{{short description|American lawyer}}
'''Lou Savage''' was the Oregon Insurance Commissioner, appointed to that position on May 30, 2012<ref name=dcbs>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbs.state.or.us/external/ins/news_releases/2012/053012-Savage.pdf|title= Lou Savage appointed Oregon Insurance Commissioner|author= Mesaros, Melanie|date= May 30, 2012|publisher= Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services|access-date=May 31, 2012}}</ref> and resigning on July 15, 2013.
==Early career== Savage earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon and a law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.orosha.org/pdf/resource/2850-2003-10.pdf|journal=Oregon Health and Safety Resource|title=Lou Savage joins DCBS as policy advisor|date=Fall 2003|publisher=OR-OSHA|access-date=May 31, 2012}}</ref> He worked for Multnomah County Legal Aid Services for more than a decade and a half<ref name=OL>{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2012/05/lou_savage_appointed_oregon_in.html|title= Lou Savage appointed Oregon Insurance Commissioner, set to tackle reforms|author= Budnick, Nick|date= May 30, 2012|work= OregonLive.com|publisher= The Oregonian |access-date=May 31, 2012}}</ref> and spent eight years as its executive director.<ref name=dcbs /> He was also state director for then-U. S. Representative Ron Wyden's congressional office.<ref name=dcbs /> He was president of the Oregon Law Center from 2002 until 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://djcoregon.com/news/2012/05/08/pearman-elected-president-and-chairwoman-of-oregon-law-center/|title= Pearman elected president and chairwoman of Oregon Law Center|author= Slaughter, Joel|date= May 8, 2012|publisher= Daily Journal of Commerce Oregon|access-date=May 31, 2012}}</ref> Also in 2002, he began working for the Oregon Insurance Division as a senior policy advisor.<ref name=OL />
==Insurance commissioner== Previously directing the Department of Consumer and Business Services legislative activities,<ref>{{cite news |title=Savage Named Oregon Insurance Commissioner |url= http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2012/05/30/249373.htm|newspaper=Insurance Journal |date= May 30, 2012|access-date=6 May 2013}}</ref> Savage was appointed interim Oregon Insurance Commissioner in October 2011,<ref name=OL /> and May 30, 2012, was named permanently to the post of Insurance Commissioner by Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services director Patrick Allen.<ref name=OL />
He named the regulation and reform of health insurance as one of the top priorities of his administration.<ref name=dcbs />
Savage resigned as Oregon Insurance Commissioner effective July 15, 2013 to support legal reform in developing nations. He was replaced by Laura Cali.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cbs.state.or.us/external/ins/news_releases/2013/060413-commissionerchange.pdf|title= Savage leaving Oregon insurance commissioner post to pursue law reform|author= Martinis, Cheryl|date= June 4, 2013|publisher= Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services|access-date=June 5, 2013}}</ref>
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