Stegman, Mark J.

Susan Stead is a partner at Nelson Levine de Luca & Hamilton and a member of the firm's Regulatory Practice Group. Her national practice is devoted to insurance regulatory matters with a special emphasis on compliance and market regulation. She counsels insurers about federal and state regulatory requirements and compliance programs, represents insurers undergoing regulatory reviews and investigations and in obtaining approvals, she is a frequent speaker on regulatory topics.

Before joining Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst, Ms. Stead was an Assistant Director for the Ohio Department of Insurance and managed the Market Conduct, Fraud and Enforcement and Agent Licensing Divisions. As a regulator, she was active in many NAIC initiatives and chaired several committees. She spent several years as a staff attorney for the department and began her career with an insurance defense firm.

Ms. Stead is a Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter and a graduate of Wittenberg University and the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. She has earned the Market Conduct Management (MCM) designation from the Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society and was accepted as a member of the Federation of Regulatory Council.