Shane Morigeau

SHANE MORIGEAU

CURRENT OCCUPATION: Attorney, Representative for HD 95 CAMPAIGN WEBSITE: www.shaneformontana.com

Arrow-Circle-Right Briefly introduce yourself. I grew up in Ronan, Montana, and am a Native Montanan. I earned a bachelor’s and a law degree at the Univ. of Montana, and a master of laws from the Univ. of Arizona School of Law. I’ve built a career using my law degree and advocacy background to forge relationships and sift out partisanship to make policy that benefits all Montanans. I’ve practiced law since 2011 and was elected to the MT legislature in 2016. I spearheaded legislation to make healthcare more affordable and protect public lands. I wrote and passed the MT Promise Act, a workforce development bill that’ll provide grant funds to students for 2-year colleges to help fill Montana’s future job needs. In the 2017 session, I carried SB 239 to revise judgment interest in civil cases, a priority of the Chamber. I partnered with Republican colleagues, including passing Montana’s first blockchain legislation, providing regulatory certainty for tech firms looking to start businesses in the state, while protecting consumers

Arrow-Circle-Right What makes you the

pro-business candidate for this

office? I’m accessible and ready to work across the political aisle and across our varied business landscape to benefit Montana consumers. Transparency, clear regulation, and readiness to engage leaders across the state are key aspects of how I approach this office. I was awarded the Chamber’s Honorable Mention Award in 2017, and my Chamber Business relationship and score improved from the ‘17 to ‘19 legislative sessions. I was proud to reauthorize Medicaid expansion. I’m considering policy ideas responding to concerns brought to me by small businesses, including adding pandemic-related stoppages to business interruption insurance, and decreasing the time claims adjusters can take on a claim. I will encourage competition to help keep rates low. I also look forward to working with insurers and hospitals to help consumers get the transparency in care that they deserve. Montanans benefit when the business climate is good. Consumer protection and quality healthcare access is good for business.

Arrow-Circle-Right What kind of experience will you

look for in top staff to supplement your own, especially as it concerns

insurance? I will reach out to experts and those with backgrounds in industry. I’m looking forward to reaching across the political spectrum to put the best and brightest around me to help me make the Auditor’s office best situated to make the smartest and most informed decisions regarding insurance.

Arrow-Circle-Right The auditor’s office at

times becomes a catch-all for proposals aimed at government accountability. What’s your view of this office’s authority

and its limits? The Auditor’s office (Commissioner of Securities and Insurance) is set out in Article VI of the Montana Constitution, and is statutorily mandated to ensure the interests of insurance consumers are protected (MCA 33-1-311 (3)) and regulate securities as defined in MCA 30-10-103 22(a). The office is a criminal justice agency which litigates, prosecutes, licenses, and generally enforces the Securities Act and our Insurance Codes. It protects Montana businesses from fraud, and should keep insurance rates low and advocate for Montanans to get the coverage they’ve paid for. Additionally, the Auditor’s office should work to make sure Montanans know their rights and are informed on insurance, fraud, and financial health. Ultimately, it’s a consumer protection agency with a statutory mandate to ensure fairness, transparency, and access in the areas of securities and insurance, for all Montanans. stop