Cate Paolino

Cate Paolino, J.D., MBA, MPA, serves as NAMIC’s director of public policy. She is responsible for providing the association and its membership with key policy expertise and analysis on legislative and regulatory issues of interest to the property/casualty insurance industry at the state, federal, and international levels.

Paolino joined NAMIC as regional vice president of the Northeast region. She came to NAMIC from Travelers, where she worked in business insurance, serving as senior counsel and second vice president of regulatory research and compliance. She spent more than 10 years as senior counsel at the American Insurance Association. Her skill set includes legislative and regulatory analysis and legislative drafting, including the drafting of model legislation. She also has experience with commercial insurance issues and drafting and presenting testimony.

She holds an master’s degree in public affairs from Brown University, an executive master of business administration from Suffolk University, and a law degree from the University of Connecticut.