Sandy Praeger
Encyclopedia
Sandy Praeger is the Republican
Kansas Insurance Commissioner
. She was first elected on November 2, 2002. Her term began January 13, 2003. She was re-elected in 2006 to the same position. Commissioner Praeger is responsible for regulating all insurance sold in Kansas and overseeing the nearly 1,700 insurance companies and 90,000 agents licensed to do business in the state.
Praeger is also the past-president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
, and has been their spokesperson in favor of maintaining state insurance regulation rather than an optional federal charter. http://www.ksinsurance.org/gpa/news/2008/RacicotLetter.pdf
Commissioner Praeger is a graduate of the University of Kansas.
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
Kansas Insurance Commissioner
Kansas Insurance Commissioner
The Kansas Insurance Commissioner , 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 Sandy Praeger.The Kansas Insurance...
. She was first elected on November 2, 2002. Her term began January 13, 2003. She was re-elected in 2006 to the same position. Commissioner Praeger is responsible for regulating all insurance sold in Kansas and overseeing the nearly 1,700 insurance companies and 90,000 agents licensed to do business in the state.
Praeger is also the past-president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is an Internal Revenue Code Section 501 non-profit organization which seeks to organize the regulatory and supervisory efforts of the various state insurance commissioners from around the United States. The NAIC was formed in 1871. Its current...
, and has been their spokesperson in favor of maintaining state insurance regulation rather than an optional federal charter. http://www.ksinsurance.org/gpa/news/2008/RacicotLetter.pdf
Commissioner Praeger is a graduate of the University of Kansas.
Organizations
- Speaker, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Speaker, American Association of Health Plans
- Founding Member, Court Appointed Special Advocates
- Speaker, Forum for State Health Policy Leadership
- Founding Member, Haskell Indian Nations University Foundation
- Founding Member, Health Care Access
- Speaker, National Association of Chain Drug Stores
- Speaker, National Association of Health Data Organizations
- President-Elect/Secretary/Treasurer, National Association of Insurance Commissioners
- Former Vice-Chair, National Association of Insurance Commissioners Midwestern Zone
- Speaker, National Conference of State Legislatures
- Board of Directors, United Way of Douglas County
- Speaker, Women in Government.
Past offices
- Kansas State Senate, elected 1992, 1996, 2000
- Kansas State Legislature, 1 term
- Mayor of Lawrence, KansasLawrence, KansasLawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...
, 1986–1987 - Lawrence City Commission, 1985–89