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About SCDOI
Organization
The Department of Insurance is an agency of the Governor’s Cabinet. It is managed and operated by the Director who is appointed by and serves at the will of the Governor upon the advice and consent of the South Carolina Senate.
SCDOI Leadership
| Michael Wise | Agency Director |
| Diane Cooper | Deputy Director, Consumer and External Affairs |
| Gwen Fuller-McGriff | Deputy Director, Legal, Legislative, and Regulatory Affairs |
| Geoffrey Bonham | Deputy Director, Financial Regulation and Solvency |
| Tommy Watson | Deputy Director, Administration |
| Karl Bitzky | Deputy Director, Actuarial and Market Services |
Mission
The mission of the State of South Carolina Department of Insurance (SCDOI) is to protect the insurance consumers, the public interest, and the insurance marketplace by ensuring the solvency of insurers; by enforcing and implementing the insurance laws of this State; and by regulating the insurance industry in an efficient, courteous, responsive, fair, and equitable manner.