For Immediate Release

Contact: Curtis L. Fackler

509-467-7392

509-939-1548

fackler@iglide.net

Fackler Files for Insurance Commissioner

Small business advocate Curtis Fackler has filed for Washington State Insurance Commissioner as a non partisan. Curtis believes that it is time we take the partisanship out of the commissioner’s office and cure the health insurance mess in the state. The last four years has seen the three largest health insures in the State of Washington lose over 300,000 members while at the same time increasing their surplus by over one billion dollars. These organizations are not for profit and Curtis believes this surplus belongs to the policyholders.

Curtis was first insurance license in 1986 and last year was named the Washington State Small Business Champion by the National Federation of Independent Business. He has testified against using credit scoring for insurance underwriting and believes there should not be taxes on health insurance premiums.

For NFIB/Washington, Fackler is a Leadership Council member, a member of its Political Action Committee, and the chairman of its education committee, as well as a Leadership Council member leader of its Spokane Area Action Council. He also has attended the past three NFIB National Small-Business Summits. His commitment to his community runs deep. He is the Washington Department of Labor & Industries' small-business representative for its Center for Occupation, Health & Education (COHE) and a past member of the Health Care Committee of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce. He has been a Boy Scout Master, foster parent, and still remains active as a parent volunteer for Spokane schools and a treasurer for the Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County. He also served as an election observer for the county. When not contributing to his community, Fackler is at work for his nation, serving as a board member for the Selective Service System of the U.S. Department of Defense.

Curtis spent eight years as a Captain in the Air Force as a B-52 navigator and holds a MBA in Finance and a bachelor degree in Marketing.