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Office & Personnel Information

Last modified 04/16/2008

Contents:

Mailing & Delivery Address
Get a Map
Directions & Parking
Directory for Office & Personnel

Mailing & Delivery Address:

UTAH INSURANCE DEPARTMENT
STATE OFFICE BUILDING ROOM 3110
SALT LAKE CITY UT 84114-6901

Get a Map

Here  

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:

  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 block.

  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.

  5. Go straight through the lunchroom to the front doors of this building 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. Security will check your ID.

  8. Elevators just behind the security desk will take you to our main office on the Third Floor, or the Producer Licensing Division on the 5th Floor, Room 5114.

Directory

Main 801-538-3800
In-State Toll Free 800-439-3805
Consumer Service   801-538-3800
Consumer Health Assistance 866-350-6242
Producer Licensing 801-538-3855
FAX 801-538-3829
TDD (Hearing disabled) 801-538-3826

Divisions


Office of the Commissioner
Develops, establishes and implements the policy and overall operation of the department.
801-538-3800, toll free within Utah at 800-439-3805, or administration.uid@utah.gov

Name Title Phone # Email
D. Kent Michie Commissioner (801)538-3890 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
Margaret Tow Secretary to Commissioner (801)538-3804 mtow@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.
801-538-3800, toll free within Utah at 800-439-3805, or administration.uid@utah.gov

 

Name Title Phone # Email
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 Garcia Office Clerk (801)537-9145 dgarcia@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.

 
J.E. "Mickey" Braun Assistant Commissioner (801)538-3865 jbraun@utah.gov
Tara Buehner Examiner (801)538-3290 tbuehner@utah.gov
Robert Herrera Examiner (801)538-3701 rjherrera@utah.gov
Darrel Powell Director/Chief (801)538-3816 dgpowell@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
The Utah Captive Insurance Division is a division within the department's examination division. The focus of the division is to implement the Utah Captive Insurance Companies Act and promote Utah as domicile for captive insurance companies.
website = http://www.captive.utah.gov/
Donnie Spann Director (801)537-9047 dspann@utah.gov
Eric Showgren Licensing Analyst (801)537-9174 eshowgren@utah.gov
Laura Shephard 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.

 
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.
801-538-3671, toll free within Utah at 800-439-3805, or examination.uid@utah.gov

 
Name Title Phone # Email
Jacob W. Garn Chief Examiner (801)538-3811 jwgarn@utah.gov
Moli Abejar Financial Examiner (801)537-9110 habejar@utah.gov
Daniel Applegarth Assistant Chief Examiner (801)538-9509 dapplegarth@utah.gov
Helen Bray Office Technician (801)538-3152 hbray@utah.gov
Donald Catmull Senior Financial Examiner (801)537-9207 dcatmull@utah.gov
Beth Crim Insurance Technician (801)538-3812 bcrim@utah.gov
Clarissa Crisp Financial Examiner (801)537-9110 ccrisp@utah.gov
David Gaines Financial Analyst (801)538-3832 dgaines@utah.gov
Linda Hardy Office Technician (801)538-3813 lhardy@utah.gov
Allen Hart Financial Analyst (801)538-3737 ahart@utah.gov
Colette Hogan Assistant Chief Examiner (801)538-3866 chogan@utah.gov
David Flores Financial Examiner (801)537-9110 dlflores@utah.gov
Faanu Laufiso Financial Examiner (801)538-3818 flaufiso@utah.gov
Aaron Phillips Financial Examiner (801)537-9205 acphillips@utah.gov
Malis Rasmussen Financial Examiner (801)537-9207 marasmussen@utah.gov
Grace Reinhart Financial Analyst (801)538-3570 greinhart@utah.gov
Shane Sadler Financial Analyst (801) 538-3038 ssadler@utah.gov
Eric Showgren Manager (801-537-9174 eshowgren@utah.gov

Fraud
Conducts insurance fraud investigations and prosecutes violators.
FAX: 801-535-2878, Toll Free: 877-372-8315, or www.ifd.utah.gov

