Neal T. Gooch
Commissioner Utah Insurance Department
Governor Gary R. Herbert appointed Neal T. Gooch as Commissioner of the Utah Insurance Department. The Governor’s appointment was confirmed by the Utah Senate on May 19, 2010.
Mr. Gooch has had extensive experience in the insurance department. Beginning in 1986 while serving in the Attorney General’s Office, he was made general counsel to the insurance department. He served in that capacity until August 1997, when he was appointed by Commissioner Merwin U. Stewart as deputy commissioner. He was asked to continue in that capacity by Commissioner D. Kent Michie in 2005.
He is a native of southeastern Idaho. He has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Arizona State University. He received his J.D. from the Potomac School of Law in Washington, D.C., and passed the bar examinations in Georgia and Utah. In February 1982, after returning to Utah, he was appointed as an Assistant Attorney General.
Mr. Gooch is married to Terry Bailey Gooch. They have three children, four grandchildren and reside in Bountiful, Utah. |
