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Alex Sink

Future Financial Services Commission Picture Taking Shape

Future Financial Services Commission Picture Taking Shape

With the primary races now behind us, the potential makeup of the Financial Services Commission for next year has become a little clearer.  However, early guesses suggest that some of the general elections will be close and polls have had a tendency to shift this fall, so Floridians will continue to watch these races closely […]

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Safeguard Our Seniors Becomes Law

Safeguard Our Seniors Becomes Law

Along with Governor Charlie Crist’s approval of a bill streamlining commercial insurance rates (SB 2176) came approval of the “Safeguard Our Seniors” annuity legislation.  The “safeguard Our Seniors” provisions were added to the commercial deregulation bill late in teh session and mark the culmination of three-year effort by CFO Alex Sink to pursue changes to […]

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Safeguard Our Seniors Heads to Governor’s Desk

Safeguard Our Seniors Heads to Governor’s Desk

Senator Mike Bennett, Representative Maria Sachs and CFO Alex Sink, among others, have been pursuing legislation for several sessions to increase regulatory protections for senior citizens in annuity transactions.  Although the proposals appeared at times to be stalled in the current session, they were amended onto a broader insurance bill at the end of the session […]

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Tallahasseean Loranne Ausley Announces CFO Bid

Tallahasseean Loranne Ausley Announces CFO Bid

Loranne Ausley, a former state representative from Tallahassee, has announced that she intends to run for the Chief Financial Officer position being vacated by Alex Sink.  Ausley, a Democrat, had been running for the state Senate and raised about $274,000 for that campaign.  However, she now moves to a race in which the Democratic party […]

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