| Agency Name: | Office of the Insurance Commissioner |
| Type: | division |
| Jurisdiction: | Washington |
| Chief1 Name: | Mike Kreidler |
| Chief1 Position: | Commissioner |
The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner was created in 1889–90, and became a separate agency in 1907 with an elected commissioner.[1] The current commissioner is Mike Kreidler, a Democrat first elected in 2000 and reelected five times.
In 2014, a bill was introduced to replace the elected commissioner with a 10-person board which would hire the commissioner.[2] It was passed in both houses but vetoed by Governor Jay Inslee.[3]
In 2015, the office denied applications by a number of association health plans, resulting in a legal dispute with those affected.[4]
| J. H. Schively | 1909–1913 | Republican | |
| H.O.Fishback | 1913–1933 | Republican | |
| William A. Sullivan | 1933–1961 | Democratic | |
| Lee I. Kueckelhan | 1961–1969 | Democratic | |
| Karl Herrmann | 1969–1977 | Democratic | |
| Richard G. Marquardt | 1977–1993 | Republican | |
| Deborah Senn | 1993–2001 | Democratic | |
| Mike Kreidler | 2001–present | Democratic |