Florida
David Altmaier
Commissioner
(Southeast Zone)
Mailing Address
Office of Insurance Regulation
The Larson Building
200 East Gaines Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0305
Phone: (850) 413-5914
Fax: (850) 488-3334
NAIC Liaison
Christina Huff
200 East Gaines Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0305
Christina.Huff@floir.com
Main (850) 413-5906
Altmaier began his public service at OIR in 2008, serving in a number of roles including Chief Analyst of the Property and Casualty Financial Oversight unit and Deputy Commissioner of Property and Casualty Insurance.
Commissioner Altmaier was voted President of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for 2021, after serving as President-Elect in 2020 and Vice President in 2019. In his role as NAIC President, Altmaier serves as Chair of the Executive Committee, Internal Administration Subcommittee, Government Relations Leadership Council, and Co-Chair of the Special Committee on Race and Insurance. Commissioner Altmaier also serves as a Vice Chair of the Executive Committee for the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS), representing insurance regulators and supervisors of more than 200 jurisdictions worldwide.
Commissioner Altmaier was appointed by Governor DeSantis to serve as a member Florida’s Blockchain Task Force and during the COVID-19 pandemic, was selected to as a member of the Governor’s Re-Open Florida Task Force Industry Working Group on Agriculture, Finance, Government, Healthcare, Management and Professional Services.
Prior to joining OIR, Altmaier worked as a Florida licensed 2-20 and 2-14 insurance agent and as a high school math teacher. Altmaier graduated from Western Kentucky University in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics.
Florida
Jimmy Patronis
Chief Financial Officer
(Southeast Zone)
Mailing Address
Florida Department of Financial Services
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
J. Edwin Larson Building
200 East Gaines Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0301
Phone: (850) 413-3089
Fax: (850) 413-2950
NAIC Liaison
Sha’Ron James
Insurance Consumer Advocate
Room 776, Claude Pepper Building
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0308
His public service career began as an intern in the FL Senate and the United Kingdom’s House of Commons. After graduation, Governor Lawton Chiles appointed him to the FL Elections Commission, and he was reappointed by Governor Jeb Bush. He served in the FL House of Representatives from 2006 to 2014, representing his hometown region in the FL Panhandle. He was appointed to serve on FL’s Public Service Commission, as well as the Constitution Revision Commission, which meets once every 20 years to propose changes to the state constitution.
Recognized for outstanding leadership in his hometown of Panama City and throughout FL, he is committed to active civic engagement and business development. He has chaired the Greater Panama City Beach Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Development Council, served on the board of the Bay County Economic Development Alliance, the Salvation Army Advisory Board, the Bay County Chapter of the FL Restaurant and Lodging Association, and national president for the FL Vocational Industrial Clubs of America. He is a former trustee of the Gulf Coast Medical Center, and former director of the Bay Medical Center’s Foundation and Gulf Coast Community College Foundation Board. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Northwest FL Beaches International Airport in Panama City and has served as chairman and a board member of Bay County-Panama City International Airport and Industrial District.
Patronis and his wife, Katie, are proud parents to Jimmy Theo III and John Michael and are lifelong members of the Saint John’s Greek Orthodox Church.