Norris W. Clark

Norris W. Clark is a non-attorney Financial and Regulatory Specialist with the law firm of Locke Lord LLP, where he focuses on insurance and insurer-related financial transactions, regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and reinsurance transactions. Mr. Clark retired in 2004 from the California Department of Insurance, where he served for 31 years. While with the Department of Insurance, he was the Deputy Commissioner of the Financial Surveillance Branch for 13 years from 1991 to 2004. He also held the positions of Chief of the Tax Return Audit Bureau, Chief of the Financial Analysis Bureau, and Chief of the Financial Analysis Division. Mr. Clark has chaired many National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) committees such as the Accounting Practices and Procedures Task Force, Statutory Accounting Principles Working Group, and Emerging Accounting Issues Working Group. Mr. Clark is the 1995 recipient of the NAIC Robert Dineen Award for Outstanding Service and Contribution to the Regulation of Insurance. Mr. Clark holds a BS in Business Administration/ Finance from California State University, Sacramento.