40-201a. Service contract; definitions; exemption from regulation. (a) The marketing, sale, offering for sale, issuance, making, proposing to make and administration of a service contract shall not be construed to be the business of insurance and shall be exempt from regulation as insurance pursuant to chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
(b) For the purposes of this section:
(1) "Service contract" means a contract or agreement for a separate or additional consideration, for any specified duration, to service, repair, replace or maintain all or any part of any structural component, appliance or utility system of any residential property, consumer good or other property; or to indemnify for service, repair, replacement or maintenance for consumer good or other property, due to a defect in materials, workmanship, normal wear and tear; or as a result of power surges or as a result of accidental damage from the handling of any consumer good or other property, with or without additional provision for indemnity payments, when service repair or replacement is not reasonably, commercially or economically feasible. A service contract may also include additional provisions for incidental payment of indemnity under limited circumstances, including, but not limited to, towing, rental and emergency road service.
(2) "Service contract" also includes any nonconsumer commercial service contract.
(3) "Service contract" includes, but is not limited to, a contract that offers any one or more of the following services:
(A) The repair or replacement of tires or wheels on a motor vehicle damaged as a result of coming into contact with road hazards;
(B) the removal of dents, dings or creases on a motor vehicle that can be repaired using the process of paintless dent removal without affecting the existing paint finish and without replacing vehicle body panels, sanding, bonding or painting; and
(C) the replacement of a motor vehicle key or key-fob in the event that the key or key-fob becomes inoperable or is lost or stolen.
(4) "Service contract" does not include an automobile club service contract. As used in this paragraph, "automobile club service contract" means a service contract that provides, in consideration of dues, assessments or periodic payments of money, promises to assist in matters relating to travel and the operation, use and maintenance of an automobile in the supply of features or services or reimbursement thereof, which may include:
(A) Such services as community traffic safety services, travel and touring service, theft or reward service, map service, towing service, emergency road service, bail bond service and legal fee reimbursement service in the defense of traffic offenses, none of which enumerated features or services, if provided by the promisor itself, shall be subject to the insurance laws of this state;
(B) the purchase of accidental injury and death benefits insurance coverage issued, as provided by applicable statutes, by an insurance company authorized to do business in Kansas; or
(C) such other features or services not deemed by the commissioner to constitute the business of insurance.
(5) "Road hazard" means a hazard that is encountered while driving a motor vehicle, including, but not be limited to, potholes, rocks, wood debris, metal parts, glass, plastic, curbs or composite scraps.
(c) (1) No service contract that is exempt from regulation as insurance pursuant to chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, pursuant to this section shall contain any provision for consequential damages unless such consequential damages are caused by the failure of service, repair, replacement or maintenance rendered under the service contract.
(2) No service contract that is exempt from regulation as insurance pursuant to chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, pursuant to this section shall contain any provision, except as exempt by this section, that would otherwise be covered by a contract of property or liability insurance issued in this state.
History: L. 2005, ch. 140, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 73, § 1; L. 2017, ch. 72, § 3; L. 2021, ch. 108, § 2; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 2 - General Provisions
40-201 Insurance company defined.
40-201a Service contract; definitions; exemption from regulation.
40-202 Code inapplicable to certain lodges, societies, persons and associations.
40-203 Name of company or society; submission of name to commissioner.
40-204 Unlawful to offer stock for sale without permit from commissioner; void shares, when.
40-205b Denial of application to sell stock as agent; hearing.
40-205c Revocation of agent's license; hearing.
40-205d Appeal of commission's decision.
40-207 Secretary and certain officers to give bond.
40-208 Examination by commissioner before issuance of certificate.
40-209b Same; act supplemental.
40-210 Foreign companies outside United States; permission to transact business; assets; condition.
40-211 Amount of deposit of foreign company outside United States.
40-212 Credit for reinsured risks.
40-213 Unlawful transfer of premium notes.
40-215 Duration of licenses and certificates.
40-217 Contents of policies of foreign company.
40-219 Failure of company to pay judgment.
40-220 Action against insurance company to be brought in this state; injunction.
