Insurance interests are hoping the Kansas Senate will override a gubernatorial veto of a measure that would reduce some workers' compensation benefits in the state, a trade group representative said.
Democratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius–citing concerns about the bill's effect on war-injured veterans and the fact that the state's workers' comp insurance rates are the seventh-lowest in the nation–vetoed the measure on Monday.
Jona Van Deun, a representative for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), said by e-mail that a meeting today of business groups had reached no consensus on what action to take.
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