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Insurance Department Contact Information

Department Office Hours:

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday Closed on State Holidays.

Online 24 x 7

http://insurance.utah.gov

Mailing & Delivery Address:

Utah Insurance Department
State Office Building Ste 3110 / Capitol Hill Complex
450 N State St
Salt Lake City UT 84114-6901

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Directions to our Office & Where to Park

The Utah Insurance Department is located on the third floor of the State Office Building (northern most building) behind the State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City. To get to our office:

  1. Drive to 300 North State Street. The Capitol will be directly in front of you.
  2. Turn right, then left so that you drive along the east side of the Capitol Complex.
  3. Turn left into the driveway with the Public Parking sign. Parking is free.
  4. Enter the main double doors of the granite building that faces the parking lot. (The Senate Building)
  5. Go straight through the lunchroom to the doors leading onto the plaza between the four buildings.
  6. The building to your right, or to the north, is the State Office Building - your destination.
  7. Go through the entrance and straight ahead to the elevators. Go to the main office on the third floor, Room 3110, or the fifth floor, Room 5114 for the Producer Licensing Division.

Directory

Main (801)538-3800
In-State Toll Free (800)439-3805
Consumer Service (801)538-3800
General FAX (801)538-3829
Producer Licensing (801)538-3855
Producer Licensing FAX (801)538-3830
TDD (Hearing disabled) (801)538-3826

Divisions / Sections

Office of the Commissioner

Develops, establishes and implements the policy and overall operation of the department.
Telephone (801)538-3800, Toll Free within Utah at (800)439-3805, or administration.uid@utah.gov

Name Position Phone Email
Neal Gooch Commissioner (801)538-3804 ngooch@utah.gov
Brett Barratt Deputy Commissioner (801)538-3870 bbarratt@utah.gov
Tanji Northrup Assistant Commissioner (801)538-1801 tnorthrup@utah.gov
Silmara Charlesworth Executive Assistant (801)538-3804 scharlesworth@utah.gov
Mark Kleinfield Administrative Law Judge (801)537-9246 mkleinfield@utah.gov
Tomasz Serbinowski Actuary (801)537-9289 tserbinowski@utah.gov
Jilene Whitby Information Specialist (801)538-3803 jwhitby@utah.gov

Administration Division

Responsible for budgeting, accounting and human resources.

Telephone (801)538-3800, Toll Free within Utah at (800)439-3805, or administration.uid@utah.gov

Name Position Phone Email
Doyle Christensen Director (801)538-3806 dchristensen@utah.gov
Mary Dy Financial Analyst II (801)538-3810 mdycrabb@utah.gov
Gail Fielding Accounting Technician (801)538-3236 gpfielding@utah.gov
Karon Hardman Accounting Technician (801)538-3741 khardman@utah.gov
Diane Perucca Office Clerk III (801)537-9145 dperucca@utah.gov
Anna Weidauer Receptionist (801)538-3890 aweidauer@utah.gov

Assistant Attorney General

Conducts administrative proceedings and acts as counsel for the department, Bail Bond Advisory Board and Title and Escrow Commission.

Name Position Phone Email
Perri Babalis Assistant Attorney General (801)366-0375 pbabalis@utah.gov
M. Gale Lemmon Assistant AG Dept. Prosecutor (801)366-0375 glemmon@utah.gov
Bryce Pettey Assistant Attorney General (801)366-0375 bpettey@utah.gov

Bail Bond Surety Oversight Board

Makes written recommendations to the commissioner for rules governing bail bond (BB) surety insurance business; screens BB surety company license applications; recommends action regarding the granting, renewing, suspending, revoking, and reinstating of BB company licenses; and provides recommendation regarding investigations.

Name Position Phone Email
Perri Babalis Assistant Attorney General (801)366-0375 pbabalis@utah.gov
Suzette Green-Wright Director of Market Conduct (801)538-9674 sgreenwright@utah.gov
Brad Tibbitts Director of Property & Casualty (801)538-3822 btibbitts@utah.gov
Tracy Klausmeier P&C Rate & Form Senior Analyst (801)538-3869 tklausmeier@utah.gov
Paul Throckmorton Bail Market Conduct Examiner (801)537-9113 pthrockmorton@utah.gov
Jilene Whitby Secretary/Information Spec. (801)538-3803 jwhitby@utah.gov

Captive Insurers Division

The focus of the Captive Insurance Division is to implement the Utah Captive Insurance Companies Act and promote Utah as domicile for captive insurance companies. Website: http://captive.utah.gov/

Name Position Phone Email
Ross Elliott Director (801)537-9047 rcelliott@utah.gov
Terisa Anderson Auditor II (801)538-9539 taanderson@utah.gov
Steven Price Auditor II (801)537-9110 sbprice@utah.gov
Laura Shepherd Auditor II (801)538-9546 lshepherd@utah.gov
David Snowball Auditor II (801)538-3817 djsnowball@utah.gov
Travis Wegkamp Auditor II (801)537-9294 twegkamp@utah.gov

Examination / Solvency Division

Responsible for licensing of companies, analysis of financial information to detect possible troubled companies, and verification of financial information submitted.

