Enforcement Branch - Deputy Commissioner
George Mueller
Biography
 Deputy Commissioner George Mueller joined the California Department of Insurance in 2015. George oversees the Enforcement Branch, which is responsible for the Department's law enforcement and investigative functions and consists of over 400 professionals, including over 200 sworn peace officers who investigate various forms of insurance fraud committed by consumers and insurance agents. Prior to accepting his appointment with the Department in 2015; George served as Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Investigation at the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office (which is the largest prosecutorial agency in the nation). As Assistant Chief, he oversaw complex criminal investigations in automobile insurance fraud, workers' compensation fraud, healthcare fraud, cooperative disability investigations, consumer fraud, real estate fraud, white collar crimes, elder abuse, public corruption, organized crime, major crimes, and other high impact crimes. George earned a Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration from the Center for Public Affairs and a Master's Degree in Public Administration, with a specialization in Judicial Administration, from the University of Southern California, School of Public Administration. In 2011, Mueller graduated from the prestigious FBI National Academy Program, a 10-week professional course of academic work. Mueller is also an educator, having lectured on numerous topics at California State University, Los Angeles, the United States Department of State, the Office of the Attorney General in Thailand, the first International Summit on human trafficking, the FBI National Conference, and Public Safety Canada. He currently serves as a Board Member of the Anti-Fraud Alliance and the Past-President of the California District Attorney Investigators' Association. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Peace Officers' Association of Los Angeles County, the Southern California Fraud Investigators' Association, and the John Thomas Dye School. The Enforcement Branch is the investigative body of the California Department of Insurance. The mission of the Branch is to protect the public from economic loss and distress by actively investigating, arresting, and referring, for prosecution or other adjudication, those who commit insurance fraud and other violations of law; to reduce the overall incidence of insurance fraud and consumer abuse through anti-fraud outreach and training to the public, private, and governmental sectors. To accomplish its mission, the Enforcement Branch investigates criminal and regulatory violations relating to insurance transactions from point-of-sale through the claims process and administers five grants. The grant programs provide funding to county district attorney offices to assist with their efforts to investigate and prosecute insurance fraud. The Enforcement Branch consists of:
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