Amy Bach
Biography

Amy Bach has been a professional advocate for insurance consumers since 1984 and an attorney since 1989. A native of Brooklyn, New York residing in San Francisco, she co- founded United Policyholders in 1991. She currently serves as the organization's Executive Director and primary spokesperson; shaping and overseeing the Roadmap to Recovery™, Roadmap to Preparedness, and Advocacy and Action programs.

She is a nationally recognized expert on insurance claim and legal matters and a respected voice for policyholders in legislative and professional forums and in print and broadcast media. Bach is the author of numerous publications including “Wise UP – The Savvy Consumers Guide to Buying Insurance”, "The Disaster Recovery Handbook," articles and guidance at uphelp.org and “friend of the court” legal briefs. In 2019, Bach was appointed to a 3 year term as a member of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Response.

Bach graduated cum laude from Cornell University in 1982 and received her Juris Doctor degree from Hastings College of the Law in 1989. Ms. Bach has performed government service for the U.S. Treasury’s Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance, the New York and California State Legislatures, and the New York State Consumer Protection Board. She served as counsel to a special master overseeing reforms at the California Department of Insurance in the 1990s.

Bach served on the Product Enhancement Advisory Board to the California Earthquake Authority in 2005—2007 and was appointed in January, 2008 by the California Insurance Commissioner to Chair a Consumer Advisory Task Force. In 2011 she was selected to serve as an adviser to the American Law Institute on the Principles of the Law of Liability Insurance.

Bach is in her thirteenth year as an official consumer representative and is a Consumer Participation Program trustee at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. She was honored as a 2012 Money Hero by Money Magazine and has received awards from the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of California, the National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters, the Florida Association for Insurance Reform, the Proposition 103 Implementation Project, and the Consumer Attorneys of California.