Delaware Insurance Commissioner

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Delaware Insurance Commissioner

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General information
Office Type:  Partisan
Office website:  Official Link
Compensation:  $124,215
2025 FY Budget:  $32,333,300
Term limits:  None
Structure
Length of term:   4 years
Authority:  Delaware Constitution, Article III, Section 21
Selection Method:  Elected
Current Officeholder

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro
Democratic Party
Assumed office: January 3, 2017

Elections
Next election:  November 7, 2028
Last election:  November 5, 2024
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The Delaware Insurance Commissioner is an elected state executive position in the Delaware state government. Insurance commissioners regulate Delaware's insurance industry, track insurance companies' financial well-being, and investigate insurance fraud complaints.[1]

Current officeholder

The current officeholder is Trinidad Navarro (D). Navarro was elected to a four-year term in November 2016 and assumed office on January 3, 2017.[2]

Authority

The insurance commissioner's election and term of office, are established by Article III of the Delaware Constitution.

Delaware Constitution, Article III, Section 21:

The terms of the office of the Attorney General, the Insurance Commissioner, the Auditor of Accounts and the State Treasurer shall be four years. These officers shall be chosen by the qualified electors of the State at general elections, and be commissioned by the Governor....

Qualifications

There are no special qualifications for the office of insurance commissioner.

Elections

Delaware state government organizational chart

Delaware elects insurance commissioners to four-year terms during gubernatorial election years.

2024

See also: Delaware Insurance Commissioner election, 2024

General election candidates

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates


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Republican Party Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

2020

See also: Delaware Insurance Commissioner election, 2020

General election candidates

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates


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Republican Party Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

2016

See also: Delaware Insurance Commissioner election, 2016

The general election for insurance commissioner was held on November 8, 2016.

Trinidad Navarro defeated Jeff Cragg in the Delaware insurance commissioner election.

Delaware Insurance Commissioner, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Trinidad Navarro 59.29% 246,428
     Republican Jeff Cragg 40.71% 169,228
Total Votes 415,656
Source: Delaware Secretary of State

2012

See also: Delaware down ballot state executive elections, 2012

Incumbent Karen Weldin Stewart defeated challengers Benjamin Mobley (R) and David R. Eisenhour (L) in the general election on November 6, 2012. On October 24, 2012, Eisenhour suspended his campaign, announcing instead that he would run for clerk of the peace in Sussex County.[3]

Delaware Insurance Commissioner General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngKaren Weldin Stewart Incumbent 61.1% 233,354
     Republican Benjamin Mobley 36.8% 140,669
     Libertarian David R. Eisenhour 2.1% 7,838
Total Votes 381,861
Election results via Delaware State Board of Elections


Term limits

There are no term limits for the office of insurance commissioner.

Vacancies

Details of vacancy appointments are addressed under Article III, Section 9. If a vacancy occurs in the position of insurance commissioner, the governor has the power to fill the vacancy until a successor is elected.

Duties

As of January 14, 2021, the stated duties of the Department of Insurance included:[1]

  • Protect insurance consumers
  • Regulate companies to ensure ability to pay claims
  • Review, approve, and/or disapprove rates submitted by insurance companies
  • Prosecute insurance fraud
  • License agents and brokers
  • Save businesses money on premium costs
  • Assist Medicare-eligible seniors
  • Advocate for residents through arbitration and legislation

Divisions

As of January 14, 2021, divisions within the Department of Insurance included:[4]

  • Bureau of Captive & Financial Insurance Products
  • Bureau of Company Examination, Rehabilitation & Guaranty
  • Consumer Services & Investigations Divisions
  • Fraud Prevention Bureau
  • Producer Licensing & Continuing Education Division
  • Rates & Forms Divisions

State budget

See also: Delaware state budget and finances

The budget for the Office of the Insurance Commissioner in the Fiscal Year 2025 was $32,333,300.[5]

Compensation

See also: Compensation of state executive officers

The salaries of Delaware's elected state executives are determined by state law as mandated by the Delaware Constitution. Article III of the state constitution requires that salary changes not take effect until after the current terms of affected offices.

The Delaware State Legislature created the Delaware Compensation Commission in 1984 to determine state executive salaries. This commission consists of six members including two appointees by the governor, one appointee each by the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Delaware State Senate, the current chair of the Delaware Business Roundtable and the director of the state Office of Management and Budget. Commissioners meet every four years to make salary recommendations, which are implemented unless the Delaware State Legislature rejects the entirety of the report. From 1985 to 2013, the commission's report was only rejected once by legislators, who submitted their own salary increases for executives officials in 1993.[6]

2023

In 2023, the officer's salary was $124,215, according to the Council of State Governments.[7]

2022

In 2022, the officer's salary was $118,300, according to the Council of State Governments.[8]

2021

In 2021, the insurance commissioner received a salary of $112,667, according to the Council of State Governments.[9]

2020

In 2020, the insurance commissioner received a salary of $112,667 according to the Council of State Governments.[10]

2019

In 2019, the insurance commissioner received a salary of $111,667 according to the Council of State Governments.[11]

2018

In 2018, the insurance commissioner received a salary of $109,032 according to the Council of State Governments.[12]

2017

In 2017, the insurance commissioner received a salary of $109,032 according to the Council of State Governments.[13]

2016

In 2016, the insurance commissioner received a salary of $109,032 according to the Council of State Governments.[14]

2015

In 2015, the insurance commissioner received a salary of $109,032 according to the Council of State Governments.[15]

2014

In 2014, the insurance commissioner was paid an estimated $108,532 according to the Council of State Governments.[16]

2013

In 2013, the insurance commissioner was paid an estimated $108,532 according to the Council of State Governments.

2012

In 2012, the insurance commissioner was paid an estimated $107,457 according to the Council of State Governments.

2010

In 2010, the insurance commissioner was paid an estimated $102,715 according to the Council of State Governments.[17]

Historical officeholders

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Contact information

Delaware

Dover Office

1351 West North Street

Dover, DE 19904
(302) 674-7300

Wilmington Office
1007 Orange Street, Suite 1010
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 577-5280

See also

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Delaware Department of Insurance, "Our Mission," accessed January 14, 2021
  2. Delaware Department of Insurance, "Trinidad Navarro - Biography," accessed January 14, 2021
  3. The Republic, "Libertarian suspends campaign for Delaware insurance commissioner, endorses GOP candidate" accessed October 24, 2012
  4. Delaware Department of Insurance, "Divisions," accessed January 13, 2021
  5. Delaware General Assembly, "Senate Bill 325," accessed January 16, 2025
  6. Delaware Compensation Commission, "2018 Total Compensation Study," January 14, 2021
  7. Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2023 Table 4.11: Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," accessed January 15, 2025
  8. Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2022 Table 4.11: Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," provided to Ballotpedia by CSG personnel
  9. Issuu, "The Book of the States 2021," accessed September 22, 2022
  10. Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2020," accessed January 14, 2021
  11. Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2019," accessed January 14, 2021
  12. Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2018," accessed January 14, 2021
  13. Council of State Governments, "The Book of the States 2017," accessed January 14, 2021
  14. Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2016," accessed August 27, 2016
  15. Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2015," accessed August 27, 2016
  16. Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," accessed November 14, 2014
  17. The Council of State Governments, "The Book of States 2010 Table 4.11," accessed April 23, 2011