Insurance commissioner

An insurance commissioner (or commissioner of insurance) is a public official in the executive branch of a state or territory in the United States who, along with their office, regulate the insurance industry. The powers granted to the office of an insurance commissioner differ in each state. The office of an insurance commissioner is established either by the state constitution or by statute. While most insurance commissioners are appointed, in some jurisdictions they are elected.^[1] The office of the insurance commissioner may be part of a larger regulatory agency, or an autonomous department.

Insurance law and regulation is established individually by each state. In order to better coordinate insurance regulation among the states and territories, insurance commissioners are members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).^[2]

Duties and powers of insurance commissioners

The purpose of insurance commissioners is to maintain fair pricing for insurance products, protect the solvency of insurance companies, prevent unfair practices by insurance companies, and ensure availability of insurance coverage.^[3] In order to accomplish these goals, each state grants several powers to insurance commissioners and their offices, including:^[4]

Approval of insurance rates
Periodical financial examinations of insurers
Licensing of companies, agencies, agents, and brokers
Monitoring and regulating claims handling

List of current insurance commissioners

As of January 8, 2024^[update], the various insurance commissioners are:^[5]

State/territory	Name	Title	Name of Office	Elected/Appointed
Alabama	Jim L. Ridling	Commissioner	Alabama Department of Insurance	Appointed
Alaska	Lori K. Wing-Heier	Director	Alaska Division of Insurance	Appointed
American Samoa	Peni 'Ben' Itula Sapini Teo	Commissioner	Office of the Governor	Appointed
Arizona	Evan Daniels	Interim Director	Arizona Department of Insurance	Appointed
Arkansas	Alan McClain	Commissioner	Arkansas Insurance Department	Appointed
California	Ricardo Lara	Commissioner	California Department of Insurance	Elected
Colorado	Michael Conway	Commissioner	Colorado Division of Insurance	Appointed
Connecticut	Andrew N. Mais	Commissioner	Connecticut Insurance Department	Appointed
Delaware	Trinidad Navarro	Commissioner	Delaware Department of Insurance	Elected
District of Columbia	Karima Woods	Commissioner	District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking	Appointed
Florida	David Altmaier	Commissioner	Florida Office of Insurance Regulation	Appointed
Georgia	John F. King	Commissioner	Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner	Elected
Guam	Michelle Santos	Commissioner	Guam Department of Revenue and Taxation	Appointed
Hawaii	Colin M. Hayashida	Commissioner	Hawaii Insurance Division	Appointed
Idaho	Dean Cameron	Director	Idaho Department of Insurance	Appointed
Illinois	Dana Popish Severinghaus	Director	Illinois Department of Insurance	Appointed
Indiana	Amy L. Beard	Commissioner	Indiana Department of Insurance	Appointed
Iowa	Doug Ommen	Commissioner	Iowa Insurance Division	Appointed
Kansas	Vicki Schmidt	Commissioner	Kansas Insurance Department	Elected
Kentucky	Sharon Clark	Commissioner	Kentucky Department of Insurance	Appointed
Louisiana	Tim Temple	Commissioner	Louisiana Department of Insurance	Elected
Maine	Eric A. Cioppa	Superintendent	Maine Bureau of Insurance	Appointed
Maryland	Kathleen Birrane	Commissioner	Maryland Insurance Administration	Appointed
Massachusetts	Gary D. Anderson	Commissioner	Massachusetts Division of Insurance	Appointed
Michigan	Anita G. Fox	Director	Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services	Appointed
Minnesota	Grace Arnold	Commissioner	Minnesota Department of Commerce	Appointed
Mississippi	Mike Chaney	Commissioner	Mississippi Insurance Department	Elected
Missouri	Chlora Lindley-Myers	Director	Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration	Appointed
Montana	Troy Downing	Commissioner	Montana Office of the Commissioner of Securities and Insurance	Elected
Nebraska	Bruce R. Ramge	Director	Nebraska Department of Insurance	Appointed
Nevada	Barbara D. Richardson	Commissioner	Nevada Division of Insurance	Appointed
New Hampshire	Chris Nicolopoulos	Commissioner	New Hampshire Insurance Department	Appointed
New Jersey	Marlene Caride	Commissioner	New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance	Appointed
New Mexico	Russell Toal	Superintendent	New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance	Appointed
New York	Linda A. Lacewell	Acting Superintendent	New York State Department of Financial Services	Appointed
North Carolina	Mike Causey	Commissioner	Commissioner of Insurance	Elected
North Dakota	Jon Godfread	Commissioner	North Dakota Insurance Department	Elected
Northern Mariana Islands	Mark O. Rabauliman	Commissioner	Office of the Insurance Commissioner	Appointed
Ohio	Judith L. French	Director	Ohio Department of Insurance	Appointed
Oklahoma	Glen Mulready	Commissioner	Oklahoma Insurance Department	Elected
Oregon	Andrew Stolfi	Commissioner	Oregon Insurance Division	Appointed
Pennsylvania	Jessica Altman	Commissioner	Pennsylvania Insurance Department	Appointed
Puerto Rico	Mariano Mier Romeu	Commissioner	Office of the Commissioner of Insurance	Appointed
Rhode Island	Elizabeth Kelleher Dwyer	Superintendent	Rhode Island Division of Insurance	Appointed
South Carolina	Raymond G. Farmer	Director	South Carolina Department of Insurance	Appointed
South Dakota	Larry Deiter	Director	South Dakota Division of Insurance	Appointed
Tennessee	Carter Lawrence	Commissioner	Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance	Appointed
Texas	Doug Slape	Commissioner	Texas Department of Insurance	Appointed
Utah	Joanathan Pike	Commissioner	Utah Insurance Department	Appointed
U.S. Virgin Islands	Tregenza Roach	Lt. Governor/ Commissioner	Division of Banking and Insurance	Elected
Vermont	Kevin Gaffney	Commissioner	Vermont Department of Financial Regulation	Appointed
Virginia	Scott A. White	Commissioner	Virginia Bureau of Insurance	Appointed
Washington	Mike Kreidler	Commissioner	Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner	Elected
West Virginia	James A. Dodrill	Commissioner	West Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commissioner	Appointed
Wisconsin	Nathan Houdek	Commissioner	Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance	Appointed
Wyoming	Jeff Rude	Commissioner	Wyoming Insurance Department	Appointed

References

^ "State Commissioners - 2014" (PDF). naic.org. NAIC. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
^ "About the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)". www.naic.org. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
^ Kimball, Spencer (1961). "The Purpose of Insurance Regulation: A Preliminary Inquiry in the Theory of Insurance Law". heinonline.org. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
^ Randall, Susan (1999). "Insurance Regulation in the United States: Regulatory Federalism and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners" (PDF). Florida State University Law Review. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2015.
^ "National Association of Insurance Commissioners Membership List" (PDF). www.naic.org. NAIC. March 23, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2021.

[:0-1] "State Commissioners - 2014" (PDF). naic.org. NAIC. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[2] "About the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)". www.naic.org. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[3] Kimball, Spencer (1961). "The Purpose of Insurance Regulation: A Preliminary Inquiry in the Theory of Insurance Law". heinonline.org. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[4] Randall, Susan (1999). "Insurance Regulation in the United States: Regulatory Federalism and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners" (PDF). Florida State University Law Review. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2015.

[5] "National Association of Insurance Commissioners Membership List" (PDF). www.naic.org. NAIC. March 23, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2021.

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