Kathy Belfi recently retired from the Connecticut Insurance Department.  For over 20 years Kathy was the Director of the Financial Regulation Division responsible for the oversight of the financial solvency of some of the most complex Property and Casualty, Life and Health insurers in the world.  

In 2013, Kathy was honored to be a co-recipient of the NAIC’s Robert Dineen Award. The award recognizes a department employee who has made an outstanding contribution to the state regulation of insurance and performs activities fostering the advancement of the insurance regulatory profession.

 In 2018, Kathy was honored to receive one of the highest awards given by the AICPA, the National State Government Impact Award.  The award recognized the impact of her significant contributions to the efficiency, effectiveness and innovative service delivery to her state department. Both awards recognized Kathy for her ongoing work on supervisory colleges and group supervision. 

In 2021, the Connecticut Society of CPA’s awarded Kathy with the distinguished woman CPA award, demonstrating outstanding leadership in the state.   In her new consulting role, Kathy will continue to actively help states in all regulatory matters.