TDI’s Walker Wins NAIC Robert Dineen Award for Outstanding Service

December 18, 2025

Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Deputy Commissioner Jamie Walker won this year’s Robert Dineen Award, the highest honor for a state regulator bestowed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).

TDI Commissioner Cassie Brown and Deputy Commissioner Jamie Walker. Source: TDI

NAIC President Jon Godfread said, “Walker’s career reflects remarkable growth, dedication, and leadership in financial regulation. Beginning as an examiner trainee in 2000, she has become a nationally and internationally respected authority in the field.”

Walker’s roles at TDI progressed from examiner trainee to assistant chief examiner in the Examinations Section, associate commissioner of the Licensing Services Section, and assistant deputy commissioner of the Financial Regulation Division. Walker was named the deputy commissioner of Financial Regulation in 2018.

Walker is the chair of the Accounting Practices and Procedures Task Force, a member of the Statutory Accounting Principles Working Group, Reinsurance Task Force, Capital Adequacy Task Force, Financial Stability Task Force, and Group Capital Calculation Working Group.

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