The Economic Club of Florida presents Tim Cerio and Gina Wilson

Please join The Economic Club of Florida for our monthly distinguished speaker luncheon featuring a Panel Discussion on the CAT Fund and Citizens’ Insurance with panelists: Tim Cerio, President & CEO, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation and Gina Wilson, Chief Operating Officer, Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.

Timothy M. Cerio is the President/CEO and Executive Director of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. Tim is responsible for overseeing all operations of the company and serves as liaison to the Citizens Board of Governors.

With more than 30 years of experience in the public and private sectors, Tim brings a wealth of expertise to Citizens. Appointed in June 2021 as General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer, Tim provided critical leadership as Citizens responded to new legislative requirements to stabilize the Florida property insurance market and return Citizens to its role as Florida’s insurer of last resort.

Prior to joining Citizens, Tim practiced with the GrayRobinson law firm, focusing on government investigations, regulatory and health care law, and administrative law. He previously served as General Counsel to Florida Governor Rick Scott. As General Counsel, Tim was the chief legal advisor to the Governor and legal liaison for the Executive Office of the Governor to all state and local agencies.

Tim currently serves on the Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida. In June 2021, Governor Ron DeSantis appointed him to the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission. Additionally, Tim was a member of the 2017-2018 Florida Constitution Revision Commission, which convenes every 20 years to review Florida’s constitution and propose amendments for voter consideration. Tim is also a member of the Board of Directors of the James Madison Institute, Florida’s premiere think tank dedicated to promoting economic opportunity for all Floridians.

Tim earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Florida (UF) in 1990. He graduated from the UF College of Law with honors in 1995 and was a member of the Florida Law Review. Tim has served as president of both the University of Florida Alumni Association and the UF College of Law Alumni Council, and he currently serves as Chairman of the Florida Blue Key Alumni Advisory Board. Tim and his family live in Tallahassee.

Gina Wilson currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer for the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF), which is administered by the State Board of Administration of Florida (SBA). She is also President of the SBA Finance Corporation, a statutorily created public benefit corporation created for the purpose of facilitating the issuance of bonds to pay reimbursements for catastrophic hurricane losses sustained in Florida. Ms. Wilson serves on the Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology, which was created as a panel of experts by the Florida Legislature for the purpose of providing guidelines and standards in the review and evaluation of hurricane and flood computer models used to project losses in residential property rate filings. At the SBA, she has the additional responsibility of overseeing the Reinsurance to Assist Policyholders Program and the Insurance Capital Build-up Incentive Program.

Ms. Wilson has been a member of the FHCF since October 1996, serving as the Director of Examinations and the Senior Director of Operations and Examinations prior to becoming Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Wilson worked for the Florida Department of Insurance prior to joining the FHCF and has also worked as an auditor in the private industry. Ms. Wilson has her Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, and the professional designations of Certified Public Accountant, Certified Public Manager, Associates in Reinsurance, and Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter.

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