Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced a Sedgwick county man has been sentenced to 12 months of probation for insurance fraud.
Lance Given, age 64, pleaded no contest and was sentenced on July 8, 2026, in Sedgwick County District Court to two misdemeanor counts of fraudulent insurance acts. Given gave false information about the location and circumstances of an accident in order to gain coverage for damages to his vehicle that otherwise would not have been covered by his policy. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 months probation with 30 days of underlying prison time if probation is violated. He was ordered to pay a $500 fine for each count.
The Kansas Department of Insurance investigated this case which was prosecuted by the Kansas Attorney General’s Office.
A longtime claims manager for Auto-Owners Insurance Co. has been charged with defrauding the company of more than $43,000.
Ian V. Eisnaugle, 41, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, was charged with insurance fraud and forgery in June after he reportedly submitted forged rental invoices for a residence in which he did not live, the NC Department of Insurance said in a bulletin.
Eisnaugle’s Linkedin page shows he was a claims manager, adjuster, and most recently, an arbitrator and trainer at Auto-Owners in the Asheville, North Carolina area. He apparently left the insurer in February of this year, the Linkedin page shows.
The arrest warrant in Henderson County, near Asheville, indicates that Eisnaugle filed a claim with Auto-Owners in September 2024, then submitted the invoices showing he had incurred the rental expenses at a home in Nashville, Tennessee. He was not living at the address during the claim period, according to the arrest warrant, which was signed by an investigator with the NCDOI. Auto-Owners initiated the complaint and investigation, the DOI noted.
“The defendant acted without authority and with the intent to injure and defraud with deceit,” the warrant reads.
Eisnaugle was released on bond after his arrest. A hearing is set for Aug. 25.
He was granted an adjuster license in North Carolina in February of this year, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners license page shows. Eisnaugle could not be reached at the phone number and email address listed on the license page. An Auto-Owners communications manager said the company has no comment about the case.
