CHRISTEL L. SZCZESNIAK, CPCU, CIE, AIM, ARM, CPIW

Retired; Previously Director of Policy and Research for Property and Casualty Insurance

Christel L. Szczesniak is now retired. She was previously the technical expert on property and casualty insurance and enforcement issues for the Colorado Division of Insurance (Commissioner of Insurance). She was responsible for tracking legislation related to property and casualty insurance and facilitated the regulatory implementation of new laws and regulations. Ms. Szczesniak was the national authority on automobile no-fault cost containment.

Ms. Szczesniak was very active in insurance education, nationally and in Colorado. She was a past national president of the Insurance Regulatory Examiner Society (IRES); on the the IRES Board of Directors, the local president and served as chair and/or participated in many insurance committees. She managed the Automobile Personal Injury Protection Independent Medical Examination Program for the State of Colorado. Ms. Szczesniak still chairs the Colorado Workers' Compensation Cost Containment Board for the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation.

Ms Szczesniak worked for the Colorado Division of Insurance (Commissioner of Insurance) from 1973 until 2004 as Senior Market Conduct Examiner; Chief of Market Conduct Examinations, Rates and Forms; Regulatory Administrator; Special Assistant to the Commissioner of Insurance; and Director of Policy and Research. She received professional designations of Charted Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU); Certified Insurance Examiner (CIE); Associate in Insurance Management (AIM); Associate in Risk Management (ARM); and Certified Professional Insurance Woman (CPIW). Ms. Szczesniak was educated in Europe.

From the beginning, Ms. Szczesniak has served and is still serving as a Director of the International Spinal Injury Foundation.