Replaces Outgoing Performing Commissioner Rachel M. Davison
On June tenth, 2024, Kevin Patrick Beagan formally assumed the position of Performing Commissioner of the Massachusetts Division of Insurance coverage. He changed Rachel M. Davison who had served because the Performing Commissioner since April of this yr.
Previous to this appointment, Mr. Beagan served because the Division’s Deputy Commissioner of the Well being Care Entry Bureau. On this capability, he managed the Bureau of Managed Care and Shopper Providers Unit, overseeing the regulation of insured well being plans, together with product choices, price approvals, and entry to protection and advantages. His earlier roles throughout the Division embrace Director of the Bureau of Managed Care and Director of the Well being Unit, State Ranking Bureau.
Moreover, Performing Commissioner Beagan has held senior analyst positions on the Massachusetts State Funds Bureau and Kaiser Basis Well being Plan.
All through his distinguished profession, Beagan has been acknowledged for his public service, receiving the Manuel Carvalho Award for Excellence in Public Service in each 2001 and 2008.
Mr. Beagan’s tutorial credentials embrace a Grasp of Public Coverage (MPP) and a Grasp of Public Well being (MPH) from the College of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor’s diploma in economics and worldwide relations from Brown College.
The Massachusetts Division of Insurance coverage is at the moment searching for a everlasting substitute for the place after the departure of former Commissioner of Insurance coverage Gary Anderson, who left his place after being named CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioner.