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Roy graduated from the University of Florida in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and obtained the CPCU designation in 1987.  He joined Kahn-Carlin & Company, Inc. (www.kahn-carlin.com ) in July 1977 and is the President of the Agency, an Independent Agency that specializes in all lines of insurance.  He has served on various Agency Panels including CNA , FCCI and General Accident  and was President of the South Florida CPCU Chapter.

Roy has been a member of the Florida Surplus Lines Association since 2003.  He currently is the President-Elect.  Roy also serves on the Board of Governors of the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office.

Roy resides in Miami with his wife Lori and daughters, Erica and Andrea.  When not selling insurance, Roy enjoys tennis, running and skiing.

President-Elect
Skip's insurance career has spanned more than 30 years. He began as a national accounts underwriter for one of the leading commercial insurance carriers doing business today. This was followed by several years as a retail agent and working in the facultative reinsurance market handling both individual accounts and facultative automatic treaties.

Subsequently his career path led to excess and surplus lines where he has worked for the past 30 years. His duties and responsibilities have been in the day to day operations of two leading surplus line brokers/general agents as well as performing in a senior management capacity for each of these firms. Skip also owned and operated Wolf & Associates, a surplus lines brokerage and general agency in Jacksonville, Florida for several years.
Today, Skip is a Senior Vice President for Regional Excess Underwriters with countrywide duties and responsibilities, including the management of the Jacksonville, Florida office. REU is a wholly owned subsidiary of W.R. Berkley Corporation.

Treasurer

Lorna Palmer is President of John Handel & Associates, Inc. (JHA) an Excess & Surplus Lines brokerage firm located in St. Petersburg, Florida.  Lorna's career in the industry started in 1985 at Century Insurance Company in Concord, Ma in the Personal Lines Underwriting Support department.  Lorna went on to work on the retail side of the business from 1986-1998 where she moved through the ranks becoming the Agency Manager.  In 1998 Lorna relocated to St. Petersburg, Florida where she began as the CFO at John Handel & Associates and then became President in 2007.

Lorna has been a member of the Board of Directors for the Florida Surplus Lines Associations since 2005.  She also serves on the Board of Governors for the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office. Lorna resides in St. Petersburg, Florida with her husband Joe.

Secretary
Bio Coming Soon!!!!

 

Director

Michael Gabor is Vice President of Gabor Insurance Services, Inc., a wholesale broker and MGA headquartered in Miami, Florida. In addition to being on the Board of Directors of the Florida Surplus Lines Association, he is a member of the Board of Directors of NAPSLO’s Next Generation and a member of AAMGA’s Under 40 Organization.  Mike’s insurance career goes back over ten years in Surplus Lines in the state of Florida.  He is a graduate of the University of Central Florida.

Gary Sanborn
Crump Insurance Services of Florida, Inc.
240 E. Central Parkway, Ste 3000
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
(407) 678-4552 Ext. 200
gary.sanborn@crumpins.com

Director
Gary is a graduate of Florida State University and began insurance career in 1971 as a commercial underwriter for a non-standard insurer in Florida.  Worked in San Francisco for 2 years with this carrier as a commercial lines manager.  Returned to Florida in 1979, joining a wholesale brokerage firm and have been in the excess and surplus Lines business ever since.  Married, with one daughter who also graduated from Florida State University.

Burns & Wilcox of Tampa
Direct: (813) 558-9560 Ext. 2206
Toll Free: (800) 282-5675
Fax: (813) 971-0447

Director

Mike has been in the insurance business in the state of Florida for 25 years.  He got his start in underwriting with Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company.  From there, he joined his father at Franzese & Associates an Excess & Surplus Lines Wholesaler.  He became President of that operation in 1993.  In 1994 he joined Stewart Smith Southeast as a Vice President Property & Casualty broker in the Tampa office where he spent 11 years.  In 2005 he joined Burns and Wilcox as a Vice President to run the Tampa office.  In 2007 he was promoted to a corporate officer and given responsibility for growing operations in the State of Florida.

Mike attended the University of South Florida and graduated with his undergraduate degree in accounting in 1986.  He returned to USF and received his MBA degree in 2000.  Mike has many industry designations including Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter, Certified Insurance Counselor, Certified Risk Manager, Associate in Surplus Lines Insurance,  and an Associate in Underwriting.  In addition, he is a Certified Public Accountant.

Kathy Colangelo
Hull & Company, Inc.

800 Carillon Parkway, Ste. 150
St. Petersburg, FL 33716
Phone: 727-369-0255
kcolangelo@hullco.com

Director

Bio Coming Soon!

Past-President (1 year term, July 2011-12)

Steven started his insurance career in 1989 with the opening of Continental Agency of Florida, Inc. In 2009 he merged and was purchased by Gabor Insurance Services, Inc were he was named Executive Vice President.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Attended University of Hartford and then continued my studied at Florida Atlantic University. Steven  Graduated in the first National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) school in 1990. Has acted as master of ceremonies at several NAIW conventions. Given talks and written many articles on Surplus Lines for various publications. I was featured with a few other colleagues in a video about Surplus Lines and Today's Marketplace. Served on the education committee for Napslo and was a director and served as President in 2007-2009 for the Florida Surplus Lines Association, Currently serving on the  Board of directors of the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office, Was the surplus lines liaison  on the Palm Beach independent insurance agents board, I have been involved in the last 5 years in writing the exam for Surplus Lines in Florida Attended numerous seminars on topics pertinent to Surplus Lines.

LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES: Driving race cars, boating, tinkering and fixing things. I am currently serving on the board of Boca Jets lacrosse. 

Attorney - General Counsel

Douglas A. Mang is President and Shareholder of the Mang Law Firm, P.A. and specializes in insurance related matters.  He represents the Florida Surplus Lines Association as legislative and regulatory counsel and serves as counsel to many of its member agent, agencies, and companies. He has been active in the insurance arena for over 25 years. He has served as General Counsel for the State Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner of Florida. He has served on NAPSLO's legislative committee and is a Director of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel, a nationwide organization of attorneys who specialize in insurance regulatory matters.

Roger Gobler has been the Executive Director of FSLA since 1995.  He was President of FSLA  1989-91, having served on the board of director’s for 14 years.

Roger’s carrier began with the Royal-Globe Insurance Group in 1955.  He moved to Jacksonville Florida with the Great American Insurance Company in 1957 as a casualty special agent.  He was underwriting manager for a large Jacksonville agency from 1962-65.  He went to work for Shelly, Middlebrooks & O’Leary, Inc. in 1965.  He retired with Shelly, Middledbrooks & O’Leary, Inc after 28 years as Executive Vice President.

Roger graduated  from the University of North Florida with a BA degree in 1985. He is the Past President of the Jacksonville Beaches Exchange Club and Past President of the Florida District Exchanges Clubs. He lives with his wife Ann in Jacksonville Florida.