Mississippi Insurance Commissioner and Vicksburg native Mike Chaney has been named chairman of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Property and Casualty Insurance Committee.

The group deals with regulation of catastrophe insurance, crop insurance and workers’ compensation. Chaney will also be a member of the NAIC’s Professional Health Insurance Advisors Task Force, Senior Issues Task Force, Surplus Lines Task Force and NAIC/State Government Liaison Task Force.

Chaney was a state legislator before being elected insurance commissioner.