40-221a Reinsurance of risks of and by Kansas companies; procedure; requirements.
40-221b Reinsurance of risks of and by Kansas companies; procedure; requirements; definitions.
40-222a Examination of corporations organizing domestic insurance companies.
40-222c Same; insurance company defined.
40-222d Same; company deemed to be in hazardous financial condition, when.
40-222e Same; suspension, revocation or refusal to renew certificate.
40-222f Examination of condition of company; definitions.
40-223 Fees for examinations; compensation and expenses for examiners.
40-223a Insurance company annual statement examination fund established; purpose.
40-223b Same; compensation and expenses of examiners.
40-223c Same; duties of commissioner; warrants of director of accounts and reports.
40-223d Same; insufficiency of fund; transfer from general fund, limitation; files.
40-223f Same; compensation and expenses of persons receiving training.
40-223g Same; payments from revolving fund.
40-223h Property and casualty actuarial opinion letter law; citation of act.
40-223i Same; actuarial opinion, contents; procedure.
40-223j Same; authority of commissioner; rules and regulations.
40-224 When disbursements to be made only on voucher or affidavit.
40-229 Valuation of securities.
40-230a Deposit of securities purchased from sale of stock during organization period.
40-231 Dealing in goods, wares and merchandise prohibited; exceptions.
40-232 Sale of stock with insurance.
40-233 Dividends, interest or bonus; payment from earned surplus.
40-234a Reserves required for accident and health policies; unearned premium reserves.
40-234b Unearned premium reserves required for domestic title insurance companies.
40-234c Unearned premium reserves required of foreign title insurance company.
40-236 Statements made with intent to injure company.
40-237 Contracts and promissory notes by minors.
40-238 Resident general agents of foreign companies.
40-239 Definition; insurance agent.
40-240g Rules and regulations.
40-241h Waiver of examination in certain cases.
40-241j Annual report of agents contracted with and payment of certification fees; audit.
40-241k Rules and regulations; establishing fees for agents.
40-244 Representations without complying with code.
40-246a Penalties for violating 40-246; hearings.
40-246c Same; accounting of gross premiums and tax thereon; penalty.
40-246d Same; revocation or suspension of license, when.
40-246g Surplus lines producer; exempt commercial purchaser.
40-246h Commissioner; rules and regulations.
40-247 Insurance agent or broker failing to pay premium to company; penalty.
40-248 Discontinuance of business.
40-249 Policies to be issued within two years.
40-250 Companies subject to act.
40-251 Insurance commissioner; legal representation; judicial review of actions.
40-252c Same; credits; definitions.
40-252d Credit against premium tax for salaries paid to Kansas employees.
40-252e Small insurance company credit against premium tax.
40-252g Same; expiration of act.
40-253 Payment of fees and taxes in other states by Kansas companies; retaliatory measures, when.
40-253a Same; effect of certain tax credits.
40-256 Attorney fees in actions on insurance policies; exception.
40-257 Invalidity of code of 1927.
40-258 Actions to recover death benefits based on certain policies; distribution.
40-259 Continuity of management of domestic companies in national emergency; declaration of purpose.
40-260 Same; adoption of emergency bylaws; effect.
40-261 Same; effective provisions of law if emergency bylaws not adopted at time emergency occurs.
40-262 Same; succession national emergency lists; basis; conditions.
40-263 Same; home or principal office; alternate locations.
40-266 Unlawful acts in connection with sale of equity securities.
40-267 Provisions of 40-265, 40-266 inapplicable to certain sales; rules and regulations.
40-268 Provisions of 40-264 to 40-266 inapplicable to arbitrage transactions; exception.
40-269 Equity security defined.
40-270 Provisions of 40-264 to 40-266 inapplicable to equity securities of domestic companies, when.
40-271 Rules and regulations by commissioner.
40-272 Same; proxies, consents or authorization concerning securities of domestic companies.
40-273 Joint underwriting and joint reinsurance; filing requirements; changes; prohibitions.
40-274 Same; solicitation; countersignature requirements.
