Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 40-204

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance of this state;

    (b) "company" means any person engaging in or proposing or attempting to engage in any transaction or kind of insurance or surety business and any person or group of persons who may otherwise be subject to the administrative, regulatory or taxing authority of the commissioner;

    (c) "department" means the department of insurance of this state;

    (d) "examiner" means any individual or firm having been authorized by the commissioner to conduct an examination under this act;

    (e) "insurer" shall have the meaning ascribed to the term "insurance company" by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 40-222f

  • insurance company: shall mean and include all corporations, companies, associations, societies, fraternal benefit societies, reciprocal exchanges, persons or partnerships writing contracts of insurance, indemnity or suretyship in this state upon any type of risk or loss except insurance companies transacting business pursuant to the provisions of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 40-222c

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.