Mike Kreidler

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Member of CLM Since: 2016

CLM Committees

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CLM Contributions

  • Speaker - 2016 Annual Conference
  • Speaker - CCO Call - 9/17 - Current Market Conduct Environment: A Discussion with the Regulators and the Regulated

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Practice Areas

  • Insurance Coverage

Biography

Mike Kreidler is Washington’s eighth insurance commissioner. A former member of Congress, he was first elected as insurance commissioner in 2000, and re-elected to a fourth term in 2012.
 
A doctor of optometry with a master's degree in public health, Kreidler practiced at Group Health Cooperative in Olympia for 20 years, 16 of them shared with the Washington State Legislature. He served as a member of the Northwest Power Planning Council and regional director for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
 
He retired as a lieutenant colonel from the Army Reserves with 20 years of service.
 
He is a staunch advocate for consumer protection and a fair and balanced regulator. He was honored in 2009 with the "Excellence in Consumer Advocacy Award," presented by consumer advisors to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
 
From the boardroom of his local school district to the state Legislature and halls of Congress, Kreidler has represented Washingtonians for more than 40 years.
 

Throughout his career, Commissioner Kreidler has been passionate about achieving health care coverage for all Washingtonians and reforming the nation's health care system. Early on, he proposed a state plan for reform, called the Guaranteed Health Benefit Plan. He has been a strong supporter of the Affordable Care Act and efforts to implement it at the state level.
 
Commissioner Kreidler also worked with state lawmakers to close a waiting-period loophole that was endangering the lives of organ-transplant patients. He rejected a bid by one of the state's largest non-profit health insurers, Premera Blue Cross, to become a for-profit company.
 
Since 2007, Commissioner Kreidler has chaired the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Climate Change and Global Warming Work Group. He led a successful push for insurers to disclose if and how they're preparing for the potential risks associated with climate change.
 
 

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