Wiedeman retires from Tennessee captive regulator role

Mark Wiedeman (pictured) has announced his retirement from the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance.

In a statement on LinkedIn he said: “After 20 awesome years as a public servant for state government, and 15 years as a captive insurance regulator, I have retired from my position as the captive insurance director for the State of Tennessee. Looking forward to carrying on the journey in Captive Insurance in a consulting role and hope to continue developing the relationships I've made over the last 15 years.”

Wiedman was appointed to the post of captive insurance director in February 2023.

Prior to that he was president of Regulatory Resource Consulting, from September 2022 until February 2023, where he provided resident director/agent services for captive insurance companies in Utah.

Before that he worked for the Utah Insurance Department for just over ten years. He started as a financial examiner in June 2012, became a senior financial examiner in November 2016 and was finally appointed as assistant director - captive insurance division in October 2017 until September 2022.

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