Kansas Agents and Company Representatives get a firsthand opportunity to check out the view from the Speaker’s desk in the House Chambers while visiting the Capital for Kansas Agents Legislative Day.
Front row: Kristy Wilson, Holton; Cindy Hower, Holton; David Hall, Wichita; Lynn Miller, Wichita; Nancy Bingham, Wichita; Ashley Mitchell, Wichita; Will Larson, Topeka; Scott Stuckey, Junction City; Ryan
Murry, El Dorado; Mike Akin, Wichita; Second row: Chris Bohrer, Parsons; Ardis Ann Diehl, Lyndon; Tom Bryon, Shawnee Mission; Lee Hays, Overland Park; Pat Martin, Lenexa; Stan Jackson, Hays; Kevin
O’Brien, Overland Park; Mark Lowry, Stockton; Doug Smart, Abilene; Melissa Lauer, Wichita; Chad Fuqua, Hesston; Robert Richey, Wichita; Ron Bolz, Lyndon; Tammy Minihan, Wichita; Gary Alford,
Wichita; Jolene Biggs, Great Bend; Third row: David Hulcher, Lawrence; Lyle Davidson, Delphos; Scott Strong, Cheney.
KANSAS AGENTS
LEGISLATIVE DAY
T
he KAIA’s annual Kansas Agents Legislative
Day was in Topeka on Wednesday March 8.
Agents from across the state gathered to learn
more about key issues affecting the industry
and to discuss those issues one-on-one with their state
legislators. The program included briefings from some
of the state’s top insurance decision-makers followed by a
reception and steak dinner for agents and legislators.
This year the assembled KAIA members heard from
Governor Sam Brownback, Speaker of the House Ron
Ryckman Jr., Senator Jeff Longbine (Chair of the Senate
Insurance Committee) and Representative Jene Vickery
(Chair of the House Insurance Committee). Also, attendees
received updates from key legislative leaders on the three
major issues facin g the legislature this session: Budget,
Taxes and K-12 Finance.
Kansas Governor, Sam Brownback, meets with Kansas Agents and Company Representatives briefly to discuss issues that affect our consumers.
Front row: Mike Akin, Wichita; Cindy Hower, Holton, Chad Fuqua, Hesston; Governor Brownback; Tammy Minihan, Wichita; Scott Stuckey, Junction City; Lee Hays, Overland Park;
Ashley Mitchell, Wichita; back row: Stan Jackson, Hays; Gary Alford, Wichita; Lyle Davidson, Delphos; Ryan Murry, El Dorado; Kristy Wilson, Holton; Doug Smart, Abilene; Tom Bryon,
Shawnee Mission; David Hall, Wichita; Scott Strong, Cheney; Pat Martin, Lenexa