FSLA Names New Directors for 2024-2025

The Florida Surplus Lines Association, which notes it provides a safety valve for Florida’s property insurance industry, named new officers for 2024-2025 at its recent annual convention in Tampa.

• President: Virginia Clancy, TAPCO Underwriters
• President-elect: Albert Geraci, Risk Placement Services
• Treasurer: Tonya Rivera, Johnson & Johnson
• Secretary: Bresch McCarthy, Hull & Company
• Director: Chris Siegel, Burns & Wilcox
• Director: Darren Marsh, SLB Insurance Group
• Director: Amanda Ruppel, CRC Group
• Insurance company representative: Joshua Baron, Navigators, a brand of The Hartford
• Insurance company representative: Ana Daves, Nautilus Insurance
• Young agents’ representative: Marianne Correa, RT Specialty
• Young agents’ representative: Ricky Kopec, Johnson and Johnson
• Retail agents’ representative: John Vratsinas, Atlantic Specialty Risk
• Past president’s representative: Erin O’Leary, of Shelly, Middlebrooks & O’Leary.

“When I opened the Florida office for Tapco almost 30 years ago, one of the best pieces of advice I received was to join the Florida Surplus Lines Association,” Clancy said in a statement.

The organization also announced it will expand its continuing education offerings for members in 2025 and will introduce a mentorship program to help foster new leadership in surplus lines.