For Immediate Release
January 13, 2025
Contact: Pat Gilbert
(732) 201-4133
NCOIL PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES 2025 COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP
Strong Group of Leaders from Diverse States to Head Committees
Belmar, NJ – NCOIL President Pamela J. Hunter, state Assemblymember from New York, announced the lineup of NCOIL Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs for 2025.
“I’m proud to announce this group of truly exceptional bipartisan legislative leaders from across the country to help lead NCOIL as we continue to grow the organization’s national influence and deal with the critically important insurance public policy issues before us,” said Hunter. “Each of these chairs and vice-chairs have shown significant commitment to NCOIL and I thank them all for stepping up to serve in their respective roles.”
The NCOIL Chairs and Vice Chairs are:
Articles of Incorporation/Bylaws: Joint State-Federal Relations &
Chair: Sen. Walter Michel, MS International Insurance Issues:
Vice Chair: Rep. David LeBoeuf, MA Chair: Sen. Lana Theis, MI
Vice Chair: Rep. Ellyn Hefner, OK
Audit Committee: Life Insurance & Financial
Chair: Sen. Paul Utke, MN Planning:
Vice Chair: Asm. Erik Dilan, NY Chair: Rep. Brenda Carter, MI
Vice Chair: Sen. Pam Helming, NY
Budget Committee:
Chair: Rep. Edmond Jordan, LA NCOIL-NAIC Dialogue:
Vice Chair: Sen. Mary Felzkowski, WI Co-Chairs: Asw. Pamela Hunter, NY
Sen. Paul Utke, MN
Financial Services & Multi-Lines Issues: Property & Casualty Insurance:
Chair: Asm. Jarett Gandolfo, NY Chair: Rep. Forrest Bennett, OK
Vice Chair: Asm. Tim Grayson, CA Vice Chair: Sen. Larry Walker, GA
Health Insurance & Long-Term Care Issues: Workers’ Compensation Insurance:
Chair: Rep. Michael Sarge Pollock, KY Chair: Rep. Carl Anderson, SC
Vice Chair: Sen. Justin Boyd, AR Vice Chair: Rep. Brian Lampton, OH
Nominating Committee: Chairman at Large:
Chair: Rep. Tom Oliverson, M.D., TX Sen. Jerry Klein, ND
NCOIL CEO, Will Melofchik said, “The strong and bipartisan Committee leadership Assemblywoman Hunter has selected is a great sign of where NCOIL is heading in 2025. The organization really is fortunate to have such a ‘deep bench’ of dedicated legislators contributing to the organization’s success and momentum in recent years and I’m confident these leaders, in addition to our full membership, will work tirelessly to advance model legislation that protects consumers 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 eighty 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.