Mark Fowler was appointed as Alabama’s Acting Commissioner by Gov. Kay Ivey on July 1, 2022. He was appointed Commissioner effective January 16, 2023.

As chief administrator for the Alabama Department of Insurance (DOI), Commissioner Fowler leads the DOI in fulfilling its mission to serve the people of Alabama by regulating the insurance industry, providing consumer protection, promoting market stability, and enforcing state fire safety standards and laws. During Mark’s tenure as legislative liaison, the Department has been successful in enacting more than forty (40) bills plus assisting in the enactment of several industry sponsored bills that were supported by the Department. In his role as Commissioner of Insurance, he also serves as a member of the Alabama Securities Commission.

Commissioner Fowler joined the DOI in February 2013, previously serving as Deputy Commissioner/Chief of Staff. Before joining the DOI, he worked for 28 years in government and public affairs, as well as association management, both at the state and federal levels. Commissioner Fowler served 17 years as an association executive director in Alabama, working with industries such as chemical manufacturing, cable/broadband telecommunications, and agribusiness. He also worked for five years in the Washington, DC, area, first as a legislative assistant to the late Sen. Howell Heflin and then as a congressional liaison for Rockwell International, a major defense and aerospace company.

Aside from his professional career, Commissioner Fowler is a co-host of the Bluegrass Revival Jam, a bluegrass music event in Montgomery, AL. He also has served as a board member and treasurer of Legacy, Partners in Environmental Education, and as a board member of the Alabama Civil Justice Reform Committee. He is past president of the Auburn University Montgomery Alumni Association and former host of a weekly gospel music radio program. 

Commissioner Fowler earned a master’s degree in political science from Auburn University at Montgomery and a bachelor’s degree in broadcast communications from Auburn University (Auburn, AL).

Lori K. Wing-Heier was appointed as Director of the Alaska Division of Insurance on Feb. 25, 2014, by then-Gov. Sean Parnell. She has served as the Director in three different administrations and was reappointed as Director in 2018 by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.

As Division Director, Wing-Heier oversees and enforces the Division's mission to strengthen competitive markets while protecting Alaskans.

Director Wing-Heier has more than 45 years of experience in the insurance and risk management industry, including experience working as a broker and corporate risk manager.

Director Wing-Heier attended North Central Michigan College (Petoskey, MI) and holds the Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) and Certified Risk Manager (CRM) designations.

Director Wing-Heier has resided in Alaska since 1984. She and her family live in Anchorage, where the Insurance Director position is located. However, she relocates to Juneau for the legislative session each year. An avid fly fisherwoman, you will find her drifting the Kenia River in pursuit of record-setting rainbow trout during the late summer and early fall.

Barbara D. Richardson joined the Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI) effective March 6, 2023. 

Director Richardson previously served as the Insurance Commissioner for Nevada from March 2016 to December 2022. Prior to her Nevada role, she worked for the New Hampshire Insurance Department as Director of Operations and Fraud for 12 years. She also has held positions at CNA Insurance, Kemper Financial, the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago, and Putnam Securities.

Director Richardson has served on the NAIC’s various committees, task forces, and working groups. 

Director Richardson is a graduate of Vassar College. She earned a law degree from the University of New Hampshire School of Law and a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from Loyola University (Chicago, IL).

The Arizona DIFI oversees the secure operation of Arizona’s state-chartered financial institutions. It ensures public confidence in financial institutions by protecting the interest of depositors, borrowers, shareholders, and consumers through the enforcement of state laws. The DIFI is responsible for administering state laws that regulate financial institutions, which include banks, credit unions, trust companies, and trust divisions

On April 3, 2020, Governor Asa Hutchinson appointed Alan McClain as Arkansas Insurance Commissioner. McClain began his career in state government in 1992 with the Arkansas Insurance Department after working with Sedgwick Insurance Group. He worked for the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission for 13 years and was the CEO of that Commission for almost nine years.

Most recently, McClain served as Commissioner of the Arkansas Rehabilitation Services (ARS). In this role, which he assumed in 2015, he administered the day-to-day operations of ARS, which administers the Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Act.

McClain has also served on the Arkansas Workforce Development Board and the Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities. He is a past president of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards & Commissions and the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation.

He holds an undergraduate degree from Hendrix College and a master's in Public Administration from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Ricardo Lara is California's eighth Insurance Commissioner since voters created the elected position in 1988. Lara previously served in the California Legislature, representing Assembly District 50 from 2010 to 2012 and Senate District 33 from 2012 to 2018.

