For Immediate Release
January 4, 2024
Contact: Pat Gilbert
(732) 201-4133
NCOIL PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES 2024 COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP
Strong Group of Leaders from Diverse States to Head Committees
Belmar, NJ – NCOIL President Tom Oliverson, M.D., state Representative from Texas announced the lineup of NCOIL Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs for 2024.
“I look forward to working with this exceptional group of bipartisan legislative leaders from states all across the country who are committed to further strengthening NCOIL’s national reach and influence in creating sound insurance public policy in 2024 and beyond,” said Oliverson.
The NCOIL Chairs and Vice Chairs are:
Articles of Incorporation/Bylaws
Chair: Sen. Walter Michel (MS)
Vice Chair: Rep. Brian Lampton (OH)
Audit Committee
Chair: Asw. Pam Hunter (NY)
Vice Chair: Rep. Matt Lehman (IN)
Budget Committee:
Chair: Sen. Paul Utke (MN)
Vice Chair: Rep. Brenda Carter (MI)
Financial Services & Multi-Lines Issues:
Chair: Sen. Mary Felzkowski (WI)
Vice Chair: Asm. Tim Grayson (CA)
Joint State-Federal Relations & International Insurance Issues:
Chair: Rep. Rachel Roberts (KY)
Vice Chair: Asm. Jarett Gandolfo (NY)
Life Insurance & Financial Planning:
Chair: Rep. Carl Anderson (SC)
Vice Chair: Sen. Vickie Sawyer (NC)
NCOIL – NAIC Dialogue:
Co-Chairs: Rep. Tom Oliverson (TX)
Asw. Pam Hunter (NY)
Property & Casualty Insurance:
Chair: Rep. Forrest Bennett (OK)
Vice Chair: Rep. Sarge Pollock (KY)
Health Insurance & Long Term Care Issues:
Chair: Rep. Jim Dunnigan (UT)
Vice Chair: Rep. Tammy Nuccio (CT)
Workers’ Compensation Insurance:
Chair: Sen. Lana Theis (MI)
Vice Chair: Rep. David LeBoeuf (MA)
Nominating Committee:
Rep. Deborah Ferguson (AR)
Chairman at Large:
Sen. Jerry Klein (ND)
NCOIL CEO, Commissioner Tom Considine said, “The Committee leadership Rep. Oliverson has selected is a great indicator of where NCOIL is heading as each of these chairs and vicechairs have already made great contributions to the organization. I am certain they will continue to impact the positive growth and momentum NCOIL has experienced the past several years and will work tirelessly to advance model legislation that protects both consumers as well as company solvency and preserves the proven state based system of insurance regulation.”
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NCOIL is a national legislative organization with the nation’s 50 states as members, represented principally by legislators serving on their states’ insurance and financial institutions committees. NCOIL writes Model Laws in insurance and financial services, works to preserve the State jurisdiction over insurance as established by the McCarran-Ferguson Act over seventy years ago, and to serve as an educational forum for public policymakers and interested parties. Founded in 1969, NCOIL works to assert the prerogative of legislators in making State policy when it comes to insurance and educate State legislators on current and longstanding insurance issues.