Telephone (801)538-3671, Toll Free within Utah at (800)439-3805, or examination.uid@utah.gov

Name Position Phone Email
Jacob W. Garn Chief Examiner (801)538-3811 jwgarn@utah.gov
Licensing & Administration      
Eric Showgren Manager (801)537-9174 eshowgren@utah.gov
Dava Berlinger-Butler Licensing Specialist (801)538-3812 dberlinger@utah.gov
Victoria Wang Licensing Financial Analyst (801)538-3814 vwang@utah.gov
Analysis      
Daniel Applegarth Assistant Chief Analyst (801)538-9509 dapplegarth@utah.gov
Teresa Trusty Financial Analyst (801) ttrusty@utah.gov
Allen Hart Financial Analyst (801)538-3737 ahart@utah.gov
Grace Reinhart Financial Analyst (801)538-3570 greinhart@utah.gov
Shane Sadler Financial Analyst (801)538-3038 ssadler@utah.gov
Teresa Trusty Financial Analyst (801)538-3832 ttrusty@utah.gov
Weimei Ye Financial Analyst (801)538-9509 wye@utah.gov
Examination      
Colette Hogan Sawyer Assisstant Chief Examiner (801)538-3866 chogan@utah.gov
Donald Catmull Senior Financial Examiner (801)538-3568 dcatmull@utah.gov
Moli Abejar Financial Examiner (801)537-9207 habejar@utah.gov
Clarissa Crisp Financial Examiner (801)538-3152 ccrisp@utah.gov
David Flores Financial Examiner (801)538-3818 dlflores@utah.gov
Aaron Phillips Financial Examiner (801)537-9205 acphillips@utah.gov
Malis Rasmussen Financial Examiner (801)537-9238 marasmussen@utah.gov

Fraud Division

Conducts insurance fraud investigations and prosecutes violators.
Telephone (801)531-5380, Toll Free: (877)372-8315, FAX: (801)535-2878

Name Position Phone Email
Armand Glick Director (801)531-5388 aglick@utah.gov
Dave Stauffer Deputy Director (801)531-5383 dstauffer@utah.gov
Shane Tiernan Deputy Director (801)531-5398 stiernan@utah.gov
Daryl Bell Assistant Attorney General (801)531-5395 dbell@utah.gov
Dwight Christensen Fraud Investigator (801)526-4559 dgchristensen@utah.gov
Shelley Coudreaut Assistant Attorney General (801)531-5394 scoudreaut@utah.gov
Steven Jentzsch Fraud Investigator (801)531-5390 sjentzsch@utah.gov
Reed Kartchner Fraud Investigator (801)531-5382 rkartchner@utah.gov
Robbie Levine Para Legal (801)531-5392 rlevine@utah.gov
Lisa Peterson Information Specialist PT (801)531-5396
Jeffrey Remus Fraud Investigator (801)531-5387 jremus@utah.gov
Ned Shimizu Fraud Investigator (801)531-5381 nshimizu@utah.gov
Rudy Van Beekum Fraud Investigator (801)531-5387 rvanbeekum@utah.gov
LuAnne Winters Information Specialist (801)531-5389 lwinters@utah.gov

Information Technology Services Division

Responsible for department's information systems and programs.

Name Position Phone Email
Brent Cleverly IT Director (801)538-3132 bcleverly@utah.gov
Carl Meek Director (801)538-3858 cmeek@utah.gov
Paul Ross Desktop Support (801)538-3807 pross@utah.gov
Scott Vanderlinden Technical Support (801)538-3808 svanderlinden@utah.gov

Life and Health Insurance Division & Office of Consumer Health Assistance (OCHA)

Provide Utah life and health insurance consumers and licensees with regulatory services relative to product pricing, review and filing; consumer inquiries, complaints, and recoveries; and interpretation/administration of Utah law.

Name Position Phone Email
Nancy Askerlund Director (801)537-9293 naskerlund@utah.gov
Betsy Jerome Assistant Director (801)537-9272 bjerome@utah.gov

Life Insurance Section

Provides information and regulation on life and annuity policies; takes consumer inquiries and complaints; performs investigations and rate and form review.

Life: (801)538-3066, Toll Free within Utah at (800)439-3805, or life.uid@utah.gov

Name Position Phone Email
Sandra Christensen Life Rate & Form Analyst (801)538-3863 schristensen@utah.gov
Beth Crim Life Consumer Service Senior Analyst (801)537-9271 bcrim@utah.gov

Health Insurance Section & Office of Consumer Health Assistance (OCHA)

Provide Utah health insurance consumers and licensees with regulatory services relative to product pricing, review and filing; consumer inquiries, complaints, and recoveries; and interpretation/administration of Utah law.

