HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE
REP. DAIRE L RENDON
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, February 14, 2019
09:00 AM
Room 521, House Office
Building
The House Standing Committee on Insurance was called to order by Chairman Rendon.
The Clerk read a letter from House Speaker Lee Chatfield which appointed members of the Insurance
Committee.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Rendon, Markkanen, Webber, Vaupel, Bellino, Frederick, Hoitenga, LaFave, Berman,
Paquette, Wittenberg, Gay-Dagnogo, Lasinski, Sneller, Bolden, Carter, Coleman.
Absent/Excused: None.
Representative Markkanen moved to adopt Thursday, at 9:00 a.m., in room 521 of the House Office
Building, as the day, time, and location for the regularly scheduled meetings of the House Insurance
Committee. The motion prevailed 16-0-0.
The motion prevailed 16-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Rendon, Markkanen, Webber, Vaupel, Bellino, Frederick, Hoitenga, LaFave, Berman,
Paquette, Wittenberg, Gay-Dagnogo, Lasinski, Sneller, Bolden, Coleman.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The Chair stated that the House Insurance Committee will follow Chapter IV, stated in the House
Standing Rules, which were adopted on the House Floor.
The Chair introduced staff members assigned to work with the Committee and made opening remarks.
The Chair invited each member of the committee to introduce themselves.
The Chair laid out her expectations for how the committee will run.
Chad Arnold, Director of the Office of Policy, Research and Communication, Karin Gyger, Manager of
Insurance Policy and Research, Judy Weaver, Director of the Office of Insurance Evaluation, Karen
Dennis, Director of the Office of Insurance Rates and Forms, Renee Campbell, Director of the Office of
Consumer Services, and Michele Riddering, Director of the Office of Insurance Licensing and Market
Conduct, all representing the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services, provided a
presentation regarding the Department and reviewed the following topics: the Department’s Mission
Statement, Consumer Protection, Who the Department Regulates, How the Department Regulates, The
National Association of Insurance Commissioners Model Laws, A Brief History of the Department,
Executive Order2013-1, the Office of Consumer Services, What Types of Assistance the Department Can
Provide, the Office of Insurance Evaluation, Licensing and Market Conduct, Life and Health, Property
and Casualty, Disaster Preparedness, the Department’s Summer Internship Program, Financial Literacy,
Anti-Fraud Efforts, Life Insurance and Annuity Locator, and the Department’s Social Media Outreach .
Questions and discussion followed.
There being no further business before the committee, the Chair adjourned the meeting at 10:05 AM.
Representative Daire Rendon, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov