Florida Department of Financial Services (FLDFS) is a state agency of Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

. Its headquarters are in Tallahassee. In 2002 the Florida Legislature

Florida Legislature

The Florida State Legislature is the term often used to refer to the two houses that act as the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The Florida Constitution states that "The legislative power of the state shall be vested in a legislature of the State of Florida," composed of a Senate...

 merged the Department of Insurance, Treasury and State Fire Marshal and the Department of Banking and Finance into one department, the Florida Department of Financial Services.

Organization

The Department is led by the Chief Financial Officer of Florida

Chief Financial Officer of Florida

The Chief Financial Officer of Florida is a statewide constitutional officer of Florida. The office was created in 2002 following the 1998 reforms of the Florida Cabinet....

(CFO), who is elected statewide to a four year term. The CFO is assisted in running the Department by two Deputy Chief Financial Officers and a Chief of Staff. The Department is organized into 13 functional Divisions, which perform the work of the Deparmtnet, and 7 Offices, which assist the CFO in managing the Department and fulfilling the CFO's responsibilities.

• Chief Financial Officer
  • Accounting and Auditing Division
  • Administration Division
  • Consumer Services Division
  • Funeral, Cemetery, & Consumer Services Division
  • Information Systems Division
  • Insurance Agent and Agency Services Division
  • Insurance Fraud Division
  • Legal Services Division
  • Rehabilitation and Liquidation Division
  • Risk Management Division
  • Treasury Division
  • State Fire Marshal Division
  • Workers' Compensation Division
  • Cabinet Affairs Office
  • Chief of Staff Office
  • External Affairs Office
  • Inspector General Office
  • Insurance Consumer Advocate Office
  • Legislative Affairs Office
  • Strategic Planning Office

External links

• Florida Department of Financial Services