Brooke Corporation

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $293 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $579 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 671
• Sub-industry: 64 Insurance Agents, Brokers, and Service
• Place of incorporation: KS
• Court for city of headquarters: KS Kansas City
• In business at filing? data not available

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: In house counsel
• Date of filing: October 28, 2008
• Judge at filing: data not available
• Court district of filing: KS
• Court city of filing: Kansas City, KS
• Case number: 08-22786
• Cause of bankruptcy: Fraud
• Forum shop? Filed at headquarters


• Case transferred? data not available
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? no
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: converted
• Date of disposition: June 29, 2009
• Judge at disposition: Dale L. Somers
• Days from filing to disposition: 244

After the case

• Did firm emerge? company did not emerge
• Did firm refile? not emerged 5 years