New Candidate Surfaces for Insurance Commissioner

The Insurance Commissioner plays a key role in regulating insurance, and sitting Commissioner, Mike Chaney, now has competition. News 25 spotlights Chaney’s challenger, John Mosley. Mosley says, “I want to be the Insurance Commissioner is because I want to do something that I don’t feel like has been done in many years. I want to serve the people of Mississippi.”

Mosley is giving Chaney a run for his money, announcing Wednesday his campaign for Insurance Commissioner. Mosley has vast experience in the private sector, running a collision claims center in Clinton, Mississippi. Mosley also says, “I’ve had to help a lot of consumers as a collision repair center owner, and my feelings are many times insurance department is accommodating the business of insurance, rather than regulating the business of insurance.”

Hoping to start a new chapter in the insurance department, Mosley plans to focus on keeping consumers more informed and increasing transparency in insurance. He believes one way to achieve that is through the Clarity Bill. Mosley says, “Because what have you got to hide? The people that have been paying 200 to 300% higher premiums for 10 years now deserve to know what these companies take in as far as premiums, they need to know what the losses are, and then there needs to be a fair and balanced way to look at that and determine what the policy should be on the Gulf Coast.”

The bill has made it through Tuesday’s deadline in the Mississippi legislature. Mosley closes, “I’m not going to work for the insurance companies. I’m not going to work against them, but I’m going to work on behalf of the people so the business of insurance is fair.”

Mosley and Chaney will face off in the Republican primary on August 4th. Some of the other bills that have made it through the latest state legislature deadline include the texting and driving bill, elimination of inspection stickers, mobile auto insurance cards, autism insurance, and workforce training funding.