 Monica J. Lindeen Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, Montana State Auditor NAIC Secretary-Treasurer |
Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance |
Monica J. Lindeen was elected Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, Montana State Auditor, in November 2008. Her mission is to protect securities and insurance consumers through education, fairness and transparency. In just three years, her office has returned more than $200 million to investors and insurance consumers throughout the state.
Lindeen was elected NAIC secretary-treasurer in November 2011. She serves as a member of several NAIC committees, including the Professional Health Insurance Advisors (EX) Task Force, the Financial Regulation Standards and Accreditation (F) Committee and the Executive (EX) Committee. She chairs the NAIC Audit Committee and the Exchanges (B) Subgroup.
Lindeen was appointed to the Federal Insurance Office Advisory Board, which aids the office’s director in monitoring the insurance industry. She is also a member of the System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing (SERFF) Board and the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) Board of Directors.
In 1999, Lindeen began her career in public service representing a rural district in the Montana House of Representatives. Due to her hard work in the legislature, she earned a reputation as a common-sense moderate who could get things done. She quickly became a leader in the House and served four terms (1999–2006).
Prior to public service, Lindeen founded a highly successful business, Montana Communications Network (MCN), one of the first Montana-based Internet providers. From 1994 to 1996, she was a part-time faculty member in the Montana State University–Billings English Department and taught as a graduate assistant in the MSU-Billings Department of Educational Foundations.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in education, specializing in English and history. She completed graduate coursework in educational foundations at MSU-Billings. Lindeen and her husband, David, have a daughter, two sons and seven grandchildren.