Insurance commissioner
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Insurance commissioner (or commissioner of insurance) is an executive
Executive (government)
Executive branch of Government is the part of government that has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy. The division of power into separate branches of government is central to the idea of the separation of powers.In many countries, the term...

 office in many U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

s, some in the state cabinet
Cabinet (government)
A Cabinet is a body of high ranking government officials, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the Council of Ministers, an Executive Council, or an Executive Committee.- Overview :...

. The office differs state by state:
  • In some states insurance commissioner is a constitutional office established by state constitution; in other states the office was created by state statute
    State law
    In the United States, state law is the law of each separate U.S. state, as passed by the state legislature and adjudicated by state courts. It exists in parallel, and sometimes in conflict with, United States federal law. These disputes are often resolved by the federal courts.-See also:*List of U.S...

    ;
  • In some states the insurance commissioner is an elected official; in other states they are appointed by the state governor;
  • In some states the insurance department or division is autonomous; in other states such a department is part of a larger body.


The National Association of Insurance Commissioners
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners is an Internal Revenue Code Section 501 non-profit organization which seeks to organize the regulatory and supervisory efforts of the various state insurance commissioners from around the United States. The NAIC was formed in 1871. Its current...

 (NAIC) is a professional association for these individuals.

List of insurance commissioners

  • Alabama
    Alabama
    Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...

    : Jim L. Ridling, Alabama Commissioner of Insurance, Alabama Department of Insurance
  • Alaska Division of Insurance Director - Alaska Division of Insurance
  • Arizona Director of Insurance - Arizona Department of Insurance
  • Arkansas Insurance Commissioner - Arkansas Insurance Department
  • California
    California
    California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

    : Steve Poizner
    Steve Poizner
    Stephen Leo "Steve" Poizner is an American businessman/entrepreneur and conservative Republican politician, who was elected State Insurance Commissioner of California in November 2006, and concluded the 4 year term in January 2011...

    , California Insurance Commissioner
    California Insurance Commissioner
    California Insurance Commissioner is an elected executive office position in California. The officeholder is in charge of the California Department of Insurance.The current Insurance Commissioner is Democrat Dave Jones.- Duties :...

    , California Department of Insurance
    California Department of Insurance
    The California Department of Insurance , established in 1868, is the agency charged with overseeing the regulation of insurance regulations, enforcing statutes mandating consumer protections, educating consumers, and fostering the stability of insurance markets in the state of California...

  • Colorado Insurance Commissioner - Colorado Division of Insurance
  • Connecticut Insurance Commissioner - Connecticut Insurance Department
  • Delaware Insurance Commissioner - Delaware Department of Insurance
  • Florida
    Florida
    Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

    : Jeff Atwater, Chief Financial Officer of Florida
    Chief Financial Officer of Florida
    The Chief Financial Officer of Florida is a statewide constitutional officer of Florida. The office was created in 2002 following the 1998 reforms of the Florida Cabinet....

     - Florida Department of Financial Services
    Florida Department of Financial Services
    Florida Department of Financial Services is a state agency of Florida. Its headquarters are in Tallahassee. In 2002 the Florida Legislature merged the Department of Insurance, Treasury and State Fire Marshal and the Department of Banking and Finance into one department, the Florida Department of...

  • Georgia
    Georgia (U.S. state)
    Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

    : Ralph Hudgens
    Ralph Hudgens
    Ralph Hudgens is the Commissioner of Insurance of the state of Georgia. Hudgens served in the Georgia House of Representatives as well as the Georgia Senate. He has been a delegate to numerous Republican Party events...

    , Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner
  • Hawaii Insurance Commissioner - a "functional area" of the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumers Affairs
  • Idaho Department of Insurance Director - Idaho Department of Insurance
  • Illinois Director of Insurance - Illinois Division of Insurance, part of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
    Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
    The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation is an executive agency of the U.S. state of Illinois. It was created in 2004 by an executive order promulgated by Governor Rod Blagojevich....

