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KS Stat § 40-110 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 1 - Insurance Department|40-110 Assistants and employees; salaries; oaths; authority of assistants; responsibility.

40-110. Assistants and employees; salaries; oaths; authority of assistants; responsibility. (a) The commissioner of insurance is hereby authorized to appoint an assistant commissioner of insurance, actuaries, two special attorneys who shall have been regularly admitted to practice, an executive secretary, policy examiners, two field representatives, and a secretary to the commissioner. Such appointees shall each receive an annual salary to be determined by the commissioner of insurance, within the limits of available appropriations. The commissioner is also authorized to appoint, within the provisions of the civil service law, and available appropriations, other employees as necessary to administer the provisions of this act. The field representatives authorized by this section may be empowered to conduct inquiries, investigations or to receive complaints. Such field representatives shall not be empowered to make, or direct to be made, an examination of the affairs and financial condition of any insurance company in the process of organization, or applying for admission or doing business in this state.(b) The appointees authorized by this section shall take the proper official oath and shall be in no way interested, except as policyholders, in any insurance company. In the absence of the commissioner of insurance the assistant commissioner shall perform the duties of the commissioner of insurance, but shall in all cases execute papers in the name of the commissioner of insurance, as assistant. The commissioner of insurance shall be responsible for all acts of an official nature done and performed by the commissioner's assistant or any person employed in such office. All the appointees authorized by this section shall hold their office at the will and pleasure of the commissioner of insurance.History: L. 1927, ch. 231, 40-110; L. 1931, ch. 8, § 5; L. 1933, ch. 286, § 12; L. 1937, ch. 329, § 4; L. 1939, ch. 207, § 1; L. 1941, ch. 255, § 1; L. 1943, ch. 277, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 323, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 416, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 423, § 2; L. 1955, ch. 240, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 208, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 257, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 294, § 1; L. 1998, ch. 174, § 31; L. 2007, ch. 141, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-111 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 1 - Insurance Department|40-111 Seal of commissioner of insurance.

40-111. Seal of commissioner of insurance. The seal of the commissioner of insurance shall be one inch and three-fourths in diameter, surrounded by the words "Commissioner of Insurance of Kansas," with such device as the governor and the commissioner of insurance may prescribe, an impression of which shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state; and every certificate, assignment or authority executed by the commissioner of insurance in pursuance of any authority conferred by law, and sealed with his seal of office, shall be received as evidence, and may be recorded in the proper recording offices in the same manner and with like effect as a deed regularly acknowledged before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments; and copies of any paper or record in the office of the commissioner of insurance, certified by him, and authenticated by his seal, shall in all cases be evidence equally and in like manner as the original.History: L. 1927, ch. 231, 40-111; June 1.
KS Stat § 40-113 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 1 - Insurance Department|40-113 Criminal anti-fraud division; powers and duties.

40-113. Criminal anti-fraud division; powers and duties. (a) There is hereby established within the insurance department a criminal anti-fraud division of the Kansas insurance department. The criminal anti-fraud division shall accept information and complaints regarding possible insurance fraud. The criminal anti-fraud division shall also investigate possible violations of Kansas criminal statutes pertaining to and related to insurance fraud. The criminal anti-fraud division shall prepare and refer criminal cases to the attorney general, or in consultation with the attorney general to the proper county or district attorney, who may, in such prosecutor's discretion, with or without such a reference, institute the appropriate criminal proceedings under the laws of this state. The commissioner may pay extradition and witness expenses and other costs associated with the case.(b) Complaints of insurance fraud shall be accepted from Kansas consumers, other divisions within the insurance department, other state and federal law enforcement agencies, and insurance companies. The criminal anti-fraud division's investigators shall prepare clear and concise reports concerning investigations and preserve evidence.(c) The criminal anti-fraud division shall assist in the preparation and presentation of criminal cases as requested by the attorney general or county or district attorney. The criminal anti-fraud division shall perform other such duties in the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of insurance fraud as may be necessary. Such preparation may include affidavits, interviews, preservation of evidence and securing the attendance of individuals involved in the case. In presenting the prosecution's case, members of the criminal anti-fraud division may testify as to the facts of the case.History: L. 2007, ch. 146, § 1; L. 2017, ch. 81, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-201 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-201 Insurance company defined.

