Pennsylvania Commissioner of Insurance
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| Pennsylvania Commissioner of Insurance | |
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| General information | |
| Office Type: | Nonpartisan |
| Office website: | Official Link |
| Compensation: | $165,341 |
| 2025 FY Budget: | $653,937,000 |
| Term limits: | None |
| Structure | |
| Length of term: | Serves at the pleasure of the governor |
| Authority: | Pennsylvania Constitution, Article IV, Section 1 |
| Selection Method: | Appointed by the governor |
| Current Officeholder | |
Pennsylvania Commissioner of Insurance
Michael Humphreys | |
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The Pennsylvania Commissioner of Insurance is a state executive position in the Pennsylvania state government.
In Pennsylvania, and 38 other states, the insurance commissioner is appointed by the governor, who nominates a candidate for approval by the Pennsylvania Senate. The commissioner is responsible for overseeing the Pennsylvania Insurance Department, which regulates the insurance industry by monitoring the financial solvency of insurance companies and reviewing insurance rates, among other initiatives.[1]
Current officeholder
The current Pennsylvania Commissioner of Insurance is Michael Humphreys (nonpartisan). Humphreys assumed office in 2023.
Though the state constitution does not specifically create the office of insurance commissioner, it does allow for the addition of public officers in Article IV, Section 1:
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All officers, whose selection is not provided for in this Constitution, shall be elected or appointed as may be directed by law.[2] |
Given this authority, the general assembly created the department in 1873 and reorganized the department in 1921.[1]
Qualifications
There are no specific qualifications for this office.[1]
Appointments
Pennsylvania state government organizational chart
The commissioner of insurance is not elected in Pennsylvania. The governor nominates a candidate to the Pennsylvania Senate. The Senate confirms the nominee by a two-thirds majority before the candidate takes the oath of office.[2]
Vacancies
Article IV, Section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution grants the governor the power to appoint officers to fill vacancies. In the event of a vacancy in the office of insurance commissioner, the governor nominates a successor. This nomination must be made to the Senate within 90 days of the vacancy. The Senate must then take action (confirming or not confirming the nomination) within 25 legislative days.[2]
Duties
The Insurance Department website describes the commissioner's duties as "regulating the Commonwealth’s insurance marketplace, overseeing licensed agents and insurance professionals, monitoring the financial landscape of companies doing business in Pennsylvania, educating consumers, and ensuring residents are treated fairly."[3]
Divisions
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department is divided into several different offices:[4]
- Administrative Hearings
- Chief Counsel
- Corporate and Financial Regulation
- Bureau, Financial Analysis & Company Licensing
- Division - Financial Analysis
- Division - Company Licensing
- Division - Company Licensing
- Bureau, Financial Examinations
- Bureau, Financial Analysis & Company Licensing
- Consumer Liaison
- Legislative Affairs
- Liquidations, Rehabilitations and Special Funds
- Bureau, Liquidations Administration
- Division - Asset Management and Support Operations
- Division - Financial Reporting
- Division - Takeover Management
- Bureau, Liquidation Claims
- Division - Life, Accident & Health
- Division - Property & Casualty
- Bureau, Special Funds
- CAT Fund
- Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Fund
- Workers Compensation Fund
- Bureau, Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (Mcare)
- Division - Medical Malpractice Administration
- Division - Claims Administration
- Bureau, Liquidations Administration
- Office of Market Regulation
- Office of Market Regulation
- Bureau, Consumer Services
- Bureau Market Actions Health
- Division - Health Market Conduct
- Bureau of Market Actions Property & Casualty and Life
- Division - Property and Casualty Market Conduct
- Division - Market Analysis
- Bureau of Licensing and Enforcement
- Division - Licensing Services (Producer Licensing)
- Division - Field Investigations/Enforcement
- General Enforcement and Licensing Inquiries
- Policy
- Press and Communications
- Product Regulation
- Bureau, Accident, Health and Life Insurance
- Division - Policy Review
- Bureau, Property and Casualty
- Division - Actuarial Review
- Division - Policy Review
- Bureau, Administration
- Division - Budget
- Division - Human Resources and EEO
- Division - Office Management
- Bureau, Accident, Health and Life Insurance
- Public Room
- Strategic Initiatives
State budget
- See also: Pennsylvania state budget and finances
The budget for the Department of Insurance in Fiscal Year 2025 was $653,937,000.[5]
Compensation
- See also: Compensation of state executive officers
The commissioner's salary is set by statute and subject to cost-of-living adjustments, also known as COLAs, pursuant to Section 3(e) of the Public Official Compensation Law (amended in 1995). This law mandates that Pennsylvania executives' salaries "shall be increased by applying the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland area for the most recent 12-month period for which figures have been officially reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) immediately prior to the date adjustment is due to take effect."[6]
2023
In 2023, the officer's salary was $165,341, according to the Council of State Governments.[7]
2022
In 2022, the officer's salary was $153,478, according to the Council of State Governments.[8]
2021
In 2021, the commissioner received a salary of $145,244, according to the Council of State Governments.[9]
2020
In 2020, the commissioner received a salary of $145,244, according to the Council of State Governments.[10]
2019
In 2019, the commissioner received a salary of $140,291, according to the Council of State Governments.[11]
2018
In 2018, the commissioner received a salary of $140,291, according to the Council of State Governments.[12]
2017
In 2017, the commissioner received a salary of $139,178, according to the Council of State Governments.[13]
2016
In 2016, the insurance commissioner received a salary of $137,392, according to the Council of State Governments.[14]
2015
In 2015, the insurance commissioner received a salary of $137,392, according to the Council of State Governments.[15]
2014
In 2014, the commissioner was paid an estimated $135,228, according to the Council of State Governments.[16]
2013
In 2013, the commissioner was paid an estimated $134,824, according to the Council of State Governments.[17]
2010
In 2010, the commissioner was paid an estimated $125,939, according to the Council of State Governments.[18]
Historical officeholders
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Contact information
Pennsylvania Insurance Department[19]
1326 Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Department Phone Numbers
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pennsylvania Insurance Department, "About Us," accessed January 22, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pennsylvania Legislature, "Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," accessed January 22, 2021
- ↑ Pennsylvania Insurance Department, " MEET THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER," accessed January 22, 2021
- ↑ Pennsylvania Insurance Department, "Phone Numbers," accessed January 22, 2021
- ↑ Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, "Executive Budget 2024-25," accessed January 22, 2025
- ↑ Pennsylvania Legislature, "Senate Bill: Act 51 of 1995," accessed January 22, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2023 Table 4.11: Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," accessed January 21, 2025
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2022 Table 4.11: Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," provided to Ballotpedia by CSG personnel
- ↑ Issuu, "The Book of the States 2021," accessed September 28, 2022
- ↑ ISSUU, "The Book of the States | 2020 | Volume 52," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2019," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2018," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2017," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2016," accessed August 27, 2016
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2015," accessed August 27, 2016
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," accessed December 8, 2014
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," January 28, 2014
- ↑ The Council of State Governments Book of the States, Chapter 4, Table 4.11," accessed June14, 2011
- ↑ Pennsylvania Insurance Department, "Home," accessed January 22, 2021
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