Steve Kinion is the Captive DIrector at the Oklahoma Insurance Department.

Kinion previously served 13 years as the captive director for the Delaware Insurance Department. Captive Review magazine has named him multiple times to its global “Power 50” listing the 50 most influential figures in the global captive insurance industry. He holds the Associate in Captive Insurance (ACI) designation which is the highest professional designation for captive insurance. Fewer than 650 persons in the world have earned the ACI.

Kinion first joined the Oklahoma Insurance Department in 1995 as counsel to the Oklahoma State Board for Property and Casualty Rates and as an assistant general counsel. From 2001 to 2008, he served as the chairman of the board of directors for the Oklahoma Health Insurance High Risk Pool. He is a former chair of the American Bar Association Insurance Regulation Committee and is a member of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel. He served more than 30 years in the U.S. Army Reserve, retiring in 2017 at the rank of lieutenant colonel.