Securities executive to run for insurance commissioner

COLUMBUS - Columbus securities executive Lois N. Cohen said she is running as a Democrat to try to unseat Republican Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine. <br> <br> A former school teacher, Cohen said Thursday that while traveling throughout Georgia this year for her securities business, she found people were concerned about insurance issues. <br> <br> ``We need an insurance commissioner who basically serves the needs of the people of Georgia and not the insurance companies of Georgia,&#39;&#39; Cohen said. <br> <br> Cohen, 55, had raised more than $53,000 for a run for the District 16 state Senate seat, but the district redrawn by the General Assembly this year favors a Republican candidate, such as incumbent Sen. Seth Harp of Columbus. <br> <br> ``We are already in the process of returning money to those who gave to me for the 16th District race, and we&#39;ll be asking for their support for the new campaign,&#39;&#39; she said.