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Susan T. Stead

Susan T. Stead

Susan T. Stead concentrates her practice on insurance regulatory matters and assists clients in evaluating and meeting regulatory challenges, developing compliance programs, and obtaining regulatory approvals, and represents clients undergoing regulatory investigations and examinations. She was retained by a state insurance department to develop a market analysis program.

Formerly, Ms. Stead was an Assistant Director for the Ohio Department of Insurance and responsible for the Market Conduct, Fraud & Enforcement, and the Agent Licensing Divisions. As a regulator, she was active in many NAIC initiatives and chaired several committees, including the Market Conduct Annual Statement Subgroup. Before joining the Department, Ms. Stead was in private practice with an insurance defense firm. 

Professional Associations and Memberships:

  • IRES Foundation, Board of Directors, Secretary
  • Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals
  • CPCU Society
  • American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section
  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • Columbus Bar Association
  • CBS Agency, Inc., Board of Directors, Chair

Classes/Seminars Taught:

  • "Legal Authority and Issues in Financial Risk Examinations", Property Casualty Insurers Association, June 3, 2009
  • "You Want It Kept Confidential?", IRES Foundation - National School on Market Regulation, May 4, 2009
  • "Insurance Advertising Best Practices", OAMIC/OII/B&E Fall Seminar, October 23, 2008
  • "Think You're in Compliance", "Market Conduct Preparation" and "Advertising Requirements and the Compliance Review Process", Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals (AICP), October 6, 2008 - October 7, 2008
  • "Market Regulation Roundtable", Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society, August 10, 2008 - August 12, 2008
  • "State Regulation of Insurance Advertising", Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, Des Plaines, IL, February 20, 2008
  • "Internal and External Investigations: Attorney-Client Privilege and Other Legal and Ethical Issues", ABA's Emerging Litigation and Regulatory Developments in Insurance Law - A Symposium, November 8, 2007
  • "Confidentiality and Self-Evaluation Privilege Laws - 2007: License to Learn", NAIC, September 28, 2007
  • "When Bad Things Happen to Good Companies", Securities and Insurance Licensing Association, May 17, 2007
  • "I've Performed My Due Diligence, Now What?", Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, April 12, 2007

Published Works:

Attorney-Client Privilege and Confidentiality Issues in Internal and External Investigations, ABA's The Brief, Summer, 2006