Insurance Commissioner
Welcome to the insurance commissioner website, the leading and independence leading hub that provides information for insurance commissioners for each one of the states.
The commissioner, also called the head director of the department of insurance, is in-charge of this state agency and considered to be a high-level state position in all the states.
Who is electing the Insurance Commissioner?
Most insurance commissioners are appointed by the governor of the state, including: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
While most insurance commissioners are appointed, in some jurisdictions, insurance commissioner are elected, at the same time the governor does, and hold the insurance commissioner office for the same term as the governor.
The states that the insurance commissioner is elected are California, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Washington.
State Department of Insurance
Here is the directory list to the Insurance Commissioner contact information for all states, by state:
What are the roles of the Insurance Commission?
The insurance commissioner main roles are to:
1) Maintain surveillance over the insurance market.
2) Maintaining fair pricing for insurance products and services.
3) Protecting the solvency of insurance companies,
4) Preventing unfair practices by insurance companies
5) Ensuring availability of insurance coverage.
6) Promote and encourage sound and prudent insurance management.
7) To do such other things as may be prescribed by this act or any other written law.
About Insurance Commissioner Website
Insurance-commissioner.com was created to become the leading, independent hub, not affiliated with any of the state’s governmental authorities and offices, to provide state insurance commissioner information and for the state department of insurance.