 
Name Title Phone # Email
Joe Christensen Director (801)531-5388 jtchristensen@utah.gov
Dave Stauffer Deputy Director (801)531-5383 dstauffer@utah.gov
Rick Angel Fraud Investigator (801)531-5380 rangel@utah.gov
Daryl Bell Asst. Atty. General (801)531-5395 dbell@utah.gov
Ken Benson Fraud Investigator (801)531-5381 kbenson@utah.gov
Kenneth Bourne Fraud Investigator (801)531-5382 kbourne@utah.gov
Ryan Cleverly Fraud Investigator (801)531-5387 rcleverly@utah.gov
Shelley Coudreaut Asst. Atty. General (801)531-5394 scoudreaut@utah.gov
Lana Taylor Asst. Atty. General (801)531-5393 lataylor@utah.gov
Doug LeDoux Fraud Investigator (801)531-5390 dledoux@utah.gov
Robbie Levine Office Tech II (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.
801-538-3077, toll free at 866-350-6242, or health.uid@utah.gov

 

Suzette Green-Wright Director (801)538-9674 sgreenwright@utah.gov
Cheryl Alexander Consumer Service Analyst (801)538-3826 calexander@utah.gov
Ramona Goodwin Rate & Form Analyst (801)538-3861 rgoodwin@utah.gov
Richard Grieser Consumer Service Rep. (801)537-9294 rgrieser@utah.gov
Jeffrey Hawley Research Analyst (801)538-9684 jhawley@utah.gov
Lorry Herrera Rate & Form Analyst (801)538-3234 lherrera@utah.gov
Tanji Northrup Sr Rate & Form Analyst (801)538-1801 tnorthrup@utah.gov
Brent Oscarson Rate Analyst (801)538-3195 boscarson@utah.gov
Troy Stover Consumer Service Analyst (801)537-9073 tstover@utah.gov

Information Services Technology
Responsible for department's computer system and programs.
 
Name Title Phone # Email
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
Al Kieffer Technical Support (801)538-3172 akieffer@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 Title Phone # Email
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

 

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 Examiner (801)537-9146 mrlove@utah.gov
Kris Redmond P&C Consumer Service Rep. (801)537-9177 kredmond@utah.gov 
Anne Stewart Service Rep. &
Life Rate & Form Tech.
(801)538-3408 aestewart@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
 

Sandra Christensen Life Rate & Form Analyst (801)538-3862 schristensen@utah.gov
Betsy Jerome Life Consumer Service Senior Analyst (801)537-9272 bjerome@utah.gov
Anne Stewart Service Rep. &
Life Rate & Form Tech.
(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.

 
Darrel Powell Director/Chief (801)538-3816 dgpowell@utah.gov
Angie Thomas Administrative Assistant (801) 538-3860 akthomas@utah.gov
M. Gale Lemmon AAG - Enforcement (801)538-3872 glemmon@utah.gov
Brian Hansen Analyst (801)538-3731 bhansen@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
Gerri Jones Examiner (801)537-9057 gjones@utah.gov
Connie Nowland Examiner (801)538-3040 cnowland@utah.gov
William  Stimpson Examiner (801)538-3078 wstimpson@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 Title Phone # Email
Brad Tibbitts Director (801)538-3822 btibbitts@utah.gov
Eric Showgren Manager (801-537-9174 eshowgren@utah.gov

  Producer Licensing Services Division
Offices are on the 5th Floor, Room 5114. Responsible for licensing agents, brokers, adjusters and consultants for individual and organization (agency) licenses; including new and renewal licenses. 801-538-3855, toll free within Utah at 800-439-3805, or licensing.uid@utah.gov
 
Name Title Phone # Email
Randy Overstreet Director (801)538-3645 roverstreet@utah.gov
Jenifer Baker Non-Resident Lic. Spec (801)537-9273 jnbaker@utah.gov
Julie Chytraus Resident Lic. Specialist (801)538-3802 jchytraus@utah.gov
Michael Covington C.E. Specialist (801)538-3809 mcovington@utah.gov
Joyce Maher Renewal Lic. Specialist (801)538-3857 jmaher@utah.gov
Adam Martin Background Lic. Spec. (801)538-3414 gmartin@utah.gov
Sue Shapiro Reinstatements/Changes (801)538-3184 scshapiro@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

 
J.E. "Mickey" Braun Assistant Commissioner (801)538-3865 jbraun@utah.gov
Darrel Powell Director of Market Conduct (801)538-3816 dgpowell@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
Gerri Jones Examiner (801)537-9057 gjones@utah.gov
Connie Nowland Examiner (801)538-3040 cnowland@utah.gov
Jilene Whitby Secretary &
Information Spec
.
(801)538-3803 jwhitby@utah.gov


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