Governor Jim Doyle appointed Sean Dilweg Commissioner of Insurance for the State of Wisconsin on January 1, 2007. The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance regulates the business of insurance in Wisconsin. The office has a staff of 135 and is responsible for examining industry financial practices and market conduct, licensing agents, reviewing policy forms for compliance with state legislation, investigating consumer complaints and providing consumer information. In addition to its regulatory duties, the agency administers the State Life Insurance Fund, Local Government Property Insurance Fund and the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund.

Prior to this appointment he served as the Executive Assistant to the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) from 2003 to 2006. In addition to managing key agency activities, including external communications, tribal negotiations and state finances, he advised the Secretary of the Department of Administration and Governor Jim Doyle on legislative and policy matters. He played a lead role for the administration in the creation of the HIRSP Authority under 2005 Act 74.

Commissioner Dilweg served as Director of Policy Analysis at Essie Consulting Group, a major Madison consulting and lobbying firm, from September 2000 to January 2003. He was a lead Policy Advisor for members of the Joint Committee on Finance during three biennial state budgets and as Committee Clerk for the Senate Committee on Environment and Energy from 1995 to 2000. He also served in several other legislative staff positions beginning in 1991.

Commissioner Dilweg holds a Masters in Public Administration from the La Follette Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin - Madison (1998) and a B.A. in English from Lawrence University in Appleton (1989).