STAFF CONTACTS

Commissioner of Insurance

Sandy Praeger (Commissioner) 

        Began Present Term:

January 2007

        Term of Office:

4 Years

        Elected/Appointed:

Elected

        Prior Vocation:

Senator/Chair of the Senate Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee

Assistant Commissioner

Bob Tomlinson (btomlins)

Assistant to the Commissioner

Karen Rippel (krippel)

Anti-Fraud Director

Ted Clark (tclark)

Chief Attorney
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John Campbell (jcampbel)
Deletria Nash (dnash)
Zac Anshutz (zanshutz)
Elihue Brunson (ebrunson)
Susan Ellmaker (sellmake)
Stacy Bond (sbond)
Ezra Ginzburg (eginzbur)

Fire and Casualty Director

Dick Cook (dcook)

Life Director

Marlyn K. Burch (mburch)

Accident and Health Director

Jay Rogers (jrogers)

Consumer Assistance Division Director

Jim Welch (jwelch)

Agents Division Director

Leroy Brungardt (lbrungar)

Chief Examiner

Ken Abitz (kabitz)

Officer in Charge of Life Insurance

Marlyn K. Burch

Officer in Charge of A&H

Jay Rogers

Market Conduct Supervisor

Lyle Behrens (lbehrens)

SPECIFIC SUBJECTS

Annual Statements

Marlyn K. Burch, Dick Cook, Jay Rogers

Deposits

Charlotte Humberg

Examinations

Agents - Leroy Brungardt
Companies – Ken Abitz

Fees

Agents - Leroy Brungardt
Companies - Marlyn K. Burch, Jay Rogers, Dick Cook

Group Insurance

Life - Marlyn K. Burch
A&H - Jay Rogers
Annuities - Marlyn K. Burch

Individual Insurance

Life - Marlyn K. Burch
A&H - Jay Rogers
Annuities - Marlyn K. Burch

Licensing

Agents - Leroy Brungardt
Companies – Ken Abitz

Policy & Other Form Filings

Life - Marlyn K. Burch
A&H - Jay Rogers
Annuities - Marlyn K. Burch

Rate Filings

Where applicable to life companies - Marlyn K. Burch
Where applicable to accident and health companies – Jay Rogers
Where applicable to fire and casualty companies – Dick Cook

Variable Contracts

Individual Life, Group Life, Individual Annuities, Group Annuities - Marlyn K. Burch