Aon Benfield Exec Selzer Wins GOP Primary for Kansas Insurance Post

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.