Kansas City Life Insurance Company
publicly traded company
Kansas City Life Insurance Company is a public insurance company established in 1895 and located in Kansas City, Missouri. The company's 1,400 agents market individual life, annuity, and group products through agencies located in 48 US states and the District of Columbia. Variable life, variable annuities, mutual funds, and other investment options are offered through a subsidiary, Sunset Financial Services.
History
Beginning as Bankers Life Association in 1895, the company was founded by Major William Warner, President; J.H. North, Vice President; and S.E. Rumble, Secretary. Its headquarters were originally located in the Scheidley Building at Ninth and Main Street and later moved to the Navajo Building as the company expanded to Colorado and Minnesota. In 1900, the company changed its name from Bankers Life Association to Kansas City Life Insurance Company.
Litigation
In June 2019, after obtaining a judgment of $34 million for suing State Farm for overcharges in 2018, Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP and Miller Schirger, LLC filed lawsuit against Kansas City Life Insurance Co, alleging the company “systematically overcharged” clients.
In June 2019, two firms filed a class-action lawsuit against Kansas City Life Insurance alleging the company “systematically overcharged” customers without permission. “The policies may become unaffordable, leaving policy owners without life insurance when it is needed most,” the firms said in a joint news release.
In November 2019, a Kansas City Life Co.
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