News from the Surplus Lines Industry and InsCipher
Please review the important 2025 Annual Surplus Lines reporting reminder below from the Kansas Department of Insurance, which includes updated zero-reporting requirements. Our portal has been updated to reflect these changes.
Attention Kansas Licensed Excess Lines Agent:
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT KANSAS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR FILING EXCESS/SURPLUS LINES TAXES. PLEASE READ CARFULLY.
Filing submissions open on January 2nd.
Submission of your 2025 excess lines tax report must be submitted on the Surplus Lines Tax Filing System. If you have not logged into this system before, please go to Surplus Lines Tax Registration. If you have first received your surplus lines license within 2025, you will not be able to register until January as this system is updated once a year.
As a reminder, the report and payment in full must be submitted by March 1st.
There is no grace period for filing after March 1.
FAILURE TO TIMELY FILE YOUR REPORT AND PAY ANY TAXES OWED IN FULL WILL RESULT IN THE FOLLOWING:
Filing after March 1, 2026 will subject you to an assessment of a penalty of the greater of $100 or 10% of the taxes due.
Suspension of your excess lines license until such time as your tax report, taxes owed, and late filing penalty are submitted.
You will not to be able to renew your excess lines license on May 1, 2026, until your license is brought into good standing by filing your tax report, taxes owed, and late filing penalty.
Non-renewal of your excess line license will result in termination of your excess lines license, and you will be required to submit a new application.
You may also be subject to suspension of your resident or nonresident insurance producer’s license for failure to comply with your legal responsibility to file your excess lines tax report and related tax.
If your excess lines license became inactive or was surrendered or terminated in 2025, you still must file a report for the period of time in which you held a valid excess lines license.
You are required to pay your tax remittance at the time of filing your 2025 excess lines tax report. You cannot submit the report without electronic payment of the taxes owed. Available payment methods and instructions are supplied in Surplus Lines Tax Filing System. Paper checks are not accepted.
If you wrote no surplus lines business in 2025, a confirmation of such is required. You will find this confirmation in the Surplus Lines Tax Filing System.
Should you have questions about this matter, please contact the Rate and Form Compliance Division at 785-296-7844 or email KDOI.exlines@ks.gov.