Georgia Insurance Commissioner

The Georgia Commissioner of Insurance, Safety Fire Commissioner and Industrial Loan Commissioner, better known as the Georgia Insurance Commissioner, is a constitutional officer in the state of Georgia. Originally known as the Georgia Auditor upon its creation in 1782, the title was renamed as the Georgia Comptroller General in 1798. The enactment of the 1861 constitution established the office as a constitutional office. The office was initially elected by the General Assembly, and became directly elected after 1877. The title was renamed as the Georgia Comptroller General and ex-officio Commissioner of Insurance in 1912. In 2012, SB 343 was signed into law, removing the title of Comptroller General from the office and investing comptroller duties into the appointed State Accounting Office.

List of commissioners

Auditors #ImageNameTerm of servicePolitical partyJohn Gibbons1782John Wereat1782–1792Abraham Jones1793–1798

Appointed comptrollers general #ImageNameTerm of servicePolitical partyJames Meriwether1799–1804Eleazer Early1805–1808James Bozeman1809–1824William Triplett1825–1828Thacker B. Howard1829–1833William W. Carnes1834–1835John G. Park1836–1842David E. Bothwell1843–1848Ezekiel S. Candler1849–1854Peterson Thweatt1855–1864John T. Burns1865–1867Madison Bell1868–1872W. L. Goldsmith1872–1879Democratic

Elected comptrollers general and ex-officio insurance commissioners #ImageNameTerm of servicePolitical partyW. L. Goldsmith1872–1879DemocraticWilliam Ambrose Wright1879–1929DemocraticWilliam B. Harrison1929–1936DemocraticGlenn B. Carreker1936DemocraticHomer C. Parker1936–1937DemocraticWilliam B. Harrison1937–1940DemocraticDowning Musgrove1940–1941DemocraticHomer C. Parker1941–1946DemocraticWilliam R. Mitchell1946–1947DemocraticZack D. Cravey1947–1963DemocraticJames L. Bentley1963–1971Democratic (until 1968)Republican (1968–1971)Johnnie L. Caldwell1971–1985DemocraticWarren D. Evans1985–1991DemocraticTim Ryles1991–1995DemocraticJohn Oxendine1995–2011Republican

Elected insurance commissioners +#ImageNameTerm of servicePolitical partyRalph Hudgens2011–2019RepublicanJim Beck2019–2021Republican55John F. King2021–presentRepublican

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