Legislative & Regulatory Advocacy Council Committee

  • Review insurance industry trends, and regulatory, legal, operational, and administrative issues that impact insurance agents, agencies, and markets.
  • Recommend to the FAIA Board proposed legislation, rulemaking, or regulatory action to eliminate adverse impacts or to promote beneficial impacts to insurance agents, agencies, and markets. Vigorously oppose any legislation or regulation detrimental to the interests of insurance agents, agencies, and markets.
  • These actions should be both on a state level and a federal level, as directed by the FAIA Board, keeping in mind the mission of FAIA which is to serve the needs of Florida insurance agents and consumers by promoting a healthy and competitive insurance environment.
  • Encourage and inform FAIA members, including the Young Agents Council and local boards, on responsible political involvement, which specifically includes the need for participation in IMPACT, FAIAPAC, and InsurPac. Council members agree to participate in FAIA's and IIABA's political action committees.

Mario-Michele D'Avirro

Member
Moody D'Avirro & Associates, Inc.

Steven Clein

Member
C & C Insurance, Inc.

Charles Dorta

Member
Heritage Insurance Agency, LLC

Christopher Heidrick

Member
Heidrick & Company Insurance and Risk Management Services, LLC

Fernando Perez

Member
Floridian Choice Insurance Group, Inc.

Michael Singh

Member
Singh Insurance and Financial Services, LLC

Nicole Allen

Member
CCIS, LLC dba Clear Choice Insurance Services

Richard Ficca

Member
Praxis Reciprocal Exchange

Cynthia Fletcher

Member
Alley Rehbaum & Capes Assurance, Inc.

Dennis Mizrahi

Member
Insurance Solutions of NEFL dba Mizrahi and Garris Insurance Agency

Joseph Meder, Jr.

Member
Atlantic Insurance Partners, Inc.

Terry Fortune

Member
Beacon Insurance of Pace, Inc.

Brett Briggs

Member
Briggs Family Insurance Services, Inc.

Gregory Riordan

Member
C & C Insurance, Inc.

Mark Schwartz

Member
Brown & Brown of Florida, Inc.

Cynthia Webster

Member
Gallagher

Donald Dresback

Member
Beacon Group, Inc.

Jason Levine

Member
TGG Financial Services, Inc. dba Harry Levine Insurance Agency

Michael Alvarez

Member
NU Sure Insurance Group

Christopher Grimont

Member
CGI Insurance Group, LLC

Graham Demont

Member
Demont Insurance Agency, Inc.

Wadih El Khoury

Member
Florida Insurance Agency

Melissa Manus

Member
Fourth Insurance Office, Inc.

Doug Wiles

Member
Herbie Wiles Insurance

Allen McGinniss

Member
McGinniss Himmel Insurance Agency, LLC

Lizzy Paredes

Member
LP Insurance Solutions, LLC dba Kelly's Insurance Group

Alicia Stevens

Member
Rosier Insurance

Clayton Lancaster

Member
Lancaster & Associates Insurance, Inc.

Christine Williams Stewart

Member
Pruett-Williams Insurance Agency, Inc.

Conor O'Leary

Member
Shelly, Middlebrooks & O'Leary, Inc.

Joseph Sikora

Member
Sikora & Moore Insurance, PLLC

James Naughton

Member
Acentria Insurance

Jeffrey Schlitt

Member
Schlitt Insurance Services, Inc.

Patrick Gleason

Member
State Insurance Agency, Inc.

John Gardner

Member
Lee County Insurance Agency, Inc.

Bartlett Gunter

Member
Hub International Florida dba Rogers, Gunter, Vaughn Insurance, Inc.

Dan Alexander

Member
ThompsonBaker Agency, Inc.

Thomas Dorsey

Member
Insurance Office of America, Inc.

Ron Scalzo

Member
Vision Insurance Exchange

Jeff Thompson

Member
Omega Insurance Solutions, Inc.

John Hutt

Member
Hutt Insurance Agency, Inc.

