Amanda Crawford has been appointed the Texas insurance commissioner as Cassie Brown retires February 2. Crawford is currently the Texas chief information officer and executive director of the Texas Department of Information Resources. She previously served as deputy...
Kaj Samsom has been appointed by Vermont Governor Scott as the new commissioner of the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation. Prior to his March 31, 2025, appointment as DFR Commissioner, Mr. Samsom served as chief auditor and Director at the National Life Group....
Jerry Bump has been named the acting Insurance Commissioner for the state of Hawai‘i Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) Insurance Division (INS), effective February 1. He replaces Gordon Ito who retired after 31 years with the Hawaii Insurance...
Effective Jan. 1, 2025 Mick Campbell has been appointed as the Acting Director of the Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) by Missouri Governor Mike Parson. Mick Campbell will continue to serve until incoming Governor, Mike Kehoe, whose term as Governor begins...
Patricia Kuderer, who has represented Washington’s 48th Legislative District since 2015, first as a Representative and then as its first female State Senator, has been elected Insurance Commissioner. She fills the vacancy left by the retirement of longstanding...
Holly Williams Lambert has been named as Indiana's Insurance Commissioner. She has served as Chief Of Staff at the Indiana Department of Insurance (IDOI) since joining the department in 2011. Lambert will be replacing Amy Beard, who resigned effective October 16....
Michael T. Caljouw has been appointed as commissioner of the Division of Insurance in the Massachusetts. Caliouw most recently served as vice president for state and federal government and regulatory affairs at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Caljouw's public...
Kevin Patrick Beagan was appointed Acting Commissioner of the Massachusetts Division of Insurance on June 10, 2024. He previously served as the Deputy Commissioner of the Health Care Access Bureau in the Division of Insurance, where he oversaw the Bureau of Managed...
Illinois State Sen. Ann Gillespie has resign her state senate seat to take over as acting director of the Illinois Department of Insurance starting April 15, replacing Dana Popish Severinghaus. Gillespie has served in the General Assembly since 2019, representing a portion of Chicago’ northwest suburbs. She served on the Senate Insurance Committee and last year sponsored legislation to establish…
D.J. Bettencourt has been nominated as the New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner. He has served as Deputy Insurance Commissioner since January 2021. He was previously a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2004 to 2012 (majority leader from 2010 to 2012). He has a Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Political Science and Philosophy from the University of New Hampshire,…