Governmental Affairs

The Governmental Affairs Committee is charged with ensuring AAMGA members are kept informed on the governmental and regulatory issues, developments and other matters having an impact on their operations.

Governmental Affairs CommitteeCommittee members regularly meet with state and federal elected and appointed officials across the country. The AAMGA’s influence in Congress and with state regulators has enabled members of the Association to advance needed insurance reforms and to then lobby their own elected representatives and regulators on matters of importance to the wholesale insurance industry. It has also resulted in the AAMGA being afforded the opportunity of testifying and providing specific data and information on our industry before US Senate and House of Representatives Committees in Washington, DC. The AAMGA is a reliable and trusted source.

The Governmental Affairs Committee also liaises regularly with the Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom, in order to discuss and advise how regulatory initiatives there will impact the transaction of business in North America.

Members attend meetings of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the National Association of Professional and Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO), the National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL), Surplus Lines Law Group, and other insurance industry conferences.

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State Insurance Departments

Scroll over and click on the individual state names below for the websites of the state insurance departments:

Alabama Hawaii Michigan North Carolina Vermont
Alaska Idaho Minnesota North Dakota Virginia
Arizona Illinois Mississippi Ohio Washington
Arkansas Indiana Missouri Oklahoma West Virginia
California Iowa Montana Oregon Wisconsin
Colorado Kansas Nebraska Pennsylvania Wyoming
Connecticut Kentucky Nevada Rhode Island American Samoa
Delaware Louisiana New Hampshire South Carolina Guam
District of Columbia Maine New Jersey South Dakota N. Mariana Islands
Florida Maryland New Mexico Tennessee Puerto Rico
Georgia Massachusetts New York Texas U.S. Virgin Islands
Utah

Members of the Committee in 2007-2008 are:

Frank Mastowski
Board Liaison
Jimcor Agency, Inc., CMGA
Phone: 201.573.8200 x 1123
fmastowski@jimcor.com

R. C. Chaffin
Co-Chair
SeaCoast Underwriters, Inc.
Phone: 305.774.9977
rcc@seacoastunderwriters.com

Kurt Bingeman
Co-Chair
Russell Bond & Company, CMGA
Phone: 716.856.8220, ext. 225
kbingeman@russellbond.com

Paul Goodwin
American Reinsurance
Phone: 609.419.8602
pgoodwin@amre.com

Jim Kranzberg
Bell + Clements

Bill Malone
Continental/Marmorstein & Malone
Phone: 201.261.5100 ext. 3006
bmalone@ca-group.com

Bill Fink
Delta General Agency Corp.
Phone: 713.570.2716
billf@deltains.com

Bernd Heinze
AAMGA Staff Liaison
Phone: 610.225.2363
bernie@aamga.org