Michigan Business Network

Originally posted December 27, 2022. Tony Conley welcomes Anita G. Fox, Director, of Michigan's Department of Insurance and Financial Services. In January 2019, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer appointed Anita G. Fox to her Cabinet as the Director of the Department of Insurance and Financial Services. DIFS is the State of Michigan department responsible for regulating Michigan's insurance and financial services industries, including insurance companies and agents, banks, credit unions, and consumer finance companies, including mortgage and auto lenders and deferred presentment companies. DIFS provides a focal point for consumer protection, enables efficient and effective regulation, and positions the insurance and financial services sectors of Michigan's economy for growth. The agency is staffed by more than 350 professionals dedicated to protecting Michigan consumers by ensuring that the industries it regulates are safe and sound, follow state and federal law, and are entitled to the public confidence.