  • Indiana Insurance Commissioner - Indiana Department of Insurance
  • Iowa Insurance Commissioner - Iowa Insurance Division
  • Kansas
    Kansas
    Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

    : Sandy Praeger
    Sandy Praeger
    Sandy Praeger is the Republican Kansas Insurance Commissioner. She was first elected on November 2, 2002. Her term began January 13, 2003. She was re-elected in 2006 to the same position...

    , Kansas Insurance Commissioner
    Kansas Insurance Commissioner
    The Kansas Insurance Commissioner , in full the Kansas State Insurance Commissioner, has the primary responsibility to the people whose personal lives are protected by insurance in the state of Kansas. It is an elected position and is currently held by Republican Sandy Praeger.The Kansas Insurance...

    , Kansas Department of Insurance
  • Kentucky
    Kentucky
    The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

     Office of Insurance - agency within the Kentucky Public Protection Department and Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet.
  • Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance - Louisiana Department of Insurance
  • Maine Insurance Superintendent - Maine Bureau of Insurance, part of the Maine Department of Business and Professional Regulation
  • Maryland Insurance Commissioner - Maryland Insurance Administration
  • Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner - Massachusetts Division of Insurance, part of the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation
  • Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services, part of the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth
  • Minnesota Department Of Commerce
  • Mississippi
    Mississippi
    Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

    : Mike Chaney, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner, http://www.mid.state.ms.us/
  • New York
    New York
    New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

    : Eric Dinallo, New York Insurance Superintendent, New York State Insurance Department
    New York State Insurance Department
    The New York State Insurance Department is the State regulating agency responsible for supervising and regulating all insurance business in New York State. It is regarded in the industry as one of the most state-of-the-art insurance regulating agencies. The Superintendent is James J...

  • North Carolina
    North Carolina
    North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

    : Wayne Goodwin
    Wayne Goodwin
    George Wayne Goodwin was elected North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance in the 2008 election. Goodwin previously served as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's sixty-eighth House district, including constituents in Richmond and Stanly counties...

    , North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance
    North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance
    The North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance regulates the insurance industry in North Carolina, licenses insurance professionals in the state, educates consumers about different types of insurance, and handles consumer complaints...

  • North Dakota
    North Dakota
    North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

    : Adam Hamm
    Adam Hamm
    Adam Hamm, born July 24, 1971, is the current North Dakota Insurance Commissioner, taking office following Jim Poolman's departure in August. He was appointed to the position and he began his work on October 22, 2007. Hamm is a former prosecutor in the Cass County State's Attorney's office and is a...

    , North Dakota Insurance Commissioner
    North Dakota Insurance Commissioner
    The North Dakota Insurance Commissioner regulates the insurance industry in North Dakota, licenses insurance professionals in the state, educates consumers about different types of insurance, and handles consumer complaints...

  • Ohio
    Ohio
    Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

    : Mary Jo Hudson, Ohio Insurance Director , Ohio Department of Insurance
  • Oklahoma
    Oklahoma
    Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

    : John D. Doak
    John D. Doak
    John D. Doak is an American Republican politician from Oklahoma who is serving as the 12th and current Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner.- Biography :...

    , Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner
    Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner
    The Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner is an elected executive officer of the state of Oklahoma. The Insurance Commissioner serves as the head of the Oklahoma Department of Insurance. The Insurance Department is charged with executing of all laws relating to insurance and insurance companies doing...

  • South Dakota
    South Dakota
    South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...

    : Merle Scheiber, South Dakota Director of Insurance, South Dakota Division of Insurance
  • Tennessee
    Tennessee
    Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

    : Leslie Newman, Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance
  • Virginia
    Virginia
    The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

    : Alfred Gross, Insurance Commissioner http://www.scc.virginia.gov/division/boi/index.htm
  • Washington Insurance Commissioner
  • West Virginia
    West Virginia
    West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

    : Jane Cline, West Virginia Insurance Commissioner
  • Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance - Office of Insurance Regulation
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