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Insurance director highlights consumer-savings programs, mental-health initiatives and a mostly flat budget request
Summary
Judith French, director of the Ohio Department of Insurance, told the Senate committee the department is largely flat-funded, highlighted programs that saved consumers tens of millions in 2024, discussed mental-health access work and said the department will monitor workforce and technology changes affecting the insurance industry.
Chair Manchester called the Department of Insurance to testify at the Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee's hearing on Sub House Bill 96.
Judith French, director of the Ohio Department of Insurance, said the department's proposed budget is "virtually flat funded" and described the department's regulatory scope. She noted Ohio's insurance market is large — she cited it as among the top five in the United States — and said the department regulates more than 1,700 licensed insurance companies,…
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