Susan T. Stead
Columbus, Ohio
Partner

Susan T. Stead concentrates her law practice on insurance regulatory matters in all lines of business. She assists clients in developing compliance programs, obtaining regulatory approvals, evaluating and meeting regulatory challenges, and she advises and represents clients in investigations and examinations. A state insurance department retained her 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, which included the defense of insurance agent error and omission claims.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

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

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• "Think You're in Compliance", "Market Conduct Preparation" and "Advertising Requirements and the Compliance Review Process", Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals (AICP), October 5, 2008 - October 8, 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

Practice Disciplines:

Insurance Regulatory

Corporate Governance

Bar Admissions:

Ohio, 1984

U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio

U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit

Education:

The Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, 1984
J.D.

Wittenberg University, 1980
B.A.

Honors and Awards:

Presidential Citation for Service to the Professional Independents of Agents of Ohio, 2005