Kansas

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  Employers test mix of strategies to avoid PPACA

  By Allen Greenberg  |  May 23, 2013

  Beyond cutting part-timers' jobs and hours, companies are turning to temp agencies, PEOs and other solutions.

• Have you or someone you know been the victim of a scam?

  May 1, 2013

  Unfortunately, yes. I have been the victim of a pyramid scheme. Many years ago, I had a friend who was working for a group that sold vitamins. She introduced me to it, took me to a few meetings. She seemed to be doing well and ­convinced me to join up....

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  Insurance regulators unveil plan to institute PBR

  By Elizabeth D. Festa  |  April 7, 2013

  Department resources, RBC requirements and captives/SPVs remain knots the task force must untangle.

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  Plan for $1.5B in pension bonds stalls in Kansas

  By John Hanna  |  April 4, 2013

  One advocate said that the legislation is “dead in the water.”

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  Kan. House panel ends push for 401(k)-style plan

  By John Hanna  |  March 22, 2013

  A voice vote tabled a measure to put government workers hired after 2014 on the plan.

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  Weeds or flowers? Panel eyes Medicare innovation center

  By Allison Bell  |  March 20, 2013

  The director says the center has a high-tech strategy for picking high-value projects.

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  Delving into the ascendance of FIAs

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  February 21, 2013

  Fixed indexed annuities currently are outclassing their variable annuity counterparts. Here’s why.

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  3 reasons the peddler at your door wants you to buy a variable annuity

  By Matt Golab  |  February 19, 2013

  Sadly, many advisors don’t understand the product they are selling to clients, laments Matt Golab.

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  Reversal of fortunes

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  February 19, 2013

  After a period of uncertainty, fixed indexed annuities are now hot-selling products among producers.

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  HHS denies Mississippi exchange

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  February 11, 2013

  There was no possibility of coordinating strategy with other agencies under Gov. Bryant’s authority, HHS concluded.