Kaj Samsom has been appointed commissioner of the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR), succeeding Sandy Bigglestone, who held the role in an acting capacity for four months.
Samsom was most recently chief auditor at National Life Group. He previously served as Vermont's tax commissioner between 2017 and 2019.
From 2014 to 2017, he was deputy commissioner of the insurance division at the Vermont DFR.
He first joined the department in 2006 as an insurance examiner and was promoted in 2011 to director of the Insurance Division Licensing and Examinations section.
Samsom is a certified public accountant, a certified financial examiner and a member of the public administration honour society Pi Alpha Alpha.
He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Vermont.
He has also served on the boards of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Governing Council, the Vermont Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Moretown School Board.
