As Connecticut’s 31st Insurance Commissioner, Thomas B. Leonardi leads a regulatory agency with jurisdiction over the largest life insurance industry in the United States and the second largest in total written premium. Leonardi was appointed by Governor Malloy on February 4, 2011. 

He is a member of the NAIC Executive Committee, the Internal Administration (EX1) Subcommittee, Vice Chair of  the NAIC’s International “G” and Accreditation “F” Committees, a member of the Life “A” and Financial Regulation “E” Committees, the International Insurance Relations (EX) Leadership Group, the board of NIPR, and vice chair of the NE Zone.

He was chosen by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to serve on FIO’s Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance. He also serves on the Financial Stability Committee of the IAIS and is an active participant in a number of supervisory colleges for large internationally active insurance and reinsurance groups in the U.S. and Europe.

For 22 years prior to his appointment as Commissioner, he was chairman and CEO of Northington Partners, Inc., an insurance specialty venture capital and investment banking firm.  Prior to founding Northington, he was the head of M&A and Venture Capital at Conning & Company.  Prior to that, he was the president and vice chairman of the Beneficial Corporation’s insurance subsidiaries.

Commissioner Leonardi is a member of the bar of the state and federal courts of Connecticut and New Jersey. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Boston University with distinction in history, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a Juris Doctor with honors from the University Of Connecticut School Of Law.

Leonardi is a member of the bar of the state and federal courts of Connecticut and New Jersey. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Boston University with distinction in history, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a J.D. with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law.