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CFO Names New Insurance Consumer Advocate

CFO Names New Insurance Consumer Advocate

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater has named Sha’Ron James as the state’s Insurance Consumer Advocate effective August 3.  Ms. James most recently has been the Director of the Division of Rehabilitation & Liquidation within the Department of Financial Services.  “Sha’Ron’s experience holding insurance companies accountable and her in-depth understanding of the insurance industry raises […]

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Burgess to Return as Consumer Advocate

Burgess to Return as Consumer Advocate

The start of today’s meeting of the Senate Banking & Insurance Committee included an announcement from chairman David Simmons that Steve Burgess, the committee’s staff director, will be leaving to become Florida’s Insurance Consumer Advocate.  Burgess has held the consumer advocate position previously, but most recently has been the committee’s staff director for the last five years.  […]

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