Peni 'Ben' Itula Sapini Teo was appointed Insurance Commissioner by Governor Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga on January 3, 2021.

Teo has vast experience in personnel management, marketing, purchasing, financial management, budgeting, auditing, import and export, finance and accounting. He is currently in term 9 of an online MBA program.

Teo is founder and managing partner of BJ Company Investors LLC (a partnership), doing business in Utah, southern Idaho, western Wyoming and northern Nevada. BJ Company Investors LLC performs validation and valuation inspections for businesses, residential homes and mobile homes for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as well as banks and other financial institutions.

Teo is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran with 23 years of honorable service.