Michigan’s acting insurance commissioner is staying on the job.
Ken Ross was named commissioner of the state’s Office of Financial and Insurance Services by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Friday, Feb. 22nd.
Ross has been the acting commissioner since Linda Watters left the post in October. He has been with the state agency since 2003. Prior to that he was with the Michigan Credit Union League.
The insurance commissioner is responsible for the state’s portion of regulating insurance companies, banks, HMOs, investment advisers and other finance firms.
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