All the headlines from our Kansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 10 2008 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced plans to expand outside of Texas with potential new members from Oklahoma and Kansas. “With 4 new members so far in 2008 and the potential of more in...
Dec 10 2008 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) honored a Kansas Insurance Department official with a national award at the NAIC’s winter meeting this month.Larry Bruning, chief actuary at department, was...
Dec 4 2008 // “Technically, Brooke Franchise owes me $7 million, but who knows if I will ever see it,” said Roger Cunningham, former Brooke franchisee and agent/owner of RKC Financial in the Dallas/Fort Worth Texas,...
Nov 30 2008 // Technically, Brooke Franchise owes me $7 million, but who knows if I will ever see it,” said Roger Cunningham, former Brooke franchisee and agent/owner of RKC Financial in the Dallas/Fort Worth Texas,...
Nov 30 2008 // Technically, Brooke Franchise owes me $7 million, but who knows if I will ever see it,” says Roger Cunningham, former Brooke franchisee and agent/owner of RKC Financial in the Dallas/Fort Worth Texas, area....
Nov 25 2008 // The University of Kansas Center for Research has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that two of its researchers should be listed on patents for a cancer drug.The research center sued the National Institutes of Health because...
Nov 25 2008 // Kansas Highway Patrol troopers will begin placing red ribbons on their vehicles this week to encourage motorists to be careful during the holiday season. Starting Thanksgiving, Highway Patrol vehicles will have ribbons...
Nov 17 2008 // The Iroquois Group recently announced that Managing Partner Philip Dawson’s management responsibilities have been expanded to incorporate the states of Kansas and Missouri. He currently handles Iroquois’ Great...
Nov 16 2008 // Amid the flurry of lawsuits leveled by franchisees, now an Illinois company connected to a bank involved in the lawsuit of the parent company of Brooke Corp. has taken control of 44.3 percent of Brooke’s stock.Trim...
Nov 14 2008 // Kansas appears to be seeing the effects of tornadoes in June in its insurance rates and not even Dorothy’s red shoes can click this bad news away.The Kansas Insurance Department says that since July 1, premiums for...
Nov 7 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner encouraged consumers who have purchased insurance policies through Brooke franchises to verify their coverage, in light of recent closures at Brooke. It is unlikely that an...
Nov 6 2008 // The last time Kansas hosted Kansas State in football, the 2006 game was marred by a fatal accident involving the Cat Tracker bus, a modified Kansas State football fan bus.A negligence lawsuit was filed last year in Douglas...
Nov 4 2008 // While some immigrants may not be able to get a driver’s license in Kansas, they can get car insurance.The Wichita Eagle reported on Nov. 2 that at least two insurance companies in the state offer policies to...
Nov 2 2008 // Amid the flurry of lawsuits leveled by franchisees, now an Illinois company connected to a bank involved in the lawsuit of the parent company of Brooke Corp. has taken control of 44.3 percent of Brooke’s stock.Trim...
Nov 2 2008 // $23 MillionIowa is set to receive another $23 million in federal money to repair flood damaged roads and bridges. The funds are part of $690 million being divided up among 28 states by the U.S. Department of Transportation...
Oct 28 2008 // Two Kansas businessmen, one in banking and the other in insurance, have made an offer to purchase the assets of the troubled Brooke Insurance Corp.In an interview with Insurance Journal, Albert Riederer, who is the Special...
Oct 21 2008 // Steadily rising numbers in Kansas vehicle accidents involving deer have prompted a need for constant defensive driving this fall, according to Sandy Praeger, Commissioner of Insurance.More than 200 additional deer-vehicle...
Oct 21 2008 // An Illinois company connected to a bank involved in the lawsuit of the parent company of Brooke Corp. has taken control of 44.3 percent of Brooke’s stock.Trim Creek LLC of Crete, Ill., now owns 6.43 million shares of...
Oct 20 2008 // Overland Park, Kansas-based Brooke Corp. faces a lawsuit by a bank seeking $13 million plus interest and costs for breach of contract. The suit was filed the last week in September 2008 in federal court in Illinois by...
Oct 6 2008 // A Missouri physicians’ group plans to build a new medical office building in Galena, Kan., citing lower malpractice insurance costs across the state line. Dr. Christopher Banwart, a member of Orthopedic Specialists...