Iowa Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen today announced that Andrew Hartnett has been appointed as deputy administrator for securities. In that position, he will lead the Iowa Insurance Division’s Securities and Regulated Industries Bureau. Hartnett, an attorney, has been in private practice since 2017. Before that, he served as commissioner of securities in Missouri. He has also been chief of staff for the Missouri attorney general, and was an assistant attorney general in the Consumer Protection Division for the Missouri attorney general. He was previously an active leader in the North American Securities Administrators Association and has chaired NASAA’s Broker-Dealer and Enforcement sections. “The Iowa Insurance Division has long had great national leadership in the area of securities regulation, and I’m pleased to announce that Andrew Hartnett will be joining us to help continue that tradition,” Ommen said. “Andrew’s strong leadership experience as a regulator in Missouri will be of great benefit to Iowa.”