McCarty Elected Chair of FAIR Board; Hartford Exec Larkin-Thorne to Co-Chair

The Florida Association for Insurance Reform (FAIR), a non-partisan insurance consumer advocacy association, has elected former Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty as the chair of its Board of Directors and Sonja Larkin-Thorne, retired insurance executive from The Hartford, as the board’s co-chair.

McCarty, who joined the Board of Directors in November 2018, served as Florida’s first appointed insurance commissioner from 2003 to 2016 and president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) in 2012. After leaving the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation in 2016, he founded Celtic Global Consulting. The firm serves state, national, and international clients, providing comprehensive services focused on insurance issues and trends.

Larkin-Thorne also joined the FAIR Board of Directors in November 2018. She retired from The Hartford as vice president of Government Affairs and has over 30 years of experience in the insurance industry.

She was responsible for managing The Hartford’s regulatory and legislative activities in 14 states and providing counsel on underwriting practices, market conduct examinations, urban issues, consumer complaints, and use of insurance credit scores, natural disasters and financial services legislation.

Additionally, Larkin-Thorne served as a member of the NAIC Consumer Board of Trustees and an NAIC Funded Consumer Representative from 2009 until her retirement.

FAIR is a non-partisan, non-profit educational organization that advocates for fair, stable and affordable insurance markets for Florida consumers, through leadership, education and robust competition. FAIR works with all constituencies to facilitate ongoing dialogue and transparent communications.

Topics Florida Legislation