Timothy Temple (born 1969 or 1970) is an American politician from Louisiana. He has served as the
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner since January 2024.
Temple graduated from
DeRidder High School in
DeRidder, Louisiana
DeRidder is a city in, and the parish seat of, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, United States. A small portion of the city extends into Vernon Parish, Louisiana, Vernon Parish. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 c ...
, and
Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a Private university, private research university in Dallas, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico. SMU was founded on April 17, 1911, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, ...
. After graduating, he became an insurance agent. He became the president of Temptan, a family-owned company.
In 2019, Temple ran against
Jim Donelon
James Joseph Donelon III is an American politician. He served as the Louisiana Insurance Commissioner from 2006 to 2024. He previously served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001.
Early life and education
Donel ...
for
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner in the
2019 election. Donelon won reelection. Temple ran again in the
2023 election. Donelon opted not to run for reelection and Temple's only challenger dropped out of the race in August.
Temple recommended a package of bills that loosened regulations on insurance companies, including
tort reform
Tort reform consists of changes in the civil justice system in common law countries that aim to reduce the ability of plaintiffs to bring tort litigation (particularly actions for negligence) or to reduce damages they can receive. Such changes ...
, that passed the
Louisiana Legislature
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and was signed into law by
Governor
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Jeff Landry
Jeffrey Martin Landry ( ; born December 23, 1970) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 57th governor of Louisiana since 2024. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th attorney general of Louisiana from 201 ...
.
Temple and his wife, Amy, have two children and live in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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.
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References
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Living people
People from DeRidder, Louisiana
Southern Methodist University alumni
Louisiana Republicans
Louisiana insurance commissioners
Insurance agents
Year of birth missing (living people)