Kansas Insurance Commissioner

The Kansas Insurance Commissioner (KIC) is in charge of helping the people whose lives are protected by insurance in the state of Kansas. The Insurance Commissioner is elected. The current Insurance Commissioner is Republican Vicki Schmidt.

Insurance Commissioner of the State of Kansas
Incumbent Vicki Schmidt since January 14, 2019
Formation	March 1, 1871

List of Insurance Commissioners

The office used to called the Superintendent of Insurance. In 1927, the name changed to Commissioner of Insurance.

Kansas State Superintendents of Insurance

Name	Term	Party
William C. Webb	1871–1873	Republican
Edward Russell	1873–1874	Republican
Harrison Clarkson	1874–1875	Republican
Orrin T. Welch	1875–1883	Republican
Richard B. Morris	1883–1887	Democratic
Daniel W. Wilder	1887–1891	Republican
W. H. McBride	1891–1893	Republican
S. H. Snider	1893–1895	Republican
George T. Anthony	1895–1896	Republican
Alexander P. Riddle	1896–1897	Republican
Webb McNall	1897–1899	Populist
Willard V. Church	1899–1903	Republican
Charles H. Luling	1903–1907	Republican
Charles W. Barnes	1907–1911	Republican
Isaac S. Lewis	1911–1915	Republican
Carey J. Wilson	1915–1919	Republican
Frank L. Travis	1919–1923	Republican
William R. Baker	1923–1927	Republican

Kansas State Commissioners of Insurance

Name	Term	Party
William R. Baker	1927–1929	Republican
Charles F. Hobbs	1929–1947	Republican
Frank Sullivan	1947–1971	Republican
Fletcher Bell	1971–1991	Republican
Ronald L. Todd	1991–1995	Republican
Kathleen Sebelius	1995–2003	Democratic
Sandy Praeger	2003–2015	Republican
Ken Selzer	2015–2019	Republican
Vicki Schmidt	2019–present	Republican

Other websites

• Kansas Insurance Department publications at Kansas Government Information (KGI) Online Library Archived 2017-07-10 at the Wayback Machine