<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-24-028794.txt : 20241206
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-24-028794
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20241204
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241206
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20241206

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hansen Kent A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001686017
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15204
		FILM NUMBER:		241533348

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.
		STREET 2:		150 PIERCE ROAD, SUITE 600
		CITY:			ITASCA
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60143

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001072627
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		IRS NUMBER:				999999999
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10 S. RIVERSIDE PLAZA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1520
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(312) 766-2144

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10 S. RIVERSIDE PLAZA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1520
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
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    <periodOfReport>2024-12-04</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001072627</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>KFS</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001686017</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Hansen Kent A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>10 S. RIVERSIDE PLAZA</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1520</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60606</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>CFO &amp; EVP</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2024-12-04</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>20728</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>9.0453</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>134440</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Restricted stock award granted pursuant to the Kingsway Financial Services Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan that vests ratably over three years commencing on December 1, 2025.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The number of shares represented by this award was determined by dividing the dollar value of the award granted to the Reporting Person by $9.0453 (the volume-weighted average of the closing sale prices of the Issuer's common stock on the NYSE for each of the thirty (30) trading days immediately prior to the grant date).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 8,370 shares of restricted stock granted on December 15, 2022, and 14,204 shares of restricted stock granted on March 26, 2024.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Debra Rouse, attorney-in-fact for Kent A. Hansen</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-12-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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