Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner

Office of the Insurance Commissioner
Division overview
JurisdictionWashington
Division executive
Websitewww.insurance.wa.gov

The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner was created in 1889–90, and became a separate agency in 1907 with an elected commissioner.[1] The current commissioner is Patty Kuderer, a Democrat first elected in 2024 and assumed office in 2025.

In 2014, a bill was introduced to replace the elected commissioner with a 10-person board which would hire the commissioner.[2] It was passed in both houses but vetoed by Governor Jay Inslee.[3]

In 2015, the office denied applications by a number of association health plans, resulting in a legal dispute with those affected.[4]

Insurance commissioners

List of Washington State insurance commissioners[5][6]
Name Years Party
J. H. Schively 1909–1913 Republican
H.O.Fishback 1913–1933 Republican
William A. Sullivan 1933–1961 Democratic
Lee I. Kueckelhan 1961–1969 Democratic
Karl Herrmann 1969–1977 Democratic
Richard G. Marquardt 1977–1993 Republican
Deborah Senn 1993–2001 Democratic
Mike Kreidler 2001–2025 Democratic
Patty Kuderer 2025–present Democratic

References

  1. ^ "Overview and history - Office of the Insurance Commissioner". www.insurance.wa.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  2. ^ GOP Senator has Washington's Insurance Commissioner in her sights.
  3. ^ "Washington State Legislature". apps2.leg.wa.gov. Archived from the original on 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  4. ^ "Small-Business Employees' Group Slams Washington State For Rejecting Health Plans". Kaiser Health News. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  5. ^ "Past Commissioners". Office of the Insurance Commissioner.
  6. ^ Washington State Yearbook: The Evergreen State Government Directory. Olympia, WA: Washington Roll Call. 2017. p. 260.


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