Massachusetts Gets New Insurance Commissioner

 
The state of Massachusetts has been seeking to fill the position of Commissioner for Division of Insurance and they think they have finally found someone to do it. Governor Deval Patrick has named Joseph G. Murphy to the position. Murphy has been the First Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Insurance since 2006 so he is fully aware of what the position entails. He has played a very active role in the successful auto insurance reform that has gone on in the state, and the governor feels that he is the person that can move forward in a positive direction.
 
When Commissioner Nonnie Burnes started mixing things up for the state and changing the way that auto insurance was handled, Murphy was there helping out and seeing exactly what had to happen in order for the state to move forward successfully. He is used to dealing with a $12 million budget, so the position truly will not be a huge change for him.
 
He has already been serving as Acting Commissioner sine Burnes left, so he is aware of the day to day operations of that position as well as his own. Patrick said that he deserves a lot of the credit for the way that the auto insurance reform played out. He said that he understood the need for managed competition within the auto insurance industry and how it would benefit their residents.
 
He said that auto insurance reform and health care cost containment were the two most important things that they could have gotten accomplished and he is moving forward on seeing that they move forward to getting those things completed.

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