Telephone (801)538-3077, In-State Toll Free (800)439-3805, or health.uid@utah.gov

Name Position Phone Email
Paul Anderton Health Actuary (801)538-3865 panderton@utah.gov
Julie Chytraus Insurance Specialist (801)538-3816 jchytraus@utah.gov
Jaimee George Market Conduct Analyst (801)538-3815 jlgeorge@utah.gov
Ramona Goodwin Form Analyst (801)538-3404 rgoodwin@utah.gov
Jeffrey Hawley Research Consultant (801)538-9684 jhawley@utah.gov
Lorry Herrera Rate & Form Analyst (801)538-3234 lherrera@utah.gov
Brent Oscarson Form Analyst (801)538-3195 boscarson@utah.gov
Troy Stover Consumer Service Analyst (801)537-9073 tstover@utah.gov
Marilyn Thorstensen Research Assistant (801)538-3241 mthrostensen@utah.gov
Jordan Tolman Rate & Form Analyst (801)538-3861 jmtolman@g.utah.gov
Michelle White Consumer Service Analyst (801)538-3826 mmwhite@utah.gov

Market Conduct Division

Conducts investigations and fiduciary audits of the insurance industry to verify compliance with insurance laws and regulations; violators referred to enforcement staff for violations of UID codes and rules.

MC: (801)538-3800, Toll Free within Utah at (800)439-3805

Name Position Phone Email
Suzette Green-Wright Director (801)538-9674 sgreenwright@utah.gov
Linda Hardy Office Technician (801)538-3860 lhardy@utah.gov
Jenifer Christian Examiner (801)538-3172 jchristian@utah.gov
Tammy Greening Examiner (801)538-3786 tgreening@utah.gov
Richard Grieser Examiner (801)537-9057 rgrieser@utah.gov
Sandra Halladay Examiner (801)537-9162 shalladay@Utah.gov
Adam Martin Examiner (801)537-9003 gmartin@utah.gov
Connie Nowland Examiner (801)538-3040 cnowland@utah.gov
William Stimpson Examiner (801)538-3078 wstimpson@utah.gov
Paul Throckmorton Analyst (801)537-9113 pthrockmorton@utah.gov

Property & Casualty Insurance Division

Provides information and regulation on home, auto, business and miscellaneous policies; takes consumer inquiries and complaints; performs investigations and rate and form review.

P&C: (801)538-3035, Toll Free within Utah at (800)439-3805, or prop-cas.uid@utah.gov

Name Position Phone Email
Brad Tibbitts Director (801)538-3822 btibbitts@utah.gov
Sandy Glaze P&C Consumer Service Analyst (801)538-3823 sglaze@utah.gov
Tracy Klausmeier P&C Rate & Form Senior Analyst (801)538-3869 tklausmeier@utah.gov
Meldee Love P&C Consumer Service Analyst (801)537-9146 mrlove@utah.gov
Wendy Reves P&C Technician (801)537-9117 wreves@utah.gov

Producer Licensing Services Division

Offices are on the fifth floor of the State Office Building, Room 5114. Responsible for licensing agents, brokers, adjusters and consultants for individual and organization (agency) licenses; including new and renewal licenses. Telephone (801)538-3855, Toll Free within Utah at (800)439-3805, FAX: (801)538-3830 or licensing.uid@utah.gov

Name Position Phone Email
Randy Overstreet Director (801)538-3645 roverstreet@utah.gov
Cathy Burton Renewal/Reinstatement License. Specialist (801)538-3857 caburton@utah.gov
Michael Covington C.E. Specialist (801)538-3809 mcovington@utah.gov
Angie Martinez Background Licensing Specialist (801)538-3414 ammartinez@utah.gov
Heidi Petermann Non-Resident License Specialist (801)537-9273 hpetermann@utah.gov
Kris Redmond Resident Individual License Specialist (801)538-3184 kredmond@utah.gov

Professional Employer Organization (PEO)

Shall make available a list of PEOs; shall make rules regarding forms, and rules regarding the review and submission of financial statements.

Name Position Phone Email
Brad Tibbitts Director (801)538-3822 btibbitts@utah.gov
Eric Showgren Manager (801)537-9174 eshowgren@utah.gov

Title and Escrow Commission

Administer and enforce the provisions of the insurance code related to title insurance and escrow conducted by title licensees; write rules; concur with issuance and renewal of licenses, and imposed fees; determine assessment on title insurers; advise on administration and enforcement of the law; impose penalties; approve CE courses; etc

Name Position Phone Email
Suzette Green-Wright Director Market Conduct Division (801)538-9674 sgreenwright@utah.gov
Tammy Greening Examiner (801)538-3786 tgreening@utah.gov
Adam Martin Examiner. (801)538-3414 gmartin@utah.gov
Brad Tibbitts Director of Property & Casualty Division (801)538-3822 btibbitts@utah.gov
Jilene Whitby Secretary / Information Specialist (801)538-3803 jwhitby@utah.gov