Idaho Commissioner Named NAIC Secretary-Treasurer

Dean Cameron, director of the Idaho Department of Insurance, has been elected secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Cameron is the first Idaho Insurance Commissioner ever elected to NAIC leadership. He and his fellow NAIC leaders, elected at the organization’s recent Fall National Meeting, officially take office on Jan. 1, 2019.

Joining Director Cameron on the new NAIC governing body are: President Eric Cioppa, Maine Bureau of Insurance superintendent; President-Elect Raymond G. Farmer, director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance; and Gordon I. Ito, commissioner of the Hawaii Insurance Division.

Cameron was appointed to his current state post by Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter in 2015. He previously served 25 years in the Idaho State Senate, including eight terms as chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and co-chair of the state’s budget committee.

The NAIC is the U.S. standard-setting and regulatory support organization created and governed by the chief insurance regulators form the 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories.