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BEFORE THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF KANSAS In the Matter of ) Benchmark Insurance Company ) Docket No. 3425-MC ORDER Pursuant to the authority conferred to the Commissioner of Insurance in K.S.A. 40-222, Sandy Praeger, the duly elected, qualified Commissioner of Insurance hereby adopts the Kansas Insurance Department’s June 30, 2003 Report of Market Conduct Examination of Benchmark Insurance Company (attached herein as Attachment A) by incorporating the same in its entirety with specific findings stated as follows: Findings of Fact 1. The Commissioner of Insurance has jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to K.S.A. 40-222. 2. The Kansas Insurance Department (hereinafter “KID”) completed a market conduct examination of the Benchmark Insurance Company (hereinafter “Benchmark” or “the Company”) in June 2003. 3. On or about September 10, 2004, the examiner-in-charge provided Benchmark with a draft of the written Report of Market Conduct Examination with notice advising the company regarding its opportunity to prepare and submit to KID written comments, additions, or acceptance with respect to any and all matters contained in the report by October 15, 2004. 4. Benchmark responded with written comments regarding the draft report on October 11, 2004. (See Attachment B). 5. The Kansas Commissioner of Insurance has since fully reviewed said Kansas report. 6. Benchmark’s Kansas Manual for Non-standard Automobile - New ...