Mike Kreidler is Washington’s eighth insurance commissioner. He was first elected in 2000 and was re-elected to a third term in 2008. He has earned a reputation both as a staunch advocate for consumer protection and as a fair and balanced regulator. Among his accomplishments:

Cutting excessive rate increases on home and auto policies by more than $225 million.
Helping individual consumers recover about $10 million a year in denied and delayed payments on their insurance policies.
Restoring troubled insurers to financial solvency.
Blocking Premera Blue Cross's attempt to abandon its nonprofit status.
Regaining national accreditation for the office.
Successfully fighting attempts by big out-of-state insurance companies to strip consumers of their legal protections.

Throughout his career, Commissioner Kreidler has been passionate about achieving health care coverage for all Washingtonians. His major health insurance reform push in 2009 is the Guaranteed Health Benefit Plan -- providing catastrophic coverage and key preventive care to all residents.

From the boardroom of his local school district to the state Legislature and halls of Congress, Kreidler has represented the state’s citizenry for more than 30 years.

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