Reid Rushing

Member
Acentria Insurance

Andrew Leonard

Member
The Leonard Insurance Agency, LLC

Richard Rosier

Member
Rosier Insurance

Kevin Purvis

Member
Cothrom, LLC

Joanne Silva

Member
Grover Winston Insurance Group, LLC

Alan Mednick

Member
United Commercial Insurance, Inc. dba Good Greek Insurance

Mary Houston

Member
Houston Insurance Agency dba Your "Keys" to Protection

Edward Collins

Member
Construction Pros Insurance, LLC

Suzanne Spann

Member
Legacy Insurance Brokers, LLC

Oscar Miniet

Member
AVANTE-NEA Insurance Group, LLC

John Wilson

Member
Insurance Group of Central Florida

Gert-Jan Vreman

Member
Acrisure Southeast Partners Insurance Services LLC

Gary Vaughn

Member
Hub International Florida dba Rogers, Gunter, Vaughn Insurance, Inc.

Thomas Cotton

Member
AssuredPartners of Florida LLC dba Hugh Cotton Insurance

Ben Bates

Member
Bates & Hewett, Inc. dba Bates Hewett & Floyd Insurance Agency

John Hancock

Member
Acentria Insurance

John Laurie

Member
Darr Schackow Insurance Agency, LLC

Samuel Rogers

Member
Hub International Florida dba Rogers, Gunter, Vaughn Insurance, Inc.

Robert Rollins

Member
Beacon Group, Inc.

Laura Pearce

Member
Florida Association of Insurance Agents

Melissa Weaver

Member
Florida Association of Insurance Agents

Robert Schlitt

Member
Schlitt Insurance Services, Inc.

Roy Geilen

Member
Burns & Wilcox, Ltd.

Christopher Siegel

Member
Burns & Wilcox, Ltd.

Tamara Hinesley

Member
M.E. Wilson Company, LLC dba Waldorff Insurance and Bonding

Audrey Dellolio

Member
Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc.

Brittany Eldridge

Member
Mangrove Property Insurance

Richard Kopec

Member
Johnson & Johnson, Inc.

Maribel DeLeon

Member
McGriff Insurance Services, a Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC Company

David Newell

Member
Florida Association of Insurance Agents

Paul Peeples

Member
Florida Association of Insurance Agents

Mitchell Aycock

Member
Highstreet Insurance & Financial Services

Jonathan Lyon

Member
Insurance Office of America, Inc.

Bryan Swicicki

Member
BCI Insurance, LLC

Raymond Blacklidge

Member
T.J. Jerger MGA, LLC

Robert Ludwig

Member
Swyfft Insurance, LLC

Ronald Gabor

Member
Butler, Buckley, Deets, Inc.

Edward DuBose

Member
Coastal Community Insurance Agency

Melissa Champany

Member
FAIA Member Services, Inc.

Steven Poole

Member
Carlock & Associates Insurance, Inc.

Norberto Fernandez

Member
McGriff Insurance Services

Charles Chunn

Member
HUB International Florida

Michelle Jeralds

Member
Brightway Insurance, LLC

Thomas Cloar

Member
Brown & Brown of Florida, Inc.

Carlos Robertson

Member
Space Coast Insurance Agency, LLC

Cynthia Fitzgibbons

Member
Acrisure Southeast Partners Insurance Services LLC

Gary Morin

Member
ICW Group Insurance Companies

Kelly Nugent

Member
Wright National Flood Insurance Company

Collin Kostiha

Member
USI Insurance Services, LLC

Sarah Washburn-Carfora

Member
Alera Group, Inc. - Wilson Washburn & Forster

Holly Kabboord Hemelgarn

Member
Brevard Insurance & Marketing, Inc.

James Sheppard

Member
Insurance Office of America, Inc.

Christine Billington

Member
Acentria Insurance

Kevin Byrnes

Member
Mercury Insurance Group

Stephen Floyd

Member
Trucordia Insurance Services LLC

Robert deViere

Member
ICW Group Insurance Companies

Gary Reshefsky

Member
Century Advisory Services, Inc. dba Century Risk Advisors

Richard Vaughn

Member
Main Street America Insurance

Richard Reeves

Member
RLR Consulting

Angelo Ganguzza

Member
Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company

Mariella Gonzalez

Member
Windward Risk Managers

Sean Tobe

Member
Brown & Brown of Florida, Inc.

Sarah Mann

Member
Acentria Insurance

Michael Horn

Member
Mike Horn Family Insurance, Inc.

Kathryn Lerch

Member
Darr Schackow Insurance Agency, LLC

Steven Lackey

Member
Bobby E. Emmons, Inc. dba Thompson-Walden Insurance

Heidi Soukup

Member
Olympus Insurance Company

Christine Perreault

Member
Stahl & Associates Insurance, Inc.

