All the headlines from our Kansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 1 2014 // Four directors will retire from the Kansas Insurance Department on Dec. 5.The retirements announced on Nov. 25 come as Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger prepares to leave office in January. Department spokesman Bob...
Dec 1 2014 // Kansas insurance agencies say they’ve been flooded with queries about earthquake coverage after a 4.8 magnitude temblor struck near Conway Springs on Nov. 12.“We have been getting calls all day,” said...
Nov 21 2014 // What does it take to Ebola-proof a hospital?Over the past few months, U.S. medical centers have spent millions of dollars putting together a plan to treat patients with the scary, but extremely rare disease. To a large...
Nov 18 2014 // Todd Hlasney has been promoted to director of Lockton Health Risk Solutions for Lockton’s Kansas City benefits operation.Hlasney joined Lockton in 2013 as a Health Risk Solutions consultant, partnering with client...
Nov 18 2014 // Four more earthquakes were reported in south-central Kansas during the weekend. No serious injuries or damage was reported. The U.S. Geological Survey says the largest quake was a 3.8-magnitude earthquake that was centered...
Nov 17 2014 // An Oklahoma resident says a preliminary 4.8-magnitude earthquake that struck a Kansas town on Nov. 12 caused at least $25,000 in damage to his home.The quake originated near the town of Conway Springs, Kan., and shook...
Nov 17 2014 // Kansas insurance agencies say they’ve been flooded with queries about earthquake coverage after the 4.8 magnitude temblor on Nov. 12.“We have been getting calls all day,” Matt Woodall, who works at a...
Nov 17 2014 // A Republican accountant and industry executive has won the Kansas insurance commissioner’s race without the backing of the retiring, three-term GOP incumbent.Ken Selzer of Leawood defeated Democrat Dennis Anderson of...
Nov 14 2014 // An earthquake that rattled parts of Kansas and Oklahoma is the 94th earthquake reported this year in Kansas.The 4.8-magnitude earthquake on Nov. 12 was the strongest in Kansas this year, with most quakes recorded in...
Nov 14 2014 // An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 shook parts of Kansas and Oklahoma on Nov. 12, the largest since a series of temblors began rattling Kansas a little more than a year ago.The quake’s epicenter was...
Nov 7 2014 // A company says a report that Kansas has one of the highest rates of vacant foreclosures in the country reflects the small number of foreclosures in the state, not problems in the housing market.RealtyTrac says Kansas has...
Nov 7 2014 // The fatal crash of a small plane into a flight safety training center at the Wichita Airport has disrupted pilot training on some Cessna models, but efforts are being made to provide alternatives, company officials said.A...
Nov 5 2014 // Kansas voters have elected Republican Ken Selzer, an executive managing director at reinsurance broker Aon Benfield, as the state’s new insurance commissioner. He defeated Democrat Dennis Anderson by a vote of 62...
Nov 3 2014 // A.M. Best reported it has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and the issuer credit rating of “bbb-“ofUpland Mutual Insurance Inc. (Upland) in...
Oct 24 2014 // A survey finds that many Kansas contractors are having trouble filling skilled jobs in the construction industry.Ninety percent of the 20 Kansas firms that responded to an Associated General Contractors survey said...
Oct 24 2014 // Ridesharing company Lyft will temporarily stop operating in Kansas City, Mo. while it negotiates with the city over ways to allow it to permanently conduct business in the city.Lyft officials said that the drivers will...
Oct 23 2014 // A former insurance adjuster was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution for insurance fraud involving wrecked vehicles, according to an announcement by the Kansas Insurance Department.The Ford...
Oct 23 2014 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced that eight of its members and agents were elected to the 2015 Kansas Association of Insurance Agents (KAIA) board of directors. Four will serve on the association’s...
Oct 10 2014 // A new report shows Kansas job growth is lagging well behind the nation but predicts the employment outlook will be better next year.Wichita State University’s Center for Economic Development and Business Research on...
Oct 10 2014 // Three former workers at the Boeing plant in Wichita, Kan., who filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the aircraft maker and one of its suppliers failed to show Boeing defrauded the U.S. government in a $1.6 billion...