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Kentucky Commissioner of Insurance
| Kentucky Commissioner of Insurance | |
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| General information | |
| Office Type: | Nonpartisan |
| Office website: | Official Link |
| Compensation: | $118,800 |
| 2025 FY Budget: | $17,845,800 |
| Term limits: | None |
| Structure | |
| Length of term: | 4 years |
| Authority: | Kentucky Revised Statutes 304.2-010 |
| Selection Method: | Appointed by the governor with the consent of the Kentucky State Senate |
| Current Officeholder(s) | |
Kentucky Commissioner of Insurance
Sharon Clark | |
| Other Kentucky Executive Offices | |
| Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Auditor • Commissioner of Education • Agriculture Commissioner • Insurance Commissioner • Natural Resources Commissioner • Labor Cabinet Secretary • Public Service Commission | |
The Kentucky Director of Insurance is a state executive position in the Kentucky state government and serves as head of the Department of Insurance.
Current officeholder
The current Kentucky Commissioner of Insurance is Sharon Clark (nonpartisan). Clark assumed office in 2020.
Authority
The Department of Insurance is established in the Kentucky Revised Statutes.[1]
Kentucky Revised Statutes 304.2-010:
| There is continued within the Public Protection Cabinet a department to be known as the Department of Insurance. |
Qualifications
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Appointments
The Kentucky Director of Insurance is appointed by the governor with the consent of the state Senate for a term not to exceed four years.[2][3]
Vacancies
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Duties
The general powers and duties of the commissioner as set out in the Kentucky Revised Statutes are as follows:[4]
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Divisions
The Kentucky Revised Statutes establish the following divisions of the Department of Insurance:[3]
- Property and Casualty Division
- Health and Life Division
- Division of Financial Standards and Examination
- Division of Agent Licensing
- Division of Insurance Fraud Investigation
- Consumer Protection Division
- Division of Kentucky Access
State budget
- See also: Kentucky state budget and finances
The Department of Insurance's budget for Fiscal Year 2025 was $17,845,800.[6]
Compensation
- See also: Compensation of state executive officers
2023
In 2023, the officer's salary was $118,800, according to the Council of State Governments.[7]
2022
In 2022, the officer's salary was $110,000, according to the Council of State Governments.[8]
2021
In 2021, the commissioner received a salary of $110,000, according to the Council of State Governments.[9]
2020
In 2020, the insurance commissioner received a salary of $104,762 according to the Council of State Governments.[10]
2019
In 2019, the insurance commissioner received a salary of $103,000 according to the Council of State Governments.[11]
2018
In 2018, the insurance commissioner received a salary of $103,000 according to the Council of State Governments.[12]
2017
In 2017, the insurance commissioner received a salary of $110,250 according to the Council of State Governments.[13]
2016
In 2016, the insurance commissioner received a salary of $105,000 according to the Council of State Governments.[14]
2015
In 2015, the insurance commissioner received a salary of $101,220 according to the Council of State Governments.[15]
2014
In 2014, the commissioner received a salary of $100,217 according to the Council of State Governments.[16]
2013
In 2013, the commissioner received a salary of $100,217 according to the Council of State Governments.[17]
2012
In 2012, the commissioner received a salary of $100,217 according to the Council of State Governments.
Historical officeholders
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Contact information
Kentucky Department of Insurance
500 Mero Street
2 SE 11
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-3630
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Kentucky Revised Statutes, "Home," accessed January 18, 2021
- ↑ Kentucky Revised Statutes, "12.020 Enumeration of departments, program cabinets, and administrative bodies," accessed January 18, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kentucky Revised Statutes, " 304.2 – 020 Commissioner of insurance," accessed January 18, 2021
- ↑ Kentucky Revised Statutes, " General powers and duties of Commissioner," accessed January 18, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Kentucky Office of State Budget Director, "2024-2026 Budget of the Commonwealth," accessed January 17, 2025
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2023 Table 4.11: Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," accessed January 15, 2025
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2022 Table 4.11: Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," provided to Ballotpedia by CSG personnel
- ↑ Issuu, "The Book of the States 2021," accessed September 22, 2022
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2020," accessed January 18, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2019," accessed January 18, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2018," accessed January 18, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2017," accessed January 18, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2016," accessed August 27, 2016
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2015," accessed August 27, 2016
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," accessed November 24, 2014
- ↑ The Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2013, Table 4.11," accessed February 2, 2014
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