Kansas § 40-966 - Premiums; account charged in accordance with act; rebates and other inducements prohibited

§ 40-966. Premiums; account charged in accordance with act; rebates and other inducements prohibited

40-966. Premiums; account charged in accordance with act; rebates and other inducements prohibited. (a) No broker or producer shall knowingly charge, demand or receive a premium for any policy of insurance except in accordance with the provisions of this act. No insurer or employee thereof and no broker or producer shall pay, allow, give, offer to pay, or allow to give, directly or indirectly, as an inducement to insurance, or after insurance has been effected, any rebate, discount, abatement, credit or reduction of the premium named in a policy of insurance, or any special favor or advantage in the dividends or other benefits to accrue thereon, or any valuable consideration or inducement whatever, not specified in the policy of insurance, except to the extent provided for in an applicable filing or otherwise permitted by law. No insured named in a policy of insurance, or any employee of such insured shall knowingly receive or accept directly or indirectly, any such rebate, discount, abatement, credit or reduction of premium, or any such special favor or valuable consideration or inducement. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the payment of commissions or other compensation to duly licensed agents and brokers, nor as prohibiting any insurer from allowing or returning to its participating policyholder, members or subscribers, dividends, savings or unabsorbed premium deposits.(b) As used in this section, "insurance" includes suretyship and "policy" includes bond.History: L. 1997, ch. 154, § 16; L. 2022, ch. 21, § 1; July 1.