The Alabama Department of Insurance has promoted Dusty Smith to the role of deputy commissioner, replacing Jimmy Gunn, who is retiring after 36 years at the department.
Smith, a former insurance agent, joined the department in 2011 and has served as consumer services division manager since 2019. Starting next year, he will take over for Gunn and will oversee five divisions: rates and forms, consumer services, actuarial services, producer licensing and the new pharmacy benefits compliance section.
Gunn will step down at the end of January 2026, DOI said in a bulletin. He led the producer licensing division for 20 years before being promoted to deputy commissioner in 2020.
Gunn previously worked as a rate analyst and, before that, he worked with Southern Guaranty Insurance and Safeco Insurance.
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