University Daily Kansan, June 26, 1985
Page 11
KU seeks new insurance carrier for faculty
By Kimberly Turner
Staff Reporter
KU's insurance agent is seeking a new carrier of liability insurance for about 500 faculty members and employees.
The current carrier, Midland Insurance Co of New York, refused to renew the policy for the 1986 fiscal year, which begins July 1.
Bill McBride, an agent with Meade Insurance Agency in Topeka, KU's insurance agency, said Monday he was notified in February that KU's policy should be renewed. He said he then started searching for a new company.
"I am still trying to find a company who will provide the type of insurance that we need." McBride "This is not a run-of-the-mill policy.
He said the policy protected its members from libel, slander, defamation of character and limited forms of discrimination.
Because of industry changes in insurance since 1984, most companies
only will take policies that can make money, he said. All Board of Regents schools were affected by the change, he said, which meant that about 1,500 people might have to seek individual policies.
McBride said he hoped that the insurance economy would get better and that insurance companies would return to offering liability coverage.
"Right now it's like it was when we tried to buy gas when there wasn't any," he said.
McBride said that as far back as 1977 he had problems finding an insurance agency that could provide liability coverage.
"Only six companies would even talk to us then." McBride said.
He said that he thought he had found a company that would be willing to provide this type of insurance but that the company displayed an enthusiasm" at best and that he want "sure if the deal would go through.
"If I can't find a market by June 30, I will continue to look," McBride
said, "but it is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. We've even gone to Lloyd's of London, and they won't touch us."
Martin Jones, associate director of business affairs, said there were other possibilities if McBride could not find another company.
associations such as the KU National Education Association and the American Association of University Professors.
"We have notified employees that they may have to seek individual policies." Jones said. "This change affects me as well, but McPride is going to keep us posted as to what he can find."
Deanell Tacha, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said that most faculty and employees probably would seek individual policies if a new carrier could not be found, but she said that the Kansas Tort Claims Act covered all state employees, which include all KU employees.
Jones said he had sent a memo two weeks ago to faculty and employees informing them that McBride was in the process of obtaining a liability carrier. He also said it was possible to obtain a comparable liability insurance through professional
The Tort Claims Act, however,
does not cover punitive damages,
said Rose Marino, associate general
counsel.
The law says that individuals sued for alleged acts or omissions in the scope of their employment with the government, provided with legal representation.
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