Gibson Appointed Vice President of AIA Western Region

The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced today that Kenneth L. Gibson has been appointed vice president of the association’s Western region, based in Sacramento. Gibson will oversee all of AIA’s state government affairs operations in the 10-state region, which includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.

Prior to joining AIA, Gibson was a director of the Insurance Regulatory and Compliance Solutions Group for PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he provided consulting services across the country to public and private entities. Previously, Gibson led the west coast insurance practice for Navigant Consulting where he provided services to a broad range of clients, including insurance companies and state departments of insurance.

Gibson served as chief deputy commissioner of the California Department of Insurance from 1995-97, and director of the California Department of Commerce from 1987-90. Gibson also served as a senior vice president with Kaiser Steel Corporation, where he worked for 21 years.