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Scott Kipper
Scott Kipper was the Nevada Commissioner of Insurance. Kipper assumed office on February 27, 2023. Kipper left office on July 2, 2025.
Nevada Department of Business and Industry Director Terry J. Reynolds appointed Kipper as Nevada Commissioner of Insurance on February 21, 2024 to replace Nick Stosic. This is Kipper's third appointment to this position.[1]
Biography
Kipper served as the Deputy Commissioner in charge of the Office of Health Insurance for the Louisiana Department of Insurance and as CEO of the State of Louisiana Office of Group Benefits. He also previously served as the Oregon Insurance Administrator.[2]
Kipper worked as the Senior Regional Director for the Health Insurance Association of America and America’s Health Insurance Plans from January 2001 through August 2005, where he led legislative and regulatory efforts in a number of states, including Oregon, California, Texas and Colorado.[2]
Prior to his work with HIAA and AHIP, he worked in Washington, D.C., as a health analyst and staff member for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, where his focus was on senior issues.[2] Kipper began his regulatory career at the Wyoming Department of Insurance, serving nearly five years as a life and health insurance standards consultant, where he conducted form filing reviews, performed legislative duties and served as a liaison for consumers.[2]
Kipper began his career in the insurance industry as an independent life and health agent in Laramie, Wyoming, in 1985.[2]
Education
Kipper is a graduate of the University of Wyoming, and holds a degree in business administration.[2]
Political career
Nevada Commissioner of Insurance (2023-2025)
After another brief retirement, Kipper was reappointed as Nevada Commissioner of Insurance on February 21, 2024. [1]
Nevada Commissioner of Insurance (2011-2015)
After a brief retirement from the position, Kipper was reappointed Nevada Commissioner of Insurance on October 24, 2011.[2] He held the office until July 2, 2015, three weeks after abruptly announcing plans to step down.[3]
Nevada Commissioner of Insurance (2008-2010)
Kipper previously served as Nevada Insurance Commissioner from December 2008 to June 2010.[2] He resigned from the position on June 2, 2010, stating, “It has been a privilege to serve the people of Nevada in this capacity. This division provides a vital service to the state, and it has been an honor to oversee it for the last year and a half.”[4]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 State of Nevada Department of Business & Industry, "Scott Kipper named Nevada Insurance Commissioner," accessed April 11, 2024
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Nevada Department of Insurance, "Commissioner Kipper" accessed November 1, 2012
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedresigns - ↑ Insurance and Financial Advisor, "Nevada insurance commissioner Kipper tenders resignation," May 13, 2010
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Nevada Commissioner of Insurance 2023-2025 |
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