40-201. Insurance company defined. For the purposes of this article the term "insurance company" shall, unless otherwise provided, apply to all corporations, companies, associations, societies, persons or partnerships writing contracts of insurance, indemnity or suretyship upon any type of risk or loss: Provided, however, That this definition shall not be held to include fraternal benefit societies as defined in section 40-701 of this code or hospitals or hospital associations which have been in operation ten years or more.History: L. 1927, ch. 231, 40-201; L. 1935, ch. 193, § 1; March 14.
KS Stat § 40-202 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-202 Code inapplicable to certain lodges, societies, persons and associations.

40-202. Code inapplicable to certain lodges, societies, persons and associations. Nothing contained in this code shall apply to:(a) Grand or subordinate lodges of any fraternal benefit society which admits to membership only persons engaged in one or more hazardous occupations in the same or similar line of business or to fraternal benefit societies as defined in and organized under article 7 of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, unless they be expressly designated;(b) the employees of a particular person, firm, or corporation;(c) mercantile associations which simply guarantee insurance to each other in the same lines of trade and do not solicit insurance from the general public;(d) the Swedish mutual aid association of Rapp, Osage county, Kansas;(e) the Scandia mutual protective insurance company, of Chanute, Kansas;(f) the Seneca and St. Benedict mutual fire insurance company of Nemaha county, Kansas;(g) the mutual insurance system practiced in the Mennonite church, in accordance with an old custom, either by the congregation themselves or by special associations, of its members in Kansas;(h) the Kansas state high-school activities association;(i) the mutual aid association of the church of the brethren; or(j) a voluntary noncontractual mutual aid arrangement whereby the needs of participants are announced and accommodated through subscriptions to a monthly publication.History: L. 1927, ch. 231, 40-202; L. 1931, ch. 202, § 1; L. 1935, ch. 194, § 1; L. 1941, ch. 256, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 271, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 291, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 173, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 108, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 134, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-203 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-203 Name of company or society; submission of name to commissioner.

40-203. Name of company or society; submission of name to commissioner. No insurance company or fraternal benefit society organized under the laws of this state shall adopt the name of any existing company or society, or any name so similar as to mislead the public. No foreign insurance company or society shall be licensed in this state which bears the name of any company or society already licensed in this state, or of any insurance company or fraternal benefit society organized under the laws of this state, or any name so similar as to mislead the public. The commissioner shall require the name of every domestic insurer to be submitted to him prior to commencement of business and may reject any name so submitted when it is so similar to that of any other corporation as to mislead or tend to mislead the public.History: L. 1927, ch. 231, 40-203; L. 1968, ch. 4, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 48, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-204 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-204 Unlawful to offer stock for sale without permit from commissioner; void shares, when.

40-204. Unlawful to offer stock for sale without permit from commissioner; void shares, when. It shall be unlawful for any insurance company or health maintenance organization, its agents or representatives, to offer the stock of such company for sale unless it shall have first obtained from the commissioner of insurance a permit authorizing and providing the terms of such sale. Any share of stock issued by an insurance company or health maintenance organization without a permit of the commissioner authorizing the same in effect at the time of issue, shall be void. Any share of stock issued under a permit of the commissioner shall be void unless its provisions conform to the provisions, if any, required by the permit.History: L. 1927, ch. 231, 40-204; L. 1965, ch. 295, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 169, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-205a (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-205a Application for license to sell stock of insurance company or health maintenance organization, fee.

40-205a. Application for license to sell stock of insurance company or health maintenance organization, fee. No person shall do any act toward selling the stock of any insurance company or health maintenance organization unless such person first obtains from the commissioner of insurance written authority to engage in the business of selling the stock of such company. Such applicant shall first be appointed in writing by the president or secretary of the company for which such applicant intends to sell stock. The applicant for such license shall file with the commissioner of insurance the applicant's written application for a license authorizing the applicant to engage in the business of selling such stock. The applicant shall make sworn answers to such interrogatories as the commissioner of insurance shall require. The fee charged for the issuance of such license shall be $100 and shall be paid to the commissioner of insurance by the company requesting such license.History: L. 1931, ch. 208, § 1; L. 1996, ch. 169, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-205b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-205b Denial of application to sell stock as agent; hearing.

