Jessica Altman is charged with regulating the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s insurance marketplace, a role that includes educating and protecting consumers, overseeing licensed agents and insurance professionals, and monitoring the financial landscape of companies doing business in Pennsylvania. Commissioner Altman identifies consumer protection and education, and ensuring Pennsylvania’s insurance markets are meeting the needs of consumers, as her top priorities.

Commissioner Altman serves as chair of the Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). She worked previously as chief of staff at the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, where she developed policy and helped implement the Affordable Care Act. In addition, she served as a policy analyst for the health division of the White House Office of Management and Budget while completing her master’s degree in public policy from the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. Commissioner Altman also holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in policy analysis and management, with a concentration in health care policy.

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