Mark McLeod is a Senior Director at Hinman Straub P.C., where he focuses on insurance and corporate matters, with a particular emphasis on insurance regulatory and compliance issues. Mark brings over thirty years of experience in the insurance industry to the firm and its clients.
Mark McLeod joined Hinman Straub in March 2026. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. McLeod worked as Assistant Deputy Superintendent at the New York State Department of Financial Services, where he possessed broad supervisory authority over the financial services industry, with particular expertise in the life insurance industry. During his tenure at the Department of Financial Services, Mr. McLeod gained unmatched experience conducting and supervising financial and market conduct examinations of insurers, negotiating enforcement actions, preparing consent orders, and reviewing and approving varied corporate and regulatory transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, disclaimers of control, service agreements, extraordinary dividends, surplus notes, investment management agreements, and reinsurance agreements. Mark has been involved in National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) activities for over ten years, which included attending NAIC National Meetings and Annual Meetings where he collaborated and established relationships with chief financial and chief market conduct regulators across the country.
Mr. McLeod was born in London, England but moved to New York, NY when he was five. He currently resides in Queens, NY. In his free time, Mr. McLeod enjoys attending concerts and sporting events.