Six races for public insurance commissioners
Achieving the appropriate regulatory balance between protecting consumers and insurers on the regulation of business practices is a major campaign theme of candidates in six states, seeks the Office of the High-Versicherungs-regulator.
On November 7, voters chose early regulators of insurance markets four years in Delaware, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota and Washington. In the meantime, Florida voter selects a commissioner to fill the remaining two years in Bill Nelson’s remaining time before the state restructures his post Commissioner, who should be appointed to one.
This year’s field includes more candidates than usual new faces, commissioners in place insurance currently only in Delaware and North Carolina. Companies based in Florida, Montana and North Dakota, other government agencies or Congress, in Washington while the chief commissioner lost a bid to run for U.S. Senate.
Business Insurance, the 14 leading candidates for the posts of the High-Versicherungs-regulatory authority in these six countries:
DELAWARE
Republican up Donna Lee Williams wants his third term as Delaware insurance commissioner. Running against it is Democrat Karen Weldin Stewart, certified as a beneficiary of insurance, bankruptcy, liquidation of insurance companies over the past 12 years.
Ms. Williams was the commissioner of insurance for the past eight years. Regarding the benefits it draws attention to increasing opportunities for additional health insurance, strengthening the licensing requirements for insurance intermediaries, the definition of standards for the prompt payment of insurance claims and reducing insurance fraud.
Ms. Williams said that if re-elected, they organize the work of consumer protection in the context of federal legislation of 1999, which allows the consolidation of insurance, finance and banking fields. In particular, Ms. Williams said she wants the legislation on the protection of privacy of consumers.
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