Election Day Preview: Insurance Is On The Ballot, Too

Tuesday’s midterm Election Day is filled with fascinating races coast to coast — from the Florida gubernatorial contest to the Texas Senate race, with control of Congress hanging in the balance. Not as many people are paying attention to the expected turnover among state insurance commissioners. But some big states are expected to seat new insurance commissioners who could have a major impact on the industry, said Carolyn Coda, deputy head of Americas Regulatory Affairs at Swiss Re. The over/under on new insurance commissioners is 19, added Coda, speaking Monday at the LIMRA Annual Conference in New York City. "As an industry we’ll have to get back in there and redo that education (for new commissioners),” she said.