CA Insurance Commissioner Names New General Counsel

Adam Cole has been named general counsel at the California Department of Insurance.

Cole was previously in the San Francisco office of Heller Ehrman LLP, where he directed litigation matters that focused on insurance recoveries. Cole also helped manage the 600-attorney firm.

A graduate of Yale University and Harvard law School, Cole has taught insurance law at the University of California Berkeley and the UC Hastings College of the Law.

From: Sacramento Business Journal (www.bizjournals.com)