Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected its 2014 officers. Adam Hamm of North Dakota will serve as president. Montana State Auditor and Commissioners of Securities and Insurance Monica Lindeen will serve as president-elect. Michael Consedine of Pennsylvania will serve as vice president and secretary-treasurer will be Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon Clark. They will assume their duties Jan. 1.
Hamm was elected to a four-year term in 2008 and re-elected in November 2012. Prior to becoming commissioner, he served as a prosecutor for the Cass County State Attorney's office. Hamm also worked as an attorney in private practice specializing in commercial litigation, administrative agency law and transportation law. Hamm is a graduate of Sam Houston State University and received his Juris Doctorate degree with distinction from the University of North Dakota School Of Law.
Lindeen was elected Montana State Auditor and Commissioner of Securities and Insurance in 2008 and re-elected in 2012. Lindeen is chair of the NAIC Exchanges Subgroup and serves on a number of task forces related to implementing health insurance reform. Lindeen served in the Montana House of Representatives from 1999 to[AR1] 2006. From 1994 to1996, she was a part-time faculty member in the Montana State University (MSU) Billings English Department and taught simultaneously as a graduate assistant in the Department of Educational Foundations. Lindeen earned a bachelor's degree in English/History from MSU Billings.
Consedine was appointed Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner in April 2011. From 1995 to1999, he served as department counsel for the Pennsylvania Insurance Department, where he represented the department in litigation proceedings and on transactional filings. Consedine is chair of the NAIC Reinsurance Task Force, vice chair of the Health Care Reform Regulatory Alternatives Working Group and vice chair of the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission (IIPRC). He serves on the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance, which advises the Federal Insurance Office on national and international insurance matters. A graduate of James Madison University, Consedine earned his bachelor's degree in political science and journalism, and is an honors graduate of Widener University School of Law.
Clark was appointed commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Insurance in July 2008 and reappointed in July 2012. Clark was the first director of the department's Consumer Protection and Education division, a position she held for five years. She currently serves as a member of the NAIC’s Executive Committee, Internal Administration Subcommittee and chair of the NAIC’s Market Regulation and Consumer Affairs Committee. Clark earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Kentucky.