Jeffrey Atwater

John Morgan talks Casey Anthony, Tim Tebow

2013-05-23 10:10:00

In local public-affairs programming this weekend: Prominent Orlando attorney John Morgan and his wife, Ultima, are Lauren Rowe's guests on "Flashpoint" at 8 a.m. Sunday on WKMG-Channel 6. They discuss everything from politics and Casey Anthony to...

Sudden riches! State's CFO finds $34.75 owed to him on state website for unclaimed property

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater took the advice he gives others to check on unclaimed treasure his office holds – and found he was $34.75 richer. An insurance company had turned over the money to the Florida Chief Financial Officer'...

Free webinars teach small businesses to prepare for hurricanes

2013-05-22 07:15:00

Small business owners need to take care of their work property during hurricane season -- just like they protect their homes. To help small businesses plan and prepare, Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater’s Department of Financial...

Manatee Chamber introduces CEO Roundtable program

2013-05-18 00:24:03

Small business executives looking for advice can sign up for a new program offered by the Manatee Chamber of Commerce starting today. The Chamber, joined by Florida's state Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, announced Friday morning a CEO...

Fraudsters prey on the elderly – that is where the money is

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Financial scams targeting the elderly is an issue that hits close to home, says Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater. His 88-year-old mother, who lives in Palm Beach County, is deluged with all sorts of shady solicitations. "I am stunned at the...

State to sell off some of its $1 billion in unclaimed property

2013-05-13 02:19:00

TALLAHASSEE — In a small room in a downtown Tallahassee office building sit mounds of treasure — some of it worth thousands of dollars and some nothing more than its place in someone's memories. There are diamond necklaces and brooches....

Douglas C. Lyons: State will go on break next year as politics trumps policy

2013-05-11 00:00:00

Okay. State lawmakers obviously dropped the ball when it came to expanding health care by failing to take federal funding for Medicaid. Too close to Obamacare, a majority of Republicans in the Florida Legislature felt as they stood tall on partisan...

Photos, Video: Florida Cabinet, on the road again

2013-05-08 14:24:00

Governor Rick Scott and his cabinet made one of their semi-regular road trips out of Tallahassee for a cabinet meeting, this time to Orlando's Lake Nona, at the Nemours Children's Hospital, Wednesday. Scott was joined by Attorney General Pam Bondi, CFO...

CFO launches S.A.F.E. for seniors

2013-04-30 13:47:35

May marks Older Americans Month and to fight fraud against seniors, Jeff Atwater, Florida's chief financial officer, is unveiling Operation S.A.F.E. (Stop Adult Financial Exploitation), a website and series of workshops across the state. Statistics...

Senate Insurance chairman floats special session on PIP

2013-04-25 16:55:40

The head of the Florida Senate's Banking and Insurance Committee will recommend legislative leaders call a special session to repeal no-fault auto insurance if judges reject reforms the state made to the system a year ago. "I think that PIP is...

Florida Democrats are short on statewide candidates

2013-04-21 00:00:00

Florida's largest political party has a problem. Although registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in Florida by 500,000, and President Barack Obama has carried the Sunshine State in the past two presidential elections, the party has no obvious...

With more Digital Domain fallout, both chambers intent on scaling back incentive dollars

2013-03-27 16:37:02

Governor Rick Scott and members of the Florida Cabinet --including CFO Jeff Atwater, AG Pam Bondi, Ag commish Adam Putnam-- pose for a photo with central Florida teachers of the year, at the Nemours Children's Hospital, at Lake Nona, during an off-site cabinet meeting, Wednesday, May 8, 2013.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

What does it do?: The state's no-fault auto insurance system is experiencing a total revamp that lawmakers, Gov. Rick Scott and Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater hope will translate into lower auto insurance rates.

2011-09-15 00:00:00

Florida's chief financial officer, Jeff Atwater

2011-09-14 00:00:00