All the headlines from our Kansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 22 2005 // Engle Martin & Associates Inc., an independent loss adjustment firm, will expand its Western and Midwestern presence with the opening of two new offices in Las Vegas and Kansas City. Officially located at 1489 W Warm...
Aug 22 2005 // This recurring feature examines insurance coverage decisions in the Midwest’s appellate courts, as compiled by the New York-based law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLC and edited by insurance lawyer Kevin T. Merriman...
Aug 22 2005 // The National Association of Government Labor Officials (NAGLO) during its 2005 summer conference elected Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Commissioner Scott Brener president.With members from more than 30 U.S....
Aug 22 2005 // Farmers in Midwestern states like Kansas have more than doubled the acres they insure and tripled their dollar amount of coverage since 1989, according to recent statistics. It’s a trend that could mitigate financial...
Aug 17 2005 // Kansas members of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) are mobilizing opposition to a state program permitting drivers’ license renewals at local AAA offices. The Kansas Department of...
Aug 17 2005 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger announced today that LeRoy Brungardt has been appointed to serve on the Executive Committee of The Society of Insurance Licensing Administrators (SILA). Brungardt is Director of...
Aug 15 2005 // Forty-four property and casualty insurance companies based in Missouri reported total earnings of $224 million in 2004, compared with a loss of $423.5 million in 2003, according to Weiss Ratings Inc. In Kansas, 22 property...
Aug 12 2005 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger on Friday released the 2004 Consumer Complaint Ratio Report which tracks complaints and questions about insurance companies licensed to do business in the State of Kansas.During...
Jul 29 2005 // Kansas farmers have more than doubled the insured acres in the state since 1989, tripling their dollar amount of coverage during the same time, according to a recently released study.The Associated Press reported that so...
Jul 21 2005 // Burns & Wilcox has appointed Chad Brown as a broker for the company’s Kansas City branch. As a Burns & Wilcox broker, Brown is responsible for the placement of large, complex property and casualty and...
Jun 7 2005 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company, an insurance and risk management intermediary, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Doherty Inc., an employee benefits brokerage operation in Fort Scott, Kansas. Terms of the...
Apr 4 2005 // Cincinnati-based Great American Insurance Group recently announced three promotions in its Schaumburg, Ill.-based executive liability division.Michael D. Pierce was promoted to corporate senior vice president of Great...
Apr 4 2005 // Interviewed by Kevin B. O’ReillyWhen Insurance Journal last spoke with Sandy Praeger, she was only months into the job. Kansans elected the Republican as insurance commissioner in November 2002. Back then she was...
Mar 15 2005 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners recently named its funded consumer liaison representatives for 2005. Established in 1992, the program promotes consumer representation and interaction with NAIC members,...
Mar 10 2005 // The Kansas Insurance Department announced that Kelly Levi has been named director of the government and public affairs division. Levi comes to the insurance department from Kansas State University, where she was associate...
Feb 16 2005 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based wholesaler Burns & Wilcox named Howard Felber assistant branch manager of the newly established Kansas City, Kan., service center. Felber is responsible for managing underwriting,...
Jan 24 2005 // Redwood City, Calif.-based ABD Insurance and Financial Services hired Tony Casabat as senior vice president/sales executive for the company’s Employee Benefits practice. Casabat, a longtime lead sales and client...
Jan 3 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. recently announced the addition of three new staff members. Kathleen A. Lawler is IIABNY’s new director of education, Bruce H. Barry fills the newly...
Jan 3 2005 // Stephen D’Arcy, professor of finance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, began his term as president of the Casualty Actuarial Society at the organization’s annual meeting. D’Arcy has been...
Dec 6 2004 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected four officers for 2005 during the NAIC Winter meeting in New Orleans, including a newly created position of president-elect to effectively serve a two-year...