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| Formation | March 1, 1871 |
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The Kansas Insurance Commissioner (KIC), in full the Kansas State Insurance Commissioner, has the primary responsibility to the people whose personal lives are protected by insurance in the state of Kansas. It is an elected position and is currently held by Republican Vicki Schmidt. [1]
The Kansas Insurance Department was established by the Kansas Legislature in 1871. It has four major regulatory functions:
The office was known as the Superintendent of Insurance until 1927, when the title changed to Commissioner of Insurance. Since the office's inception, it has primarily been held by the Republican Party, with only 3 office holders not being members of the Republican party. All but 14 years of the office's existence has been with a Republican.
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| Name | Term | Party |
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| William C. Webb | 1871–1873 | Republican |
| Edward Russell | 1873–1874 | |
| Harrison Clarkson | 1874–1875 | |
| Orrin T. Welch | 1875–1883 | |
| Richard B. Morris | 1883–1887 | Democratic |
| Daniel W. Wilder | 1887–1891 | Republican |
| W. H. McBride | 1891–1893 | |
| S. H. Snider | 1893–1895 | |
| George T. Anthony | 1895–1896 | |
| Alexander P. Riddle | 1896–1897 | |
| Webb McNall | 1897–1899 | Populist |
| Willard V. Church | 1899–1903 | Republican |
| Charles H. Luling | 1903–1907 | |
| Charles W. Barnes | 1907–1911 | |
| Isaac S. Lewis | 1911–1915 | |
| Carey J. Wilson | 1915–1919 | |
| Frank L. Travis | 1919–1923 | |
| William R. Baker | 1923–1927 |
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| William R. Baker | 1927–1929 | Republican |
| Charles F. Hobbs | 1929–1947 | |
| Frank Sullivan | 1947–1971 | |
| Fletcher Bell | 1971–1991 | |
| Ronald L. Todd | 1991–1995 | |
| Kathleen Sebelius | 1995–2003 | Democratic |
| Sandy Praeger | 2003–2015 | Republican |
| Ken Selzer | 2015–2019 | |
| Vicki Schmidt | 2019–present |
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