Commissioner of Insurance of Mississippi
Incumbent
Mike Chaney
Term length4 years
Formation1903
Websitemid.ms.gov

The Mississippi Insurance Department was created as a separate department by an Act of the Mississippi Legislature, effective March 1, 1902. The Act provided for the election of an Insurance Commissioner at the general election of 1903 and provided that until the election and qualification of such Insurance Commissioner, the duties of the office should be discharged by the State Auditor of Public Accounts.[1]

Responsibilities

The Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance administers all state laws pertaining to insurance companies, corporations, and their agents and adjustors active in the state. The commissioner licenses and regulates the manufacture and sale of mobile homes and administers the state fire code.[2]

Commissioners of Insurance, 1903-present

Commissioners of Insurance
No. Insurance Commissioner Term in office Party Ref.
1 William Q. Cole 1903 – 1908 [1]
2 T. M. Henry 1908 – 1928 Democratic [1]
3 Ben Shem Lowry 1928 – 1932 [1]
4 George Riley 1932 – 1935 [1]
5 J. H. Johnson 1935 – 1936 [1]
6 John Sharp Williams III 1936 – 1944 [1]
7 Jesse L. White 1944 – 1952 [1]
8 Walter Dell Davis 1952 – 1972 [1]
9 Evelyn Gandy 1972 – 1976 Democratic [1]
10 George Dale 1976 – 2008 [1]
11 Mike Chaney 2008 – Present Republican [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Mississippi Insurance Department - History". Mississippi Insurance Department. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  2. ↑ Clark, Eric (December 2007). "The Government of Mississippi: How it Functions". Mississippi History Now. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
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