Department Contact Information
Last modified 09/23/2009
OFFICE HOURS
The department's hours are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Thursday. We are closed Fridays and State Holidays.
Mailing & Delivery Address:
Utah Insurance Department
State Office Building Room 3110
Salt Lake City UT 84114-6901
Directions to our Office & Where to Park
The Utah Insurance Department is located on the third floor of the State Office Building, behind the State Capitol Building (northern most building), in Salt Lake City. To get to our office:
- Drive to 300 North State Street. The Capitol will be directly in front of you.
- Turn right, then left so that you drive along the east side of the Capitol block.
- Turn left into the driveway with the Public Parking sign. Parking is free.
- Enter the main double doors of the granite building that faces the parking lot. (The Senate Building)
- Go straight through the lunchroom to the front doors and onto the plaza between the four buildings.
- The building to your right, or to the north, is the State Office Building - your destination.
- Go through the entrance. Security will check your ID and issue a Visitor's sticker.
- Elevators just behind the security desk will take you to our main office on the third floor 3110, or the Producer Licensing Division on the fifth Floor, 5114.
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
- Administration Division
- Bail Bond Surety Oversight Board
- Captive Insurers Division
- Enforcement
- Examination / Solvency Division
- Fraud Division
- Health Division & OCHA (Office of Consumer Health Assistance)
- Information Technology Services Division
- Life, Property & Casualty Division
- Market Conduct Division
- Producer Licensing Services Division
- Professional Employer Organization (PEO)
- Title & Escrow Commission
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. Kent Michie | Commissioner | (801)538-3804 | kmichie@utah.gov |
| Neal Gooch | Deputy Commissioner | (801)538-3870 | ngooch@utah.gov |
| J.E. "Mickey" Braun | Assistant Commissioner | (801)538-3865 | jbraun@utah.gov |
| Michelle White | Executive Assistant | (801)538-3804 | mmwhite@utah.gov |
| Tomasz Serbinowski | Actuary | (801)537-9289 | tserbinowski@utah.gov |
| Mark Kleinfield | Administrative Law Judge | (801)537-9246 | mkleinfield@utah.gov |
| Jilene Whitby | Information Spec. | (801)538-3803 | jwhitby@utah.gov |
Administration Division
Responsible for budgeting, accounting and human resources.
Telephone 8(01)538-3800, Toll Free within Utah at (800)439-3805, or administration.uid@utah.gov
| Name | Position | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doyle Christensen | Director | (801)538-3806 | dchristensen@utah.gov |
| Virginia Dawes | Receptionist | (801)538-3800 | vdawes@utah.gov |
| Karon Hardman | Accounting Tech. | (801)538-3741 | khardman@utah.gov |
| Karren Heinecke | Office Tech. | (801)537-9113 | kheinecke@utah.gov |
| Heidi Petermann | Accounting Tech. | (801)538-3236 | hpetermann@utah.gov |
| Linda Trujillo | Human Resource Tech. | (801)538-9659 | ltrujillo@utah.gov |
| Jane Webb | Accounting Tech. | (801)538-3810 | jwebb@utah.gov |
| Diane Perucca | Office Clerk III | (801)537-9145 | dperucca@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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.E. "Mickey" Braun | Assistant Commissioner | (801)538-3865 | jbraun@utah.gov |
| Tara Buehner | Examiner | (801)538-3290 | tbuehner@utah.gov |
| Suzette Green-Wright | Director of Market Conduct | (801)538-9674 | sgreenwright@utah.gov |
| Tracy Klausmeier | P&C Rate & Form Senior Analyst | (801)538-3869 | tklausmeier@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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Elliott | Director | (801)537-9047 | rcelliott@utah.gov |
| Eric Showgren | Manager | (801)537-9174 | eshowgren@utah.gov |
| Laura Shepherd | Captive Examiner | (801) 538-9546 | lshepherd@utah.gov |
| Terisa Anderson | Auditor II | (801)538-3800 | taanderson@utah.gov |
Enforcement
Conducts administrative proceedings to enforce compliance with the Insurance Code and rules.
