Consumer group proposals for a stronger "revolving door" policy at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and editorials demanding tougher standards to prevent the exodus of state regulators and top NAIC officers to the industry and sometimes back again, left me puzzled.

Who do we want to attract to top regulatory positions--or, for that matter, to skilled professional jobs within the insurance departments and the NAIC? Is the public best served with a completely civil service corps that has no real-world insurance experience?

My experience, with 10 years in state insurance regulation, two years at the NAIC and eight years in private practice representing insurers is that many exemplary regulators have come from the industry, and may one day return.

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