Stakem Hornig Promoted to Deputy Commissioner in Maryland

Karen Stakem Hornig has been promoted to deputy insurance commissioner of the Maryland Insurance Administration.

She was appointed associate Deputy Insurance Commissioner in June 2008. She serves as the Commissioner’s designee for quasi-judicial hearings, heads the agency’s administrative UUnit and leads a variety of special projects for the Commissioner.

Prior to her appointment at the MIA, she served in the Baltimore City Law Department as chief legal counsel for the Baltimore Police Department and, prior to that, as a chief solicitor in the Labor, Employment & Personnel Section.

She has also held previous positions with law firm Brown & Sheehan, the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, and the Office of the Attorney General for Maryland.

Source: Maryland Insurance Administration

Latest Comments

• August 28, 2009 at 2:29 am

  but is it leagal? says:

  Please excuse the typos. Typing way too fast will do that!
• August 28, 2009 at 2:27 am

  but is it legal? says:

  You are right, she is a sharp attorney (despite lacking any insurance knowledge or background before joining the MIA) but doesn't MD's law only allow for one Deputy Commission... read more
• August 27, 2009 at 3:26 am

  InsCtr says:

  There could not have been a better choice. In fact, Stakem Hornig's experience and credentials more than qualify her even for the commissioner's position. Maryland obviously p... read more