Amanda Crawford Takes Over as Insurance Commissioner

The Texas Department of Insurance announced that Amanda Crawford stepped into the role of insurance commissioner at the start of the month. She succeeds Cassie Brown, who retired Feb. 2. Crawford will oversee the regulation of the $293.9 billion Texas insurance market, the second largest in the nation and the fifth largest in the world. The agency regulates 3,447 companies and more than 983,411 agents and adjusters. Crawford brings more than 24 years of public service to the position. She has worked in various roles, including general counsel and deputy attorney general at the Office of...