NAIC Names New Consumer Liaisons (Washington, D.C. – Insurance News and Markets) - There are 30 new consumer liaison representatives that will serve the nation as part of a National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) program meant to increase interaction between the NAIC membership, the public sector and the insurance industry. The program was established in 1992 and includes 20 funded and 10 unfunded consumer representatives. “Our consumer liaison representatives play an integral part in helping the NAIC and regulators protect U.S. insurance consumers,” said Monica J. Lindeen, NAIC President-Elect and Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance. “This partnership program is an important component of our mission to protect the public interest and facilitate the fair and equitable treatment of insurance consumers.” The 2015 NAIC funded consumer liaison representatives are as follows: • Amy Bach: Executive Director, United Policyholders • Birny Birnbaum: Center for Economic Justice • Brendan M. Bridgeland: Director, Center for Insurance Research • Bonnie Burns: Training and Policy Specialist, California Health Advocate • Brenda J. Cude: Professor, University of Georgia • Kathleen Gmeiner: Project Director, UHCAN Ohio • Timothy Stoltzfus Jost: Professor, Washington and Lee University School of Law • Debra Judy: Policy Director, Colorado Consumer Health Initiative • Karrol Kitt: Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin • Peter Kochenburger: Executive Director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law • Sonja L. Larkin-Thorne: Consumer Advocate • Adam Linker: Health Policy Analyst, North Carolina Justice Center • Sarah Lueck: Health Policy Analyst, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities • Annalise Mannix: Fair Insurance Rates in Monroe • Lincoln Nehring: Senior Health Policy Analyst, Voices for Utah Children • Jesse OBrien: Oregon State Public Interest Research Group • Andrea Routh: Executive Director, Missouri Health Advocacy Alliance • JoAnn Volk: Senior Research Fellow; Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Center on Health Insurance Reforms • Jackson Williams: Director of Government Affairs, Dialysis Patient Citizens • Cindy Zeldin: Executive Director, Georgians for a Healthy Future The ten unfunded consumer representatives are as follows: • Elizabeth Abbott: Director, State of California, Office of the Patient Advocate • Howard Goldblatt: Director of Government Affairs, Coalition Against Insurance Fraud • Marguerite Herman: Project Healthcare, Consumer Advocates • Anna Howard: Principal, Policy Development, Access to and Quality of Care, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network • Angelo Lello: Director Housing and Community Living, Autism Speaks • Claire McAndrew: Private Insurance Program Director, Families USA • Stephanie Mohl: Government Relations Manager, American Heart Association • Christina Postolowski: Senior Policy Analyst, Young Invincibles • Lynn Quincy: Senior Policy Analyst, Consumers Union • Alyssa Vangeli: Senior Health Policy Manager, Health Care for All Source: The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 04:14:15 +0000
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