Lindsey Mitchell

Member
CRC Group

Tracy Duncan

Member
Auto-Owners Insurance

Tammy Miller

Member
Brown & Brown of Florida, Inc.

Stephen Blackford

Member
Blackford All Lines, LLC

Tiffany Cooper

Member
StarLight Insurance Group

Traci Putt

Member
McGriff Insurance Services

Katrina Lenhart

Member
American Collectors Insurance

Pilar Dixon

Member
Brown & Brown of Florida, Inc.

John Pisula, MBA

Member
C & C Insurance, Inc.

Debbie Tappin

Member
Acentria Insurance

Mary Jordan

Member
Gulf Coast Affordable Insurance, LLC

Marian Ramirez

Member
Brown & Brown of Florida, Inc.

Agata Wlodarczyk

Member
Florida Association of Insurance Agents

Romina Saaied

Member
We Insure, LLC.

Charles Mailot

Member
CRC Insurance Services

Robert Ball

Member
CCIS, LLC dba Clear Choice Insurance Services

BG Murphy

Member
Florida Association of Insurance Agents

Ronald Assise

Member
The Horton Group

Brooks McDonald

Member
McDonald Insurance, LLC

Julio Rocha

Member
Rocha Financial Group, LLC

Samuel Summers

Member
Sihle Insurance Group, Inc.

John Dittmore

Member
The Dittmore Agency

Byron Pelt

Member
BLP Insurance Services LLC dba Byron Pelt Insurance

Robert Samuels

Member
The Horton Group

Maria Aquino-Maghak

Member
We Insure, LLC

Kaitlyn Arrington

Member
Arrington Risk Management

Stacey Divers-Turner

Member
ACG South Insurance Agency, LLC

Jeffrey Grady

Member
Independent Market Solutions

Peter Sicoli

Member
Stephen R. Scienzo Insurance Agency, Inc. dba Sailfish Insurance Group

Rodney Michaels

Member
Gulf Harbor Insurance

Lori Sousa

Member
Sea-Land Insurance Corporation

Michael Battle

Member
Keen Battle Mead & Company

Scott Zambarano

Member
AE Mazika Insurance Services, Inc. dba Sun, Surf & Sand Insurance Services

Scott Popilek

Member
King Risk Partners, LLC

Sheila Gaylor

Member
Keyes Coverage, LLC

Tatyana Midili

Member
Members Insurance Center, LLC

Timothy Cotton

Member
Mangrove Property Insurance

Joy Savasta

Member

Jason Miller

Member
Florida All Risk Insurance, LLC/Black Diamond Insurance, LLC

Laura Webb

Member
Webb Insurance Group

Jennifer Thompson

Member
Gracey-Backer, Inc.

Janice Vasquez

Member
Janus Insurance Group, LLC DBA Cyber Insurance Minds

Timothy Carley

Member
Harvest Insurance, LLC

Darrell Wittner

Member
Windward Risk Managers

Jonathan Ellis

Member
Ellis Agency Insurance

Daniel Ewin

Member
T.J. Jerger MGA, LLC

Michael Reilly

Member
Coastal Select Insurance Agency

Nicole Marcus-Douma

Member
The Marcus Group

Jennifer Grayson

Member
DTRT Insurance Group, Inc.

Eileen Kivlighn

Member
Silvester Insurance Advisors, Inc.

Jeffrey Wells

Member
Wells Insurance Agency

Carlos Miranda

Member
Charley Insurance, LLC

Michelle Woodham

Member
Trout & Leigh Insurance, Inc.

Carlos Sevilla

Member
Sevilla Financial Services dba Floridian Policy Pros LLC

David Smith

Member
Hannon Insurance Agency, LLC

Christopher Orletski

Member
Blankit Insurance Group, Inc.

Dionna Humphery

Member

Richard Stein

Member
Wellhouse Company, LLC

Jeffrey Wells

Member
The Plastridge Agency, Inc.

Jose Santana

Member
Tampa Bay Insurance, LLC

Taylor Johnson

Member
Earl Bacon Agency, Inc.

Bryn Rose

Member
Burns & Wilcox, Ltd.

Robert Lilley

Member
Bates & Hewett, Inc. dba Bates Hewett & Floyd Insurance Agency

Sally Mevers

Member
Acentria Insurance

Louis Iten

Member
Randall Iten Agency, Inc.

Richard Sinclair

Member
Wells Insurance Agency, Inc.