The Florida Insurance Council (FIC) is the voice of Florida’s insurance community. More than 300 businesses make up FIC. Collectively, these domestic and foreign businesses write life, health, property, and casualty policies for Florida residents and companies in excess of $50 billion.
On behalf of its members, FIC works with statewide elected officials, members of the Florida Legislature and regulators at state agencies on issues that affect insurers and their ability to serve their customers.
FIC tracks, analyzes and updates members on public policy proposals and developments. FIC understands insurers must have timely and accurate information about legislative activities; thus each morning FIC provides its members with pertinent information about developments for insurance legislation. For more information on how FIC covers the legislative session, click here.
FIC lends its voice to its membership during agency regulatory rulemaking. For detailed information about the agency rulemaking process in Florida and FIC’s involvement in it, please click here.
FIC also educates and informs other stakeholder groups, including the media and the general public, on critical insurance matters and participates in key court cases impacting the insurance industry.
FIC is led by three full-time team members, who are based at FIC headquarters in Tallahassee, just steps away from Florida’s State Capitol. The Council’s President is Cecil Pearce.
All FIC insurance company members have a seat on the FIC Board of Directors.
Given the wide range of issues relevant to and areas impacted by Florida’s insurance industry, FIC uses a committee structure to engage members on issues and areas important to them. Each committee is led by a chair and co-chair. Committees meet regularly to review and evaluate proposed policies or new regulations, determine their impact on the industry and guide FIC’s advocacy efforts in response to them.
The greatest advantage for members of FIC is the strength of the FIC lobby team. Recruited for their knowledge of insurance and related policy issues, as well as their strong relationships with statewide elected officials, legislators and regulators, this team of lobbyists are the best advocates for the insurance community. The FIC lobby team is highly visible in the halls of the Florida State Capitol and the state’s regulatory agency and extremely effective at influencing policy.