KIA&B 2015 Volume 20, Issue 3 | Page 9

| FROM THE COMMISSIONER | A brand new home Revamped website makes it easier for consumers, agents to find what they’re looking for KEN SELZER Kansas Insurance Commissioner E fficient and user-friendly. Those are key elements in the redesign of the Kansas Insurance Department’s (KID) website, located online at www.ksinsurance.org. The redesign went live earlier this spring. • A featured video screen, which allows viewing of current KID-produced insurance informational videos • A prominent Help section, with links to frequentlysought information I think agents and companies will especially find the homepage easier to navigate because many of the elements you use when you visit our site will be available in a drop-down format for easier retrieval. This is also true of our publications, which many of you distribute to your customers. They are readily available in drop-down form for desktop printing. Also included on the homepage are icons linking to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube items produced by KID; an icon to receive email notices of KID news; and links to the State of Kansas and National Association of Insurance Commissioners websites. The new KID homepage provides text and graphics that will quickly take users to other areas on the site through easily-navigated design elements. We reviewed ideas from a variety of sites throughout the United States and adapted them into a friendly design for our website users. Featured on the new homepage are the following: • Document Forms drop-down boxes for online services, publications and forms +