Westcott Named Consumer Advocate

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater is naming Robin Westcott, an attorney and longtime insurance watchdog, to the post of Insurance Consumer Advocate.

Westcott began her career in 1993 with the Florida Department of Insurance, Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation. She served with the department until 2001, when she entered private practice. Westcott returned to the public sector in 2002 with the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, where she served as assistant general counsel and counsel to the Florida Partnership for School Readiness. In 2004, she returned to the Office of Insurance Regulation, most recently serving as the acting deputy commissioner of property/casualty.