Sandy Praeger was always the team player and never the black sheep. As mayor of Lawrence, state representative, state senator and now Kansas’ three-term insurance commissioner, Praeger was mainstream Republican all the way and a close ally of former Gov. …
A certified public accountant from Leawood who’s also an insurance industry executive has launched a campaign for the Republican nomination for Kansas insurance commissioner. Ken Selzer announced that he’s running for the regulatory position, and he’ll face at least two …
The Oklahoma Senate has advanced a proposal that would allow voters to make the offices of state superintendent, insurance commissioner and labor commissioner gubernatorial appointments. In a statement released by the Senate, Sen. Greg Treat, author of Senate Bill 598, …
Oklahoma voters will decide whether to increase the governor’s appointment powers under a bill that sailed through a Senate committee, despite concern about consolidating too much power in the executive branch. The Senate General Government Committee voted 6-1 for the …
The Kansas securities commissioner has resigned and announced plans to pursue opportunities in the private sector. Aaron Jack is seeking the 2014 Republican nomination for state insurance commissioner. He previously served in the Kansas Legislature from 2009 to 2011. Jack’s …
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has name an executive with a West Des Moines financial group as the state’s new insurance commissioner. Thirty-seven-year-old Nick Gerhart, of Des Moines, will replace Susan Voss, who is retiring. He will begin his new job …
A former North Dakota Democratic U.S. Senate candidate says he’s running instead for state insurance commissioner. Tom Potter is a former finance instructor at the University of North Dakota. He now serves as a pastor at a Presbyterian church in …
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is retaining his elected post. Donelon, a Republican from Metairie, sailed to re-election on Oct. 22. He defeated little-known Democrat Donald Hodge, who criticized Donelon for receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations …
Alfred W. Gross, who served as insurance commissioner for the state of Virginia for 14 years until he retired last year, has passed away, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). Gross retired last December at age 64 …
The director of the South Carolina agency that oversees much of state government operations has resigned, six months after Gov. Nikki Haley picked her for the job, to take a role in government in her home state of Texas. Texas …
