Keen Appointed Oregon Insurance Commissioner

T.K. Keen has been named Oregon’s insurance commissioner following a period serving as an interim commissioner.

Keen, who has been acting insurance commissioner since being promoted in late May, was appointed to the role by Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services Director Sean O’Day. He was previously deputy insurance commissioner for five years. He is also the administrator of the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation, part of DCBS.

Keen was nominated by Gov. Tina Kotek to lead the agency and confirmed last month by the Oregon Senate. Keen has been with DFR since 2012. Before joining the division, he practiced law in Washington, focusing on employment law cases.

Oregon is home to 40 domestic insurance companies and 1,507 foreign insurance companies and has $24.5 billion in 2024 premium volume, according to the DCBS.