All the headlines from our Kansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 2 2015 // Oil and gas industry restrictions meant to decrease the frequency and intensity of earthquakes in south-central Kansas will remain in place until at least March 2016, state regulators have decided.The Kansas Corporation...
Nov 2 2015 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer says about 65,000 businesses in the state will pay less for workers’ compensation coverage next year. Selzer said he has approved lower rates proposed by the National Council...
Oct 26 2015 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer says about 65,000 businesses in the state will pay less for their workers’ compensation coverage next year. Selzer announced that he approved lower rates proposed by the...
Oct 19 2015 // Farmers Insurance has introduced rideshare insurance coverage designed to provide seamless coverage for ride-hailing drivers in Kansas.Farmers worked with representatives of the Kansas Insurance Department, legislators and...
Oct 19 2015 // The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers elected Bill Henry as the group’s 2016 chairman. Henry is CEO and chairman of Dallas-based MHBT, a Marsh & McLennan Agency company.Henry succeeds Steve Brockmeyer,...
Oct 15 2015 // A central Kansas pharmaceutical plant accused of gender discrimination must pay about $400,000 in back wages and hire more women, according to a federal settlement.The U.S. Department of Labor said in a release that the...
Oct 5 2015 // Geologists are reporting a spate of earthquakes in south-central Kansas. The Hutchinson News reports that in the past week, there have been 11 quakes within the neighboring Kansas counties of Sumner and Harper. U.S....
Oct 5 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) installed a new leadership team over the weekend with Randy Lanoix of Louisiana as chairman.The agents’ group also installed Spencer...
Sep 25 2015 // A limit on the injection of saltwater into the ground by oil producers coincided with less intense earthquakes in south-central Kansas, according to a state geologist.The reduction in the magnitude of earthquakes mirrored...
Sep 21 2015 // A pair of tornadoes along the Kansas-Missouri border with speeds of up to about 110 mph damaged homes and caused minor injuries, officials said.The first twister touched down around 6:30 p.m. Friday about 40 miles south of...
Sep 21 2015 // The Texas-based agency partnership, Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), is expanding into Nebraska and elected Rick Elliott to serve as central regional vice president.Elliott is the owner and president of Elliott...
Sep 16 2015 // Reser’s Fine Foods, Topeka, Kan., was cited on Sept. 2 by federal safety officials for various workplace safety violations, including exposing workers to ammonia. Proposed penalties total $71,700.The U.S. Department...
Sep 7 2015 // The Kansas Geological Survey believes an increase in earthquakes in two southern Kansas counties is linked to saltwater injection after oil and natural gas drilling, according to an agency scientist.The agency had said in...
Sep 3 2015 // Scott Dillabaugh has joined the leadership team of Lockton Companies’ Benefits Agency as senior vice president. He will be based in Kansas City. Dillabaugh will focus on business development, fostering the...
Sep 1 2015 // The Kansas Insurance Department is considering whether insurance agents need more training.Currently, the state’s insurance agents are required to complete 12 hours of education every other year. Most states require...
Sep 1 2015 // The Texas-based agency partnership Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced it is expanding into Nebraska and elected Rick Elliott to serve as central regional vice president.The insurance agency aggregator will be...
Aug 28 2015 // An El Dorado, Kan., company has been ordered to pay $97,612 in restitution and a $10,000 fine for mishandling waste chemicals, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. The company also must pay a $400 special assessment and serve...
Aug 27 2015 // After five weeks of testimony, lawyers presented closing arguments in the civil trial involving a fatal explosion more than two years ago at a Kansas City, Mo., restaurant.The civil lawsuit stems from the February 2013...
Aug 26 2015 // A 38-year-old Kansas man has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for mail fraud connected to an insurance commissions scam in Iowa.Brian Henton, of Olathe, Kansas, was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court in...
Aug 24 2015 // Kansas Geological Survey believes an increase in earthquakes in two southern Kansas counties is linked to saltwater injection after oil and natural gas drilling, according to an agency scientist.The agency had said in the...