Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman has resigned as PA's Insurance Commissioner effective February 25, 2022, and taken a new position as the CEO of Covered California.

Covered California’s Board of Directors announced Tuesday the appointment of Jessica Altman as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Altman currently serves as the insurance commissioner for the Pennsylvania Insurance Department. She is charged with regulating the Commonwealth’s insurance marketplace, protecting consumers, and ensuring their health insurance needs are met. She will join Covered California with a wealth of experience concerning the Affordable Care Act, having played key roles in the Obama administration during the early establishment and implementation of the law, and as the chair of the Pennsylvania Health Insurance Exchange Authority, where she led the establishment of Pennsylvania’s state-based marketplace.

Mike Humphreys,  Pennsylvania Insurance Department chief of staff, will serve as acting insurance commissioner following Altman’s departure.

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