Kansas legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas SB23: Requiring agents and insurers to respond to inquiries from the commissioner of insurance within 14 calendar days and authorizing certain rebate pilot programs to exceed one year in duration
Status: Signed into law, April 9, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning insurance; relating to the regulation thereof; reorganizing certain provisions that apply to foreign insurance companies seeking authorization to do business in Kansas; authorizing the suspension or revocation of a nonresident agent's license without notice and opportunity for a hearing after 30 days following notification to the commissioner that such nonresident agent no longer holds a home state license; requiring the commissioner of insurance to notify certain nonresident agents in writing of the revocation of such nonresident's license…
From the enrolled text, April 9, 2026:
AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the regulation thereof; reorganizing certain provisions that apply to foreign insurance companies seeking authorization to do business in Kansas; authorizing the suspension or revocation of a nonresident agent's license without notice and opportunity for a hearing after 30 days following notification to the commissioner that such nonresident agent no longer holds a home state license; requiring the commissioner of insurance to notify certain nonresident agents in writing of the revocation of such nonresident's license; requiring agents and public adjusters to respond to inquiries from the commissioner of insurance within 14 calendar days; amending K.S.A. 40-209 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 40-4906, 40-4909 and 40-5510 and repealing the existing sections. Section 1. K.S.A. 40-209 is hereby amended to read as follows: 40-209. (a) Any insurance company organized under the laws of any other country, state or territory, upon application, may be authorized to transact business in this state, when possessed of the required amount of paid-up capital and surplus, or surplus only if a mutual company, and: (1) Has made the deposit required by this code with the department of insurance of this or any other state in the United States; (2) participates to the extent possible in the insurance regulatory information system administered by the national association of insurance commissioners; (3) has submitted an examination …