The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services has hired a new administrator for its insurance division.
Scott Kipper will be succeeding Joel Ario, the previous division administrator, who left to become the Pennsylvania insurance commissioner, Oregon officials say.
Kipper is a deputy commissioner in the Office of Health Insurance at the Louisiana Department of Insurance.
Kipper also worked as a senior regional director for state affairs at America's Health Insurance Plans, Washington, and he has worked as a government relations manager for a private insurer. He has worked as a health analyst at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Kansas City.
Kipper has a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Wyoming.
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