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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

Insurance Department  

Agency Web page | Statutory Authority | Agency History |
Published histories/articles
| State Library Collections | List of Commissioners

Agency Web page

Statutory Authority :
CGS Title 38a.   

Agency History :

1865, Office of Insurance Commissioner established per Public Acts chpt. XCL.
1871, Insurance Dept. established per Public Acts chpt. CXXXCIII.
1979, Insurance Dept. becomes the Insurance Division in the new Dept. of Business Regulation per P.A. 77-614.
1980, Insurance Department reestablished when Dept. of Business Regulation is abolished per P.A. 80-482.

Published Histories/Articles :
Not available

Agency Documents in the State Library Collections :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :

            Connecticut. Insurance Dept.

Annual Reports are located in :

1865-, [CSL Call Number ConnDoc In72]
 
Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor
[CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40 d], and 2002-, the online version

State Archives Record Group : RG 011

 List of Commissioners :

Name

Years of Service

Benjamin Noyes 1867-1871
George S. Miller 1872-1874
John W. Stedman 1875-1880
John W. Brooks 1881-1883
E. Williams 1884-1886
Orsamus R. Fyler 1887-1893
Burton Mansfield 1894-1895
Frederick A. Betts 1896-1899
Edwin L. Scofield 1900-1902
Theron Upson 1903-1907
Theodore H. Macdonald 1908-1911
Burton Mansfield 1912-1923
Howard P. Dunham 1924-1935
John C. Blackall 1936-1942
W. Ellery Allyn 1943-1954
Thomas J. Spellacy 1954-1957
Alfred N. Premo 1957-1963
William R. Cotter 1963-1970
Paul B. Altermatt 1971-1973
Thomas C. White 1974
Jay W. Jackson 1975-1976
T.F. Gilroy Daly 1977
Joseph C. Mike May 20, 1977-1981
Peter W. Gillies 1983-1987
Robert F. Kelly 1988-1989
Robert R. Googins 1990-1993
William J. Gilligan (Acting) 1993-1994
George M. Reider, Jr. 1994-1999
Susan F. Cogswell 1999-2007
Thomas R. Sullivan Apr. 18, 2007-2010
Barbara C. Spear (Acting) Nov. 12, 2010-2011
Thomas B. Leonardi Feb. 2011-Present

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 01/2011.