Establishing procedures for a civil action instituted by the commissioner of insurance related to fraudulent insurance acts, providing that expunged criminal records will be disclosed in any application for licensure as an insurance producer or public adjuster if the arrest, conviction or diversion is for a fraudulent insurance act and including automobile assigned claims plans in provisions related to fraudulent insurance acts.

Summary

The bill would let the Kansas Insurance Commissioner bring civil lawsuits against people who commit fraudulent insurance acts, with penalties up to $10,000, restitution and other court-ordered relief. It also requires anyone applying for an insurance producer or public adjuster license to disclose any expunged record that involved insurance fraud, and it extends these rules to automobile assigned claims plans. The measure was intended to strengthen enforcement of insurance fraud but died in committee.

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