BALTIMORE – Acting Commissioner Joy Y. Hatchette has announced the appointment of Robert E. Guynn as associate commissioner for insurance fraud and producer enforcement for the Maryland Insurance Administration. 
Guynn will oversee the Administration's Insurance Fraud and Producer Enforcement Division, which investigates and prosecutes civil and criminal insurance fraud committed by insurance companies, producers (agents or brokers), and the general public. It also reviews fraud plans and annual fraud statistics submitted by insurance companies. Guynn comes to the Insurance Administration after a 20-year career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he was most recently a Supervisory Special Agent at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. During his tenure at the FBI, he specialized in complex fraud schemes, Equal Employment Opportunity and Title VII processes and investigations, public corruption fraud and abuse, and antitrust violations. Prior to joining the FBI in 2004, Guynn had a successful career as an accountant at private-sector companies. “Rob brings extensive experience as an investigator and a supervisor to the Insurance Administration," said Acting Commissioner Hatchette. “I am looking forward to working with him as he leads our efforts to protect Marylanders from insurance fraud and abuse." According to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, each U.S. household pays an estimated $1,000 extra in insurance premiums each year to offset the cost of insurance fraud. Marylanders are encouraged to report insurance fraud activities to the Maryland Insurance Administration's Insurance Fraud and Producer Enforcement Division. You need not give your name. Simply call 1-800-846-4069 or email us at fraud_referrals.mia@maryland.gov. We also have a form available that you can email, mail or fax to us. It is available via the Insurance Administration website: https://insurance.maryland.gov/Consumer/Documents/consumerfraudreferralform.pdf About the Maryland Insurance Administration The Maryland Insurance Administration (MIA) is an independent State agency charged with regulating Maryland's $49 billion insurance industry. For more information about the Insurance Administration, please visit www.insurance.maryland.gov or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MDInsuranceAdmin, X at @MD_Insurance, LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/maryland-insurance-administration and Instagram at @marylandinsuranceadmin. | 
