An accountant and industry executive has won the Republican nomination for Kansas insurance commissioner.
Ken Selzer, of Leawood, emerged from a field of five candidates in the Aug. 5 primary. He will face Democrat and Overland Park businessman Dennis Anderson in the November election.
Three-term Republican Commissioner Sandy Praeger didn’t seek re-election.
Selzer is a certified public accountant and an executive managing director of Aon Benfield. According to Selzer’s campaign bio, he has extensive experience in insurance and reinsurance, and has earned a number of professional designations in the insurance and reinsurance industries.
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