West Virginia Insurance Commission

The West Virginia Insurance Commission, is the state agency that regulates the insurance industry and charged with overseeing the practices of insurance companies and protect the interests of policyholders and public.

Divisions

The commission has four primary divisions; Consumer Advocate Division, Consumer Services Division, Financial Conditions Division, and Fraud Unit.

Insurance Commissioner

As the head of the agency, the insurance commissioner oversees the state's insurance business and carry out the responsibilities of the agency. The current commissioner is James A. Dodrill who was appointed by Governor Jim Justice and went effective on March 4, 2019. ^{[1] [2]}

List of past commissioners

Name	Term	Notes
D. S. Butler	July 1, 1947 - April 30, 1948	[3]
Robert A. Crichton	May 1, 1949 - June 30, 1952
Hugh N. Mills	July 1, 1952 - June 30, 1953
Thomas J. Gillooly	July 1, 1953 - September 30, 1956
Louis Miller Jr.	October 1, 1956 - June 30, 1957
Harold E. Neely	July 1, 1957 - February 5, 1958
C. Judson Pearson	February 7, 1958 - January 15, 1961
Hugh N. Mills	January 16, 1961 - May 16, 1961
Virginia Mae Brown	May 17, 1961 - September 3, 1962	[4]
Harlan Justice	September 4, 1962 - January 15, 1966
Frank Montgomery	January 16, 1966 - September 30, 1968
Robert J. Shipman	October 1, 1968 - January 30, 1969
Samuel H. Weese	January 31, 1969 - January, 1975
Donald W. Brown	January 16, 1975 - January, 1977
Richard G. Shaw	January 17, 1977 - January 11, 1985
Fred L. Wright	February 21, 1985 - June, 1988
Hanley C. Clark	July 1, 1988 - January, 2001
Michael D. Riley	July 1, 2011 - January 31, 2017
Andrew R. Pauley	February 1, 2017 - March 2017	Acting commissioner [5]
Allan L. McVey	April 1, 2017 - January 2019
Erin Hunter	January 25, 2019 - March 2019	Acting commissionerr [6]
James A. Dodrill	March 4, 2019 - Present	[2]

References

1. "Meet the Commissioner". wsinsurance.gov. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
2. "WV Gov. Justice appoints James Dodrill as insurance commissioner". wvnews.com. Feb 18, 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
3. "2011 Commissioner Annual Report" (PDF). West Virginia Insurance Commission. 2011. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
4. "'Woman's Viewpoint' Subject Of Mrs. Brown's Talk Here". West Virginia Division of Culture and History. Clarksburg Sunday Exponent-Telegram. October 11, 1964. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
5. West Virginia insurance commissioner named
6. "West Virginia Gov. Appoints Hunter Acting Insurance Commissioner". insurancejournal.com. February 6, 2019.

External links

• Official Website