City Star reports that Michael Whitt, of the Kansas City...
Jul 19 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Manhattan, Kansas-based Darrell Phillips Inc., dba DPI Benefits.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Operating since 2008, DPI Benefits is an independent benefits broker...
Jul 15 2019 // Insurance brokerage, Virtus, has acquired Cobbs Allen’s Kansas City employee benefits practice. This acquisition supplements Virtus’ Kansas City presence and adds depth and expertise to its employee benefits...
Jul 12 2019 // Brenda Lundeen went in for routine surgery to relieve heavy periods.What the Overland Park mom and grade schoolteacher got was a nightmare, as a medical mistake caused 194-degree water to pour through a hole in her uterus...
Jul 10 2019 // A study has found that Kansas saves more money, on average, than any other state that uses federal grants to mitigate natural disasters.The Pew Charitable Trusts recently released its data analysis showing that for every...
Jul 3 2019 // Kansas drivers can no longer be charged with a crime for refusing a field sobriety test under a new state law.The Wichita Eagle reported that a change in state law that took effect on July 1 means police can’t ticket...
Jun 25 2019 // AM Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a+” from “a” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) of Federated Rural Electric Insurance...
Jun 19 2019 // Chicago-based Staff Management | SMX (SMX), which provides temporary employees to the light-industrial sector worldwide, will pay $50,000 to a female former employee and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment...
Jun 17 2019 // The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the state’s cap on damages for noneconomic injuries in personal injury lawsuits is unconstitutional.The court ruled 4-2 that capping damages an injured person is able to...
Jun 13 2019 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Air Capital Insurance LLC (ACI) of Wichita, Kansas. ACI’s team of 10 will remain under the leadership of ACI founders Glenn Tate and Greg Hiser. The group will join...
Jun 6 2019 // Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. (PPCI) has entered the Kansas commercial auto insurance market as an admitted carrier specializing in distressed and substandard risks.With PPCI, producers now have an insurance...
May 20 2019 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has settled its lawsuit against a Kansas school district that paid a female principal less than it paid the man she had replaced and less than the man who succeeded her. A...
May 15 2019 // The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld a 34-year-old rule that prohibits victims injured by drunken drivers from suing the bars that served them.The high court’s ruling on May 10 came in the case of Jeff Kudlacik, who...