Contact: Teri Williams, Public
Information Officer
Email: twilliams@business.nv.gov; Phone:
702-486-0407
For Immediate Release: February 19, 2016
Barbara
Richardson appointed as Nevada Insurance Commissioner
Carson City, NV- Department of Business and
Industry Director Bruce Breslow today announced that Barbara
Richardson
has been appointed as Commissioner of the Nevada Division of Insurance. Ms. Richardson will join
the Division in March.
The appointment comes
after a months-long nationwide recruitment to fill the vacancy after the
resignation of Scott Kipper in July 2015. Amy Parks, who served as Acting Commissioner during the interim, will resume her
primary responsibilities and duties as the Chief Insurance Counsel at the Division.
Richardson
has served as the Director of Operations and Fraud for the New Hampshire
Insurance Department for the past eleven years where she managed multiple units
including Business, Budget, IT, Human Resources, Criminal Investigation,
Licensing and Premium Tax Collection. In that capacity, she served as a state
representative at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and was
active on a number of working groups and task forces.
Previously, she was
an adjunct professor at
the University of New Hampshire School of Law and Franklin Pierce College. Prior to that she worked as a private practice
attorney after graduating from the University of New Hampshire School of Law.
Richardson
earned a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Vassar College and a MBA
in Finance from Loyola University.
About the Nevada
Division of Insurance
The State of Nevada
Division of Insurance, a Division of the Nevada Department of Business and
Industry, protects the rights of Nevada consumers and regulates Nevada’s $11.9
billion insurance industry. The Division of Insurance has offices in Carson
City and Las Vegas. In 2014, the Division investigated more than 2,800 consumer
complaints and recovered nearly $4 million on behalf of consumers. For more
information about the Division of Insurance, visit DOI.NV.GOV or download the
Division’s smartphone app NDOI Connect today in the Apple App Store and Google
Play.
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