40-276 Cancellation of automobile liability insurance; definitions.
40-276a Automobile liability insurance policies; denial of renewal; notice; conditions; exceptions.
40-277 Same; limitations on policy conditions for cancellation.
40-281 Hearings by commissioner on any matter relating to insurance; procedure; subpoena.
40-283 Same; interest not subject to certain provisions.
40-285 Same; uninsured motor vehicle includes vehicle whose insurer is insolvent.
40-286 Same; extent of insurer's insolvency protection.
40-287 Same; subrogation rights.
40-288 Same; provisions of article 22 of chapter 40 not required.
40-296 Same; offer of insurance by one of group of affiliated insurors, effect.
40-297 Same; group of affiliated insurors defined.
40-298 Sale of insurance in connection with sale and financing of automobile; definitions.
40-2,103 Application of designated statutes.
40-2,105b Same; insurance coverage for psychotherapeutic drugs used for treatment of mental illness.
40-2,108 Same; rules and regulations by commissioner.
40-2,109 Mental or physical handicaps; rate discrimination prohibited; enforcement.
40-2,110 Reporting fire losses; rules and regulations; report forms.
40-2,113 Nonliability for information relating to adverse underwriting decision.
40-2,115 Liability insurance coverage for punitive damages assessed against certain persons.
40-2,117 Provision of health services by professional provider; allowable charges.
40-2,119 Same; immunity from civil liability for certain persons.
40-2,120 Business or professional property or casualty insurance; cancellation, when.
40-2,121 Same; nonrenewal; notice required.
40-2,122 Cancellation or nonrenewal of policy; written explanation required.
40-2,123 Insurers authorized to discontinue certain business in state, when; enforcement.
40-2,126 Interest due on insurance settlements, when.
40-2,127 Same; application to multiple payments.
40-2,128 Same; rules and regulations.
40-2,129 Managing general agents; title of act.
40-2,131 Same; licensure requirements; bond.
40-2,133 Same; utilization by insurer; acts required to be performed by and prohibitions on insurer.
40-2,134 Same; acts deemed to be acts of insurer; examination.
40-2,136 Same; rules and regulations.
40-2,137 Assessment of costs of certain administrative hearings, guidelines, procedure.
40-2,153 Insurance coverage to allow choice of pharmacy providers.
40-2,154 Medicaid eligibility and coverage; prohibitions.
40-2,155 Motor vehicle glass replacement; prohibitions; rights of the insured.
40-2,159 Reports on a nonconsolidated basis; exception.
40-2,160 Coverage for minimum inpatient care following birth of child.
40-2,161 Coverage for children in the custody of the commissioner of juvenile justice.
40-2,164 Coverage of prostate cancer screening.
40-2,165 Coverage of general anesthesia in conjunction with dental care for certain individuals.
40-2,166 Coverage of reconstructive breast surgery.
40-2,166a Coverage for osteoporosis.
40-2,167 Off-label use of prescription drugs; definitions.
40-2,168 Same; coverage for cancer treatment; exclusion from coverage prohibited.
40-2,169 Same; commissioner of insurance, powers.
40-2,170 Same; coverage not affected, when.
40-2,184 Coverage for orally administered anticancer medication.
40-2,185 Dental health insurance; fee setting provision, limitation on.
40-2,190 Abortion coverage; separate coverage; when required.
40-2,191 Same; severability clause.
40-2,192 Mandate lite health benefit plan act.
40-2,193 Specially designed policies; short-term policies.
40-2,194 Coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
40-2,195 Exclusive provider organization policy; requirements; exceptions; definitions.
40-2,201 Property and casualty insurance; group affiliated insurers; renewal of policy.
40-2,202 Same; limited lines; self-service storage units.
40-2,203 CGAD report required; contents; filing; rules and regulations.
40-2,210 Kansas telemedicine act; citation.
40-2,212 Same; confidentiality.
40-2,213 Same; application of; coverage parity established.
40-2,214 Same; prescribing of drugs via telemedicine.
40-2,215 Same; abortions delivered via telemedicine not authorized.