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NAMIC Executive Staff

Robert Detlefsen, Ph.D., Vice President of Public Policy

Robert Detlefsen is Vice President of Public Policy at the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC), an Indianapolis-based national trade association that represents more than 1,350 property/casualty insurance companies. In this role, Detlefsen conducts public policy research and analysis and coordinates the development of NAMIC's issue agenda and advocacy campaigns.

Previously, Detlefsen was a vice president at the public affairs firm of Powell Tate in Washington, D.C., where he provided strategic communication counsel to clients involved in high stakes, high profile litigation. Before that, Detlefsen was affiliated with two nonprofit research and advocacy organizations based in Washington, D.C., serving as Director of Insurance Reform at Citizens for a Sound Economy, and as Senior Research Fellow in Insurance Studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.

Detlefsen's analyses and commentaries have appeared in specialized insurance publications such as the Journal of Insurance Regulation, the Risk Management and Insurance Review, National Underwriter, and Best's Review. His articles and reviews have also been published in the Washington Post, Washington Times, Journal of Commerce, National Review, New Republic, and Reason. He is the author of a book, Civil Rights Under Reagan (ICS Press, 1991) and has testified on several occasions before state legislative committees and regulatory bodies.

Detlefsen holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, and has taught courses in American government, constitutional law, and political theory at several colleges and universities.