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Alan McClain, MPA

Former Insurance Commissioner
Arkansas Insurance Department

Alan McClain was appointed as Arkansas’s 24th Insurance Commissioner by Governor Asa Hutchinson on April 3, 2020 and continued serving in that position under Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders until August 31, 2025 and now operates his insurance regulatory consulting firm. He holds his undergraduate degree from Hendrix College, and his Masters in Public Adminstration from the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. Prior to his appointment as Insurance Commissioner, McClain served for five years as Commissioner of Arkansas Rehabilitation Services.

He served thirteen years with the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC), where he spent almost nine years as its Chief Executive Officer. While at the AWCC, he also served as the regulator for companies and groups seeking to self-insure workers’ compensation risks. In 2013 McClain left the AWCC to join the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he worked alongside numerous state workers’ compensation agencies as they utilized the work of WCRI in making data-driven policy decisions. McClain served as President of the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation between 2019-20, as well as President of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards & Commissions (IAIABC).

While Insurance Commissioner, McClain served on the NAIC Executive Committee; two years as Chair of the Property & Casualty(C); as a member of the Financial Standards (F) Committee; the Market Conduct (D) Committee; and Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Task Force. As part of his NAIC work, he helped lead the Property and Casualty Market data call in an effort to help regulators better understand state markets. He was the recipient of the NAIC’s 2024 Raymond G. Farmer Award for Exceptional Leadership.

In addition to his consulting practice, McClain serves on the board of directors of Eagan Jones Ratings and Special Olympics Arkansas.

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