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Missouri Department of Insurance promotes three veterans to leadership team

Jefferson City, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Insurance has announced the following changes to its division and section managers:

Fred Heese, director, Division of Insurance Company Regulation – Heese has served as acting director of this division since May 2007. He also assumes leadership responsibility for the department’s Kansas City regional office. A CPA, MBA and CFE (certified financial examiner), Heese joined the Department of Insurance in 1984. The Division of Insurance Company Regulation:

• Licenses 1,900 insurance companies doing business in Missouri.
• Examines the solvency of insurers.
• Determines the amount of premium tax to paid by insurance companies to General Revenue.

Jim Mealer, chief examiner, Market Conduct Section – A 19-year veteran of the Department of Insurance, Mealer has the professional designations of CIE (certified insurance examiner) and MCM (market conduct management). For the past nine years, Mealer has served as audit manager, overseeing all market conduct examinations for life and health insurance companies. He also assumes leadership responsibility for the department’s St. Louis regional office. The Market Conduct Section:

• Examines insurance companies to determine compliance with Missouri’s insurance consumer protection laws.

Brenda Otto, manager, Licensing Section – Otto has served in licensing for the department since 1984. Her section:

• Licenses more than 130,000 insurance agencies and agents, bail bond agents and public adjusters.

“Fred Heese, Jim Mealer and Brenda Otto are veterans with recognized expertise in their fields,” said John M. Huff, director of the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration (DIFP). “Today’s economy challenges everyone involved in the insurance business – consumers, insurers and agents. These members of the DIFP team will provide proven leadership at an important time.”

About the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration

The Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration (DIFP) is responsible for consumer protection through the regulation of financial industries and professionals. The department’s seven divisions work to maintain consumer confidence by examining and monitoring industries and professions and by establishing coherent and evolving policies. DIFP works to enforce state regulations both efficiently and effectively while encouraging a competitive environment for industries and professions to ensure consumers have access to quality products.

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