Remember how, after the Newtown shooting, the NRA and many Congressional Republicans said schools and students would be safer if teachers and custodians armed themselves? Well, in light of Kansas passing such a law, it appears as if insurance companies aren't on the same page as the NRA and many Congressional Republicans. The Des Moines-based EMC Insurance Companies insure between 85 and 90% of all Kansas school districts, but have declared that they'll refuse to renew coverage for any school that follows through with the new state law. Mick Lovell, EMC's vice president for business development, said the following with regard to the decision: "We've been writing school business for almost 40 years, and one of the underwriting guidelines we follow for schools is that any on-site armed security should be provided by uniformed, qualified law enforcement officers. Our guidelines have not recently changed." Insurers Continental Western Group and Wright Spec...
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