Industry Exec Elected Insurance Commissioner in Kansas

Kansas voters have elected Republican Ken Selzer, an executive managing director at reinsurance broker Aon Benfield, as the state’s new insurance commissioner.

He defeated Democrat Dennis Anderson by a vote of 62 percent to 38 percent, according to the Kansas Secretary of State’s office.

Selzer of Leawood, Kan., is also a certified public accountant. He replaces retiring three-term GOP incumbent Sandy Praeger, who is retiring.