Christina Urias Director

Arizona (Chair, Western Zone) Arizona Department of Insurance 2910 North 44th Street, Suite 210 Phoenix, Arizona 85018-7256 Phone: 602.364.3100 Fax: 602.364.3470

Christina Urias was appointed Director of the Arizona Department of Insurance in November 2003. Prior to her appointment, she was a partner at the law firm of DeConcini McDonald Yetwin and Lacy, P.C. (1989–2003). Before becoming an attorney, she worked in the insurance industry (1973–1985) as a property/casualty claims adjuster.

Urias is the president-elect of the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education, and has served on the Foundation’s Legal Services Committee for several years. The State Bar of Arizona created the Foundation in 1978 to provide a variety of community legal services to the poor and to promote access to justice for all Arizonans, especially those most in need.

Urias is actively involved in the NAIC. As a member of the Executive (EX) Committee, she currently serves as chair of the NAIC Western Zone. She has served as chair of the Solvency Modernization Initiative (EX) Task Force, which involved a critical examination of the U.S. insurance regulatory system in light of the recent financial crisis and international regulatory developments. Urias also has served as chair of the International Solvency and Accounting Standards (EX) Working Group and the Long-Term Care (EX) Task Force.

A member of a seventh-generation Tucson pioneer family, Urias graduated with honors from the University of Arizona and the University of Arizona College of Law. Urias clerked for the Arizona Supreme Court from 1988 to 1989, and the Arizona Bar Foundation named her as one of the top 50 pro bono attorneys in Arizona.