As Senator, Lara expanded protections for disaster survivors from losing their homes to insurance cancellation and nonrenewal. He wrote the nation's first climate insurance law, SB 30, to engage the insurance industry in the fight against climate-linked environmental disasters like wildfires and sea level rise. Lara is one of California's most effective environmental champions, working to improve health conditions and rein in air pollution.

Lara received the United Nations 2017 Climate and Clean Air Award with former Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and the California Air Resources Board for his work to reduce super pollutants.

Lara authored the Health4All Kids Act, which now covers 250,000 California children with full-scope health care regardless of their immigration status. He also authored laws that help prevent prescription drug abuse and crack down on patient brokering and fraud involving Californians recovering from substance abuse disorders.

Raised in East Los Angeles by immigrant parents, Lara made history in 2018 by becoming the first openly gay person elected to statewide office in California's history.

Lara earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism and Spanish with a minor in Chicano Studies from San Diego State University.

Michael Conway was appointed Commissioner of the Colorado Division of Insurance (DOI) by Governor Jared Polis on Dec. 21, 2018, and confirmed by the State Senate on Jan. 22, 2019. Prior to this, he was appointed Interim Commissioner of the DOI by Governor John Hickenlooper in January 2018.

As Commissioner, Conway serves as the chief executive of the DOI and oversees the regulation of Colorado's insurance industry. His role brings together consumers, the insurance industry and other stakeholders to create an inclusive, firm and fair regulatory approach to all lines of insurance such as auto, health, homeowners, life, property and casualty, title and workers' compensation.

Conway served as the DOI Deputy Commissioner for Consumer and Compliance Services since March 2016. He was instrumental in developing and guiding the DOI's strategies regarding health insurance during what was a tumultuous time for that industry. He advised the previous Commissioner and the Governor's staff regarding the possible implications of federal changes to the regulation of health insurance in Colorado. His duties also entailed appearing before state legislative committees to advocate for the DOI's positions regarding insurance and its regulation. He cultivated relationships with consumer groups and insurance industry to create a regulatory environment that helped Colorado consumers but was a fair, level playing field for the industry. He also worked within the DOI to establish objectives that provided for better protection of insurance consumers.

From 2010 to 2016, Conway was an assistant Attorney General for the Colorado State Attorney General's Office, where he represented the DOI in all facets of regulation of the insurance industry including mergers and acquisitions of insurance companies, insurer rehabilitation/liquidation, and producer and company licensure litigation. While in the Attorney General's Office, he worked with the Colorado Attorney General Pro Bono Family Law Clinic, advising clients on matters of divorce and child custody. He also worked as an attorney for Colorado Legal Services, advocating for indigent clients regarding housing rights, homelessness prevention, evictions and subsidized housing.

With the exception of three years spent in Miami for law school, Conway has called Colorado home for nearly 20 years since moving to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Andrew N. Mais was nominated by Governor Ned Lamont to be Connecticut's 33rd Insurance Commissioner on March 4, 2019.

Mais was elected as NAIC President and serves on the Executive (EX) Committee. Additionally, he serves on the NAIC's Internal Administration (EX1) Subcommittee, the Audit Committee, the Government Relations (EX) Leadership Council, the Property and Casualty Insurance (C) Committee, the Financial Regulation Standards and Accreditation (F) Committee, and the International Insurance Relations (G) Committee. He is also a member of the NAIC's Special (EX) Committee on Race and Insurance, which is charged with conducting research and analyzing issues of diversity and inclusion within the insurance sector.

Mais also serves on the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) Macroprudential and Executive Committees. The IAIS is the international standard-setting body responsible for developing and assisting in the supervision of the insurance sector.

Mais has led discussions in several forums on race, diversity, and inclusion at the state level and within the insurance industry and in insurance practices. He has also joined the efforts led by Governor Ned Lamont and Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz to address social inequities in Connecticut, including the Council on Women and Girls and cultural competency initiatives.

Mais previously was a member of Deloitte's Center for Financial Services, providing industry-leading thought leadership and insight on U.S. and international regulatory affairs.

Prior to that, he was a Director at the New York State Insurance Department. There he served four governors as part of the Department's senior leadership team through numerous events, including the financial crisis of 2008 and major state and federal changes in health insurance regulations and laws.

