Governor Jon Corzine named Neil Jasey Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance on July 17, 2009.

He was employed by Prudential Insurance Company of America for nearly 30 years, beginning in 1975, including service as Vice President and General Counsel for Prudential Property and Casualty Company from 1986 to 1990. He also served Prudential as Vice President Enterprise Planning, running the strategic planning process and conducting research for new business development. He completed his Prudential career as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. His many accomplishments include leading the largest section of Prudential’s corporate law department with 280 employees and a total budget of $68 million.

Jasey formerly served his community as President of the Board of Trustees for Family Connections, Inc., a mental health and social service organization that services low-income families in Northern New Jersey. He is also a former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Cristo Rey Model high school in Newark which is supported by various corporate sponsors, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Newark Archdiocese. The school, which opened in August 2007, serves low income and minority youth.

His legal career began as an associate in private practice in New York. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1974 in New York and New Jersey. He earned a J.D. at Columbia University in 1973. Prior to that, he earned his A.B. in Political Science at Princeton University in 1970 where he graduated magna cum laude.

He is married to Assemblywoman Mila Jasey. They have three grown children, Neil Jasey, Jr., M.D.; Rhena Jasey; and Kyle Jasey as well as a grandson; Neil III.