Alabama Commissioner of Insurance
| Alabama Commissioner of Insurance | |
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| General information | |
| Office Type: | Nonpartisan |
| Office website: | Official Link |
| Compensation: | $161,160 |
| 2025 FY Budget: | $83,203,712 |
| Term limits: | None |
| Structure | |
| Length of term: | Serves a term concurrent with appointing governor |
| Authority: | Code of Alabama, Section 27-2-2 |
| Selection Method: | Appointed by Governor |
| Current Officeholder(s) | |
Alabama Commissioner of Insurance
Mark Fowler | |
| Other Alabama Executive Offices | |
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The Alabama Commissioner of Insurance is a state executive position in the Alabama government. The commissioner is the chief executive of the Alabama Department of Insurance, which regulates insurance companies operating in Alabama.
Current officeholder
The current Alabama Commissioner of Insurance is Mark Fowler (nonpartisan). Fowler assumed office in 2023.
Authority
The commissioner of insurance's authority derives from Alabama statute.[1]
Code of Alabama, Section 27-2-2
| “ | (a) A Commissioner of Insurance shall be chief executive officer of the [Department of Insurance]. The commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor. He shall serve for a term concurrent with that of the Governor by whom he is appointed, or for the unexpired portion thereof.[2] | ” |
Qualifications
Alabama law requires that the commissioner be "selected with special reference to . . . training, experience and capacity," and that the commissioner not be a candidate for any elected office.[1] The commissioner, before taking the oath of office, is also required to submit a $50,000 penal bond to the Alabama Secretary of State.[3]
Code of Alabama, Section 27-2-2
| “ | (b) The commissioner shall be selected with special reference to his training, experience and capacity. He shall not be a candidate for, nor hold, any other public office of trust nor be a member of any political committee. If he becomes a candidate for public office or becomes a member of a political committee, his office as commissioner shall be immediately vacated.[2] | ” |
Appointments
The commissioner of insurance is appointed by the governor and serves a term concurrent with the governor.[1]
Term limits
Alabama law does not establish any term limits for the office.
Vacancies
Alabama statute does not prescribe a particular procedure for vacancies in the office of insurance commissioner. As all commissioners of insurance are appointed by the governor, he is responsible for naming a new officeholder in the case of a vacancy.[1]
Duties
The commissioner of insurance is responsible for overseeing the Department of Insurance, which regulates insurance companies operating in Alabama. The office investigates possible insurance fraud, licenses and tracks the solvency of insurance companies, assists consumers with insurance rating and underwriting, and acts as receiver of delinquent or bankrupt companies.
The commissioner also oversees the state Fire Marshal's Office, which investigates "suspicious fires and explosions," and enforces the state's fire code through building inspections.[4]
Divisions
The Department of Insurance, overseen by the commissioner of insurance, is divided into a number of divisions:[4]
- Accounting
- Consumer Services
- Examiners
- Fire Marshal
- Fraud
- Human Resources
- Information Technology
- Legal
- Mitigation Resources
- Preneed
- Producer Licensing
- Rates and Forms
- Receivership
State budget
- See also: Alabama state budget and finances
The budget for the Department of Insurance in Fiscal Year 2025 was $83,203,712.[5]
Compensation
- See also: Compensation of state executive officers
The commissioner's salary is determined by the governor "in the same manner as the salaries of other appointive department heads."[6]
Code of Alabama, Section 27-2-4:
| “ | The commissioner shall receive such annual salary as fixed by the Governor in the same manner as the salaries of other appointive department heads. Such salary shall be payable in the same manner as other state employees are paid.[2] | ” |
2023
In 2023, the officer's salary was $161,160, according to the Council of State Governments.[7]
2022
In 2022, the officer's salary was $182,770, according to the Council of State Governments.[8]
2021
In 2021, the commissioner received a salary of $182,912, according to the Council of State Governments.[9]
2020
In 2020, the commissioner received a salary of $176,314 according to the Council of State Governments.[10]
2019
In 2019, the commissioner received a salary of $164,419 according to the Council of State Governments.[11]
2018
In 2018, the commissioner received a salary of $164,419 according to the Council of State Governments.[12]
2017
In 2017, the commissioner received a salary of $164,419 according to the Council of State Governments.[13]
2016
In 2016, the insurance commissioner received a salary of $164,419, according to the Council of State Governments.[14]
2015
In 2015, the insurance commissioner received a salary of $91,014, according to the Council of State Governments.[15]
2014
In 2014, the insurance commissioner's salary was $91,104, according to the Council of State Governments.[16]
2013
In 2013, the insurance commissioner's salary was $91,014, according to the Council of State Governments.
Historical officeholders
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Contact info
Physical address:
201 Monroe St., #502
Montgomery, AL 36104
Mailing address:
PO Box 303351
Montgomery, AL 36130
Phone: 334-269-3550
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named27-2-2 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Code of Alabama, "Section 27-2-3," accessed May 24, 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Alabama Department of Insurance, "About ALDOI," accessed January 5, 2021
- ↑ Alabama Department of Finance, "Act 2024-355," accessed January 15, 2025
- ↑ Code of Alabama, "Section 27-2-4," accessed January 5, 2021
- ↑ 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 5, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2019," accessed January 5, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2018," accessed January 5, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2017," accessed January 5, 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 14, 2014
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