| Name | Position | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| M. Gale Lemmon | Assistant AG Department Prosecutor | (801)538-3872 | glemmon@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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob W. Garn | Chief Examiner | (801)538-3811 | jwgarn@utah.gov |
| Admin. & Licensing | |||
| Eric Showgren | Manager | (801)537-9174 | eshowgren@utah.gov |
| Beth Crim | Insurance Technician | (801)538-3812 | bcrim@utah.gov |
| Faanu Laufiso | Financial Analyst | (801)538-3818 | flaufiso@utah.gov |
| Analysis | |||
| Daniel Applegarth | Asst. Chief Anaylst | (801)538-9509 | dapplegarth@utah.gov |
| David Gaines | Financial Analyst | (801)538-3832 | dgaines@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 |
| Weimei Ye | Financial Analyst | (801)538-9509 | wye@utah.gov |
| Examination | |||
| Colette Hogan Sawyer | Asst. Chief Examiner | (801)538-3866 | chogan@utah.gov |
| Donald Catmull | Senior Financial Examiner | (801)538-3829 | dcatmull@utah.gov |
| Moli Abejar | Financial Examiner | (801)537-9110 | habejar@utah.gov |
| Clarissa Crisp | Financial Examiner | (801)538-3152 | ccrisp@utah.gov |
| David Flores | Financial Examiner | (801)537-9110 | dlflores@utah.gov |
| Aaron Phillips | Financial Examiner | (801)537-9205 | acphillips@utah.gov |
| Malis Rasmussen | Financial Examiner | (801)537-9238 | marasmussen@utah.gov |
| Teresa Trusty | Financial Examiner | (801)537-9110 | ttrusty@utah.gov |
Fraud Division
Conducts insurance fraud investigations and prosecutes violators.
Telephone (801)531-5380, Toll Free: (877)372-8315, FAX: (801)535-2878 or http://ifd.utah.gov
| Name | Position | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Asst. Atty. General | (801)531-5395 | dbell@utah.gov |
| Ken Benson | Fraud Investigator | (801)531-5381 | kbenson@utah.gov |
| Ryan Cleverly | Fraud Investigator | (801)531-5387 | rcleverly@utah.gov |
| Josh Caless | Fraud Investigator | (801)531-5385 | jcaless@utah.gov |
| Shelley Coudreaut | Asst. Atty. General | (801)531-5394 | scoudreaut@utah.gov |
| Syhina Crayton | Legal Secretary | (801)531-5387 | scrayton@utah.gov |
| Doug LeDoux | Fraud Investigator | (801)531-5390 | dledoux@utah.gov |
| Robbie Levine | Para Legal | (801)531-5392 | rlevine@utah.gov |
| Ned Shimizu | Fraud Investigator | (801)531-5381 | nshimizu@utah.gov |
| LuAnne Winters | Information Specialist | (801)531-5389 | lwinters@utah.gov |
| Kevin Wyatt | Fraud Investigator | (801)531-5385 | kwyatt@utah.gov |
Health Insurance Division & 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanji Northrup | Director | (801)538-1801 | tnorthrup@utah.gov |
| Cheryl Alexander | Consumer Service Analyst | (801)538-3826 | calexander@utah.gov |
| Ramona Goodwin | Form Analyst | (801)538-3404 | rgoodwin@utah.gov |
| Jordan Tolman | Rate & Form Analyst | (801)538-3861 | jmtolman@utah.gov |
| Jeffrey Hawley | Research Analyst | (801)538-9684 | jhawley@utah.gov |
| Lorry Herrera | Rate & Form Analyst | (801)538-3234 | lherrera@utah.gov |
| Brent Oscarson | Rate Analyst | (801)538-3195 | boscarson@utah.gov |
| Troy Stover | Consumer Service Analyst | (801)537-9073 | tstover@utah.gov |
Information Technology Services Division
Responsible for department's information systems and programs.
| Name | Position | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Meek | Director | (801)538-3858 | cmeek@utah.gov |
| Fahim Gilani | Program Analyst IV | (801)538-3469 | fgilani@utah.gov |
| Garry Gregson | LAN Administrator | (801)538-3807 | ggregson@utah.gov |
| Scott Vanderlinden | Technical Support | (801)538-3808 | svanderlinden@utah.gov |
Life, Property & Casualty Insurance Division
Provides information and regulation on life, home, auto, business and miscellaneous policies; takes consumer inquiries and complaints; performs investigations and rate and form review.
| Name | Position | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Tibbitts | Director | (801)538-3822 | btibbitts@utah.gov |
Property & Casualty Insurance Section
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Glaze | P&C Consumer Service Analyst | (801)538-3823 | sglaze@utah.gov |
| Meldee Love | P&C Consumer Service Analyst | (801)537-9146 | mrlove@utah.gov |
| Stephanie Grill | P&C Consumer Service Rep. | (801)537-9177 | sgrill@utah.gov |
| Tracy Klausmeier | P&C Rate & Form Senior Analyst | (801)538-3869 | tklausmeier@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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betsy Jerome | Life Consumer Service Senior Analyst | (801)537-9272 | bjerome@utah.gov |
| Sandra Christensen | Life Rate & Form Analyst | (801)538-3862 | schristensen@utah.gov |
| Anne Stewart | Rate & Form Tech. & Life Service Rep. | (801)538-3408 | aestewart@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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suzette Green-Wright | Director | (801)538-9674 | sgreenwright@utah.gov |
| Linda Hardy | Office Technician | (801) 538-3860 | lhardy@utah.gov |
| M. Gale Lemmon | AAG - Enforcement | (801)538-3872 | glemmon@utah.gov |
| Nancy Askerlund | Examiner | (801)537-9293 | naskerlund@utah.gov |
| Tara Buehner | Examiner | (801)538-3290 | tbuehner@utah.gov |
| Sheila Curtis | Examiner | (801)537-9003 | smcurtis@utah.gov |
| Sandra Halladay | Examiner | (801)537-9162 | shalladay@Utah.gov |
| Robert Herrera | Examiner | (801)538-3701 | rjherrera@utah.gov |
| Cathy Howick | Examiner | (801)538-3817 | chowick@utah.gov |
| Tammy Greening | Examiner | (801)538-3786 | tgreening@utah.gov |
| Richard Grieser | Examiner | (801)537-9057 | rgrieser@utah.gov |
| Connie Nowland | Examiner | (801)538-3040 | cnowland@utah.gov |
| William Stimpson | Examiner | (801)538-3078 | wstimpson@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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Overstreet | Director | (801)538-3645 | roverstreet@utah.gov |
| Jenifer Christian | Non-Resident Lic. Spec & Resident Agency Lic. Spec. | (801)537-9273 | jchristian@utah.gov |
| Kris Redmond | Resident Individual Lic. Spec | (801)538-3184 | kredmond@utah.gov |
| Michael Covington | C.E. Specialist | (801)538-3809 | mcovington@utah.gov |
| Joyce Maher | Renewal/Reinstatement Lic. Specialist | (801)538-3857 | jmaher@utah.gov |
| Adam Martin | Background Lic. Spec. | (801)538-3414 | gmartin@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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.E. "Mickey" Braun | Assistant Commissioner | (801)538-3865 | jbraun@utah.gov |
| Suzette Green-Wright | Director of Market Conduct | (801)538-9674 | sgreenwright@utah.gov |
| Brad Tibbitts | Director of Life & P&C | (801)538-3822 | btibbitts@utah.gov |
| Mark Kleinfield | Administrative Law Judge | (801)537-9246 | mkleinfield@utah.gov |
| Sheila Curtis | Examiner | (801)537-9003 | smcurtis@utah.gov |
| Sandra Halladay | Examiner | (801)537-9162 | shalladay@Utah.gov |
| Tammy Greening | Examiner | (801)538-3786 | tgreening@utah.gov |
| Jilene Whitby | Secretary & Information Spec. | (801)538-3803 | jwhitby@utah.gov |