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How Agents and Brokers Help Communities Nationwide

Dec 16 2013 // In addition to giving back with volunteerism, one of the key financial goals of employee-owned IMA is to contribute a portion of the company’s profits annually to the IMA Foundation.The IMA Foundation historically...

Audit Finds Issues with Data Protection at Kansas State Agencies

Dec 11 2013 // Weak computer passwords and vulnerable software have left some Kansas state agencies vulnerable to hackers gaining access to confidential data or internal breaches, according to a new information technology audit.Some of...

ACE USA Appoints Springer as Kansas City Branch Manager

Dec 10 2013 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail insurance operations of ACE Group, has appointed Kimberly Springer as branch manager of its Kansas City branch office.Springer will work closely with insurance brokers and clients in the...

Some Flood Insurance Rates to Rise in Kansas’ Douglas County

Dec 6 2013 // Some property owners in Douglas County, Kansas, could soon pay more for federal insurance.The federal government’s decision to phase out subsidized insurance in special flood hazard areas will increase costs for 168...

Trinity Risk Opens New Office in Kansas City

Dec 6 2013 // Trinity Risk LLC, a program manager and wholesale broker specializing in owner operator lines of insurance, has opened a new office in Kansas City, Mo., and hired Amy Milburn as account executive. An experienced trucking...

Kansas City Chiefs Sued by Former Players Over Head Injuries

Dec 5 2013 // Five former Kansas City Chiefs players who were on the team between 1987 and 1993 have filed a lawsuit claiming the team hid and even lied about the risks of head injuries during that time period when there was no...

Post-Hailstorm Roofing Permits in Kansas Town Return to Normal

Dec 4 2013 // A surge in demand for roofing permits that began in Hutchinson, Kan., after a July 23 hailstorm appears to be coming to an end.Nearly 2,000 new roofs, with a value of just under $24 million, have been installed since the...

Kansas’ Douglas County to Get Flood Insurance Update

Dec 4 2013 // Commissioners in Douglas County, Kansas, will hear a presentation about the impact of changes taking effect next year in the National Flood Insurance Program.The Lawrence Journal-World reports the changes could affect the...

Let College Player Keep Half-Court Shot Prize Money: Athletic Board

Dec 3 2013 // The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference recommended that the college basketball player who hit a half-court shot for $20,000 at an Oklahoma City Thunder game be allowed to use the money toward his tuition.Cameron...

Kansas Agency Releases Report on Party Bus Death

Dec 2 2013 // Although a party bus driver insists she properly latched a door from which a Kansas woman fell to her death, Kansas Highway Patrol troopers said in an investigative report released this week they doubted that was...

Combined Agents of America Expands in Kansas with New Member

Nov 26 2013 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) has added a new member agency, Kansas-based Fouts, Davidson, Burks Agency LLC.CAA now has 53 insurance agency members. Fouts, Davidson, Burks Agency LLC. is a family owned and operated...

College Player May Be Blocked from Collecting on $20,000 Half-Court Shot

Nov 26 2013 // Making a half-court shot during a promotion at an Oklahoma City Thunder game might be easier for 23-year-old Cameron Rodriguez than keeping the $20,000 prize.Rodriguez, a basketball player at Southwestern College in...

State Insurance Commissioners Lack Consensus on Cancellations

Nov 21 2013 // Kansas, North Dakota and other state insurance commissioners snubbed a meeting with President Barack Obama set up to discuss allowing some people to keep medical plans that don’t meet the requirements of the U.S....

Former Kansas Player Sues NCAA Over Head Trauma

Nov 15 2013 // Former Kansas fullback Christopher Powell alleges in a lawsuit that the NCAA failed to adequately protect athletes from head trauma. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that the suit was filed this week in the in the U.S....

Garden City, Kansas Expects $300K in Sewer Claims

Nov 13 2013 // Garden City, Kan., officials are expecting city residents to file more than $300,000 in claims after a recent sewage pump malfunction at the city’s wastewater treatment plant.The malfunction on Oct. 20 caused sewage...

Kansas-Based Chris-Leef General Agency Acquires H&W Insurance

Nov 5 2013 // Chris-Leef General Agency Inc., in Shawnee Mission, Kan., has acquired H&W Insurance Services Inc., also located in Shawnee Mission at 4210 Shawnee Mission Parkway. H&W specializes in offering insurance products...

Former Kansas City Worker Admits Insurance Fraud

Nov 1 2013 // A former Kansas City municipal court employee has pleaded guilty in a scheme to use an insurance member benefit program to illegally rack up tens of thousands of dollars in gift cards. The U.S. attorney’s office says...

5 CAA Members Elected to Kansas Agent Association Leadership Positions

Oct 30 2013 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), based in Austin, Texas, announced that five of its members/agents were elected to leadership positions with the Kansas Association of Insurance Agents (KAIA).CAA member Bob Wood,...

Kansas Judge Says Test in DUI Case Can Be Suppressed

Oct 18 2013 // A Douglas County judge has ruled that a blood test from a DUI case in Lawrence, Kan., will be suppressed, rejecting the state’s argument that the test was lawful.Douglas County District Judge Kay Huff granted Julian...

Dovetail Insurance Offering NetComp to Small Businesses in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas

Oct 11 2013 // Dovetail Insurance announced it is now offering its NetComp workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses in Arkansas, Iowa and Kansas. The product is available through independent agents. Dovetail’s...