40-205b. Denial of application to sell stock as agent; hearing. The commissioner of insurance shall have the power to deny any applicant's application, if the applicant is not of a good business reputation, if the best interests of the public will not be served under such license, or for any other good cause appearing to the commissioner of insurance. Any applicant may request a hearing on the question of granting or refusing a license. Upon such request, the commissioner of insurance shall conduct a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act.History: L. 1931, ch. 208, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 313, § 70; July 1, 1985.
KS Stat § 40-205c (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-205c Revocation of agent's license; hearing.

40-205c. Revocation of agent's license; hearing. Whenever the commissioner of insurance is in possession of information indicating that any licensed agent is not of good business repute, or does not serve the interest of the public under such license, or for any other good cause, the commissioner of insurance may issue an order requiring such agent to show cause why the agent's license should not be revoked, and in any such order the commissioner of insurance shall fix the time and place for a hearing which shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. After the hearing, the commissioner of insurance shall have the right to continue or revoke the license according to the findings made at such hearing.History: L. 1931, ch. 208, § 3; L. 1984, ch. 313, § 71; July 1, 1985.
KS Stat § 40-205d (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-205d Appeal of commission's decision.

40-205d. Appeal of commission's decision. Any person aggrieved by the commission's decision shall have the right to appeal the decision in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas judicial review act.History: L. 1931, ch. 208, § 4; L. 1984, ch. 313, § 72; L. 2010, ch. 17, § 66; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-205e (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-205e Penalty.

40-205e. Penalty. The punishment for failure of a person to have a license as required by this act shall be a fine of not to exceed $500, or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or both.History: L. 1931, ch. 208, § 5; March 16.
KS Stat § 40-207 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-207 Secretary and certain officers to give bond.

40-207. Secretary and certain officers to give bond. The board of directors or other managing body of every insurance company organized under the laws of this state shall require the secretary, and all other officers having the care and handling of the funds and securities of the company, to give a good and sufficient bond to cover the term for which they are elected, appointed or employed, conditioned for the faithful accounting and disbursement of all money that may come into their hands; such bond to be in an amount named and to be approved by the board of directors, and other governing body, and to be held by a custodian to be designated by such board or body, and the expense of providing such a bond may be charged to the operating expense of the company.History: L. 1927, ch. 231, 40-207; June 1.
KS Stat § 40-208 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-208 Examination by commissioner before issuance of certificate.

40-208. Examination by commissioner before issuance of certificate. Every insurance company organized under the laws of this state having fulfilled the conditions precedent required by this code shall notify the commissioner of insurance who shall, prior to issuing any certificate of authority, make an examination, or cause the same to be made by some disinterested person appointed by him for that purpose. The corporators or officers of such company shall be required to certify under oath to the person making such examination that the money, notes, stocks, bonds, mortgages, deeds of trust and all obligations exhibited to him are the bona fide property of the company.History: L. 1927, ch. 231, 40-208; June 1.
KS Stat § 40-209b (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-209b Same; act supplemental.

40-209b. Same; act supplemental. That this act is supplemental to and in no wise derogatory of or amending or repealing any existing statutes prescribing the powers and duties of the state insurance department.History: L. 1931, ch. 210, § 2; May 28.
KS Stat § 40-210 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-210 Foreign companies outside United States; permission to transact business; assets; condition.

