Kansas Insurance Department News

Former Claims Adjuster Ordered to Repay Farm Bureau $20,000 in Fraud Case

A former insurance adjuster was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution for insurance fraud involving wrecked vehicles, according to an announcement by the Kansas Insurance Department. The Ford County District Court late last month sentenced Eric …

Kansas Insurance Department Names Banks Comptroller

Sandy Praeger, Kansas Commissioner of Insurance, appointed Joyce R. Banks, current assistant comptroller for the Kansas Insurance Department (KID), as the agency’s new comptroller. Banks is replacing Kathy Bohnhoff, who is retiring from the department after 13 years. Banks began …

Kansas Insurance Department Seeking to Increase Insurer Fees

The Kansas Insurance Department says it needs to raise fees on insurance companies because its long-term cash flow is uncertain. The department says its regulatory fund is depleted because legislators and Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration has repeatedly used the money …