All the headlines from our Kansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 29 2004 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Jerry Pappert has filed a civil lawsuit in Commonwealth Court accusing 16 defendants of engaging in an elaborate statewide living trust sales scheme, that deceived older Pennsylvanians into...
Sep 29 2004 // Farmers may lose millions of dollars in insurance payments for their sprout-damaged wheat because of widespread mistakes in sampling their crop at Kansas grain elevators, state officials said. Kansas Agriculture Secretary...
Sep 20 2004 // The current Kansas Insurance Department regulation as well as a proposed bulletin on the use of credit-based insurance scores significantly alters the Kansas Insurance Score Act, one of 20 state laws based on the NCOIL...
Sep 15 2004 // Two new handbooks and shoppers’ guides designed to assist consumers with questions about homeowners and auto insurance are now available from the Kansas Insurance Department.The handbooks outline coverage...
Jul 22 2004 // Suzanne SahakianProperty/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty...
Jul 19 2004 // Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty insurance...
Jun 14 2004 // GE’s Employers Reinsurance Corp. (GE ERC) dedicated its new global headquarters building in Kansas City, Mo., last week. The company had been headquartered in Overland Park, Kan., a suburb of Kansas City.Missouri...
Jun 3 2004 // About 1,800 small business employers across Kansas recently received a survey in the mail that could help policymakers find ways to make health insurance more accessible and affordable, according to a statement released by...
Jun 2 2004 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger announced the expansion of the department’s movement to investigate insurance fraud and educate Kansas consumers about protecting themselves from illegal activity. Jerry...
Jun 1 2004 // Powerful storms again swept across the Midwest, downing trees and power lines and spawning twisters that leveled houses and barns and sent mobile homes hurtling through the air.In Marengo, Ind., a town of 800 about 35...
May 17 2004 // The Kansas legislature passed several bills sought by the Kansas Insurance Department and defeated or amended virtually all bills viewed as onerous by insurers before adjourning on May 8, the American Insurance Association...
Apr 5 2004 // The founder of Kansas City, Mo.-based brokerage Lockton Cos. died March 11. He was 62. At 24, John T. Lockton III took over his mother and father’s insurance agency in Kansas City and turned it into a successful...
Mar 15 2004 // Jack Lockton The founder of Kansas City, Mo.-based brokerage Lockton Cos. died March 11. He was 62. At 24, John T. Lockton III took over his mother and father’s insurance agency in Kansas City and turned it into a...
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Jan 26 2004 // The Kansas Insurance Department (KID), in cooperation with Sheridan County Attorney Mike Haas and the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, has filed felony charges against a Selden, Kan., insurance agent. An...
Jan 14 2004 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger and the Kansas Insurance Department (KID) are preparing for the 2004 Kansas Insurance Institute. This educational institute in Overland Park, Kan., offers a unique opportunity...
Jan 5 2004 // The Kansas Insurance Department, in cooperation with Sheridan County Attorney Mike Haas and the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, has filed felony charges against a Selden, Kan., insurance agent.An investigation by...
Dec 5 2003 // The Kansas AIA Rural and Small Agents Conference will take place next month (Jan. 27-29) at the Holiday Inn in Salinas, KS. More information is available by contacting Leann Lowe at (800) 229-7048, or by e-mailing:...
Oct 31 2003 // The Kansas Department of Insurance’s new fraud unit announced its first prosecution. Acting in concert with the Attorney General and Douglas County District Attorney Christine Kenney, the Unit has filed a 14-count...
Aug 25 2003 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger said the 2003 storm season in Kansas produced more than $256 million in losses of insured property and crops during April through July. “The storm season extended well...