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- 2. Kansas City Life was founded as Banker's Life Association and Major William Warner served as the first president.
- 5. The Kansas City Life Home Office sits on approximately five acres of land purchased for $200,000.
- 6. Thomas Hoenig, former Vice Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) now serves on Kansas City Life's Board of Directors to fill an unexpired term.
- 8. If the insured of a term insurance policy lives past the term period, then most term policies will terminate.
- 9. Kansas City Life's A (Excellent) rating from A.M. Best means the Company has a strong ability to meet their obligations to policyowners over a long period of time.
- 13. The Board of Director's room on the third floor on the North Building contains a solid walnut table that was brought in through a window due to its size.
- 15. Annuities provide tax-advantaged growth and can pay you a guaranteed income for life.
- 16. Kansas City Life’s wholly owned broker/dealer subsidiary Sunset Financial Services distributes variable life and variable annuity options.
- 18. The lobby of the South Building contains a collage that was gifted to the Company by general agents in 1986.
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- 1. Policyowners often came into the Broadway Lobby to pay their policy premiums.
- 3. The kugel of the 100th Anniversary Commemorative Plaza rotates on a thin stream of water, which results in the 2,155 pound granite sphere changes direction every nine minutes.
- 4. The plaques installed in the Broadway Lobby entrance honor Agency Builders Award winners.
- 7. In 1945, Kansas City Life introduced The President's Club, a sales recognition program, to celebrate the Company's 50th anniversary.
- 10. The Great Wall of China, as depicted in one of the Broadway Lobby's murals, shows the wall being built to serve as insurance against invasion.
- 11. For nearly 125 years, Kansas City Life Insurance Company has been dedicated to the present and financial future of our customers.
- 12. At the time Kansas City Life was founded, Kansas City was known as the Athens of the West and was the second largest city in the western half of the United States (only San Francisco was larger).
- 14. The 2019 spokesperson for Life Insurance Awareness Month is Brooke Shields.
- 17. The Classic Greek architecture of the Broadway Street Building was designed by Wight and Wight who designed other area landmarks such as The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
