Tenn. Insurance Commissioner Appointed to National Producer Registry

The National Insurance Producer Registry appointed Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance Commissioner, Leslie Newman, as its newest board member.

Newman represents the National Association of Insurance Commissioners on the NIPR board of directors.

Newman was appointed commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance in January 2007. A graduate of the Washington University School of Law, Newman has more than 20 years of experience as a regulatory attorney.

Newman has worked as an attorney with Municipal Technical Advisory Service of the University of Tennessee, Institute for Public Service; served with the Metropolitan Nashville Department of Law as associate metropolitan attorney; and worked in private practice, focusing on land use, zoning, urban and municipal law, and government relations.

Source: National Insurance Producer Registry