Even outside the government, Mais has dedicated much of his life to public service. He most recently served as chair of the Council on Ethics for the town of Wilton, CT, where he lives. Other recent service includes the Maritime Aquarium of Norwalk; the American Red Cross; the Board of Finance of the Town of Wilton; and the Rotary Club of Wilton.

Trinidad Navarro was elected in 2016 as the State of Delaware's 26th Insurance Commissioner. He was re-elected in 2020. In this role, he works to ensure insurance affordability and availability for residents as well as the accountability of insurance companies. As Commissioner, he leads the office charged with protecting, educating, and advocating for Delaware residents.

The Department offers free Medicare counseling services and works on the Health Insurance Marketplace, provides arbitration services to residents, and fights and prevents fraud. The Department also works to ensure insurance companies are financially sound, licenses more than 220,000 individuals in related professions, proposes the state's workers' compensation rates, helps more than a thousand companies create safer workplaces to lower their insurance rates by over $7 million, and so much more.

During the Commissioner's term in office, the Department has made great strides. He has increased department diversity and internal promotions. In 2017, the Commissioner worked with the General Assembly to pass House Substitute 1 to House Bill 80, a signature piece of legislation that ends discrimination in auto insurance policies. The law ensures that neither race, age, gender, economic status, nor other personal characteristics impact the cost of auto policies.

In 2020, the office reduced Health Insurance Marketplace rates for the second time in the state's history, leading to a 5% increase in enrollment, and returned $21.5 million in premiums to individuals and small businesses. The department completed two of the state's first Mental Health Parity examinations, assessing $597,000 in penalties. Businesses saved $4 million in workers' compensation premiums due to a double digit decrease in rates, and another decrease was approved for 2021.

A lifelong Delawarean, Commissioner Navarro has an extensive record of public service. He served for 20 years with the New Castle County Police and was elected New Castle County Sheriff in 2010. While a police officer, he received the department's distinguished Medal of Valor.

Additionally, Commissioner Navarro serves on many state boards such as the Delaware Health Care Commission, the State Employees Benefits Committee (SEBC), the Plans Management Board, the Council on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, and the Primary Care Reform Collaborative.

Commissioner Navarro has two daughters, Kylie and Hannah, and one son, Jordan. He resides in Bear, DE with his wife Melissa and youngest daughter Hannah.

Karima M. Woods was appointed Acting Commissioner of the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking on January 21, 2020. The Council of the District of Columbia confirmed Woods as Commissioner on July 28, 2020.

Woods previously served as the Director of Business Development and Strategy in the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED), where she provided strategic leadership, stakeholder engagement and global outreach to the business community. Woods has held several positions within DMPED, including Deputy Director of Business Development and International Business Manager, where she helped to shape signature business development initiatives, attract foreign direct investment and establish new business relationships with international markets. Her leadership has led to the successful execution of the Mayor's economic strategy and helped to drive the District's business attraction and retention efforts across key business sectors. Her work has also contributed to several policy outcomes, including increased investment in underrepresented entrepreneurs to address the human, social and financial capital that entrepreneurs need to grow and expand. Woods has served on several boards and commissions, including the Mayor's Innovation Technology Inclusion Council, Washington DC Economic Partnership, Destination DC, and the Greater Washington Board of Trade Council on Economic Development Officials.

Woods holds an M.B.A. from George Washington University and B.A. in law and society from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Woods is married and lives with her husband and two daughters in Washington, DC.

Michael Yaworsky was appointed as Florida’s Insurance Commissioner by the Financial Services Commission, effective March 13, 2023, after serving as Interim Commissioner for one month.

The Insurance Commissioner is considered the agency head for purposes of final agency action for all areas within the regulatory authority delegated to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR).

Prior to his nomination, Commissioner Yaworsky served as vice chairman of the Florida Gaming Control Commission and as the OIR’s chief of staff from 2017 to 2021. As the OIR’s chief of staff, he assisted in overseeing one of the largest insurance markets in the world by serving as a policy advisor to the Commissioner and managing agency fiscal matters and administrative operations. Prior to joining the OIR, he served as legal counsel for the Georgia Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner.

Commissioner Yaworsky serves on the board of directors for Family Promise of the Big Bend, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families experiencing homelessness and low-income families achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response.

Commissioner Yaworsky earned a Juris Doctor (J.D) from Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law (Homewood, AL) and a bachelor’s degree in social science from Florida State University.

The OIR is the lead regulatory agency overseeing Florida’s insurance industry—one of the largest, most complex insurance industries in the world. It is housed within the Department of Financial Services (DFS) for administrative, personnel, and technology support.