40-210. Foreign companies outside United States; permission to transact business; assets; condition. To determine whether any insurance company organized under the laws of any government or state, other than one of the United States, may be permitted to transact the business of insurance, indemnity or suretyship in this state, the commissioner of insurance shall observe and be governed by the following rule: Such company shall be credited with all assets, at their actual value, which it may have deposited for the security of its policyholders within the United States in the insurance departments or with the chief financial officers of the several states of the United States, and with all assets it may have deposited for like purpose with and in the name of trustees appointed by such company, residents of the United States, approved by the chief officer of the insurance department of the state where such trustees reside or the commissioner of insurance of this state: Provided, That the plainly expressed terms and conditions of the deed or instrument under and by virtue of which such deposit is made and held by trustees are such that, until all liabilities secured by such deposit are canceled, there shall at all times be one or more acting trustees thereunder competent and authorized to hold, control and manage such trust to the full extent and for all the purposes for which it was created.Any of the assets of the trust may be released therefrom upon substitution of other legally qualified assets of at least equivalent value. Assets in excess of the deposits required by law may be released from the trust upon the authority of the supervisory official designated in the trust agreement, which trust agreement shall have been approved by the chief officer of the insurance department of the state where such deed is filed or the commissioner of insurance of this state. A statement showing all assets deposited or released from the trust shall be furnished the commissioner of insurance of this state at such times as he, in his discretion may require, but not less than once each year: And provided further, That such company shall only have credit for such assets so deposited as are permitted under the laws of its domicile, but such assets shall be of a quality substantially as high as those permitted for investment by like domestic insurers.History: L. 1927, ch. 231, 40-210; L. 1951, ch. 292, § 1; June 30.
KS Stat § 40-211 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-211 Amount of deposit of foreign company outside United States.

40-211. Amount of deposit of foreign company outside United States. No insurance company organized under the laws of any government or state other than one of the United States, shall be permitted to transact the business of insurance in this state unless the aggregate of such deposits shall be at least one hundred thousand dollars in excess of all its liabilities in the United States for unpaid losses, unearned premiums on risks not expired, and all other liabilities in the United States.History: L. 1927, ch. 231, 40-211; June 1.
KS Stat § 40-212 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-212 Credit for reinsured risks.

40-212. Credit for reinsured risks. In considering the liabilities of any insurance company organized under the laws of any government or state other than one of the United States, it shall not be credited with risks reinsured, except for such risks as are reinsured in companies doing business in the United States, and which are or might, under the statutes of this state, be permitted to do business in this state.History: L. 1927, ch. 231, 40-212; June 1.
KS Stat § 40-213 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-213 Unlawful transfer of premium notes.

40-213. Unlawful transfer of premium notes. It shall be unlawful for any insurance company or any agent thereof who shall have accepted premium notes in payment for policies of insurance to sell or assign such note or notes prior to the delivery of the policy or policies to the insured.History: L. 1927, ch. 231, 40-213; June 1.
KS Stat § 40-214 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-214 Conditions under which insurance may be written; certificate of authority; revocation, when; unlawful acts.

40-214. Conditions under which insurance may be written; certificate of authority; revocation, when; unlawful acts. It shall be unlawful for any person, company, corporation or fraternal benefit society to transact the business of insurance, indemnity or suretyship, or do any act toward transacting such business, unless such person, company, corporation or fraternal benefit society shall have been duly authorized under the laws of this state to transact such business and shall have received proper written authority from the commissioner of insurance in conformity with the provisions of the laws of this state relative to insurance, indemnity and suretyship, and further, it shall be unlawful for any insurance company to effect contracts of insurance in this state on the life or person of residents of this state or on property located in this state except through persons duly licensed and certified in accordance with the insurance laws of this state and subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 40-245, and amendments thereto. Neither the enrollment of individuals under a group policy nor the inclusion of insurance in a credit transaction under an arrangement for its purchase by the creditor in compliance with the applicable provisions of the uniform consumer credit code shall constitute the effecting of a contract of insurance.It shall be unlawful for any insurance company organized under the laws of this state to do business in any other state or territory of the United States without being first legally admitted and authorized to do business under the laws of such state or territory, and the insurance commissioner may revoke the license of any insurance company organized under the laws of this state and doing business in another state or territory without being first authorized so to do, and may require said company to pay the taxes upon the business so unlawfully written to the state or territory in which the business was written as provided by the laws of said state or territory. A company shall be considered admitted and authorized for the purposes of this section when it has been legally authorized to operate in such other state or territory as a nonadmitted insurer.History: L. 1927, ch. 231, 40-214; L. 1929, ch. 196, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 209, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 184, § 2; L. 1979, ch. 133, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 40-215 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 40 - Insurance|Article 2 - General Provisions|40-215 Duration of licenses and certificates.

40-215. Duration of licenses and certificates. All certificates and licenses granted under this code shall continue in force until suspended, revoked, or otherwise terminated by the commissioner of insurance.History: L. 1927, ch. 231, 40-215; L. 1978, ch. 167, § 1; July 1.