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From The Desk Of Jimmy Patronis

Floridians, Recently, I sent a letter to the Florida Department of evacuate. The time is now to prepare and protect your
In recognition of Military Law Enforcement (FDLE) to formally request them to home and business. Heed all watches and warnings from
Consumer Protection investigate Twitter in regards to the recent hacking and state and local officials and do not wait until a storm is
Month, I’m highlighting partner with federal agencies to assess the state’s risk- making landfall. Prepare now, Florida!
tips to help protect Florida’s level from the security breach. Yesterday, I followed-up Visit PrepareFL.com for the following storm resources:
1.5 million veterans and on that letter to FDLE and sent a letter to Jack Dorsey, An Emergency Preparedness Toolkit designed to help
more than 95,000 active and co-founder and CEO of Twitter, to request him to provide you prepare a home inventory and organize your financial
reserve members from fraud. a briefing to FDLE on the investigation into the hacks. information before and after a disaster.
Currently, Florida ranks I was glad to highlight that Florida’s unemployment A Natural Disasters – Are You Prepared guide to
second in fraud and identity rate dropped from 13.7 percent in May to 10.4 percent inform consumers on insurance and financial preparation
theft reports nationwide, and in June. This is the kind of good news we need to hear in the event of a natural disaster.
members of the military are as our state and nation continue dealing with this global A guide to navigating the flood insurance claims
often targets of specific scams and fraud tactics. pandemic. No doubt, the success of our state is tied to a process.
Florida has the third largest population of veterans in the good economy. Florida business owners and workers are Tips on what to expect after filing a homeowners
nation and research has shown that veterans are twice as likely how we fund our schools, our hospitals and provide for insurance claim related to a hurricane.
to be targeted for scams. As your CFO, I’m committed to any other number of critical government services. It’s also Visit PrepareFL.com for more information and to start
helping our heroes and their families safeguard their finances. how families put food on the table. Each and every day your storm plan today. My Insurance Consumer Helpline is
I encourage all veterans and military members to utilize I’ll keep rooting for Florida businesses who are working available to assist Floridians with insurance issues and the
these consumer protection tips and always stay on guard by their tails off to succeed and hopefully get back to normal. claims process. Call our toll-free helpline at 1-877-MY-
consistently monitoring your credit report and reporting signs Finally, as Floridians are focusing their attention on FL-CFO (693-5236), to talk to a knowledgeable insurance
of fraud immediately at FraudFreeFlorida.com. COVID-19, it remains critically important that we also specialist Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
remember to make the necessary precautions for hurricane *****
season. With multiple named storms already this year, As a graduate of Florida State University and a
Editorial Board severe weather does not care that we are responding to a lifelong sports fan, I was proud to send a letter recently to
pandemic and we must prepare now before for the next
Florida university presidents’ statewide encouraging full
participation in college fall sports this year. This comes
storm takes aim at Florida. Visit PrepareFL.com now for
hurricane and disaster related information and resources as the Pac-12 and Big Ten conferences have postponed
Editor: James A. Cioffi to help you before, during, and after a storm. their football seasons and more athletic conferences may
james@jcclaw.com ***** soon decide to follow suit. These athletes have worked
Feature Writers: Dawn Levinstein, POA I’m excited to announce that since I became your their entire lives to compete and we owe it to them to
Commissioner Hal R. Valeche CFO, we have returned $1 billion back to Floridians in work together and fight for their chance to play. This
O’Neal Bardin Jr. unclaimed property. This news is especially important as is yet another reason why I’m pursuing vital liability

Contributing many individuals and businesses are looking for financial protections next legislative session to protect businesses
Reporter: Don Kiselewski relief due to the impacts of COVID-19. Special thanks and non-profits from unscrupulous legal firms who see
to my Division of Unclaimed Property for working the coronavirus as a business opportunity.
Your editors strongly believe that the number extremely hard to hit this record, even during these My top priority as your CFO is to protect our state
of people who do become involved with any challenging times. from fraud and scams, including all major cybersecurity
news medium directly reflects on that medium’s I will continue working every day to ensure threats. As we’ve seen with the recent unprecedented
excellence, versatility and broad viewpoint. every cent of the more than $2 billion in unclaimed Twitter hacks, we must take bold action now to protect
Therefore, we invite PGA residents to contribute property is returned back to the pockets of Floridians. our data and our devices from these very real security
articles or current, timely news items and/or
“Letters to the Editors.” An estimated one in five Floridians have unclaimed risks.
Articles/letters are subject to editing and editors’ property just waiting to be claimed, free-of-charge. I’m I was also recently honored to participate in SAE
right to publish. Submission must include writer’s encouraging all individuals and businesses to search now Tomorrow Today, a podcast from SAE International, that
name, address and telephone number. Unsigned articles at FLTreasureHunt.gov and help us return another $1 highlighted my efforts to attract businesses large and small
/letters will not be published. Opposing views to article billion. to the Sunshine State. I was glad to share my thoughts
viewpoints contained in this paper are welcome. As we closely monitor hurricanes, it’s my top priority on the great benefits Florida has to offer to innovators
Articles do not necessarily represent the viewpoint to ensure Floridians have the tools and resources you need and the tech industry including low state taxes, robust
of the C.A.N.! organization. Submissions should to prepare for the possibility of heavy rain, wind, and infrastructure, a highly educated workforce, and of course,
be mailed or delivered by the tenth of each month flooding impacting our state this weekend. As Floridians, a great quality of life!
for the following month’s publication (example: by we know all too well the devastation hurricanes can have Sincerely,
January 10 for February publication) to: on our lives and we must take this threat seriously. Jimmy Patronis,
C.A.N.! Editors
Post Office Box 33436 As we saw with Hurricane Michael, storms can form Chief Financial Officer,
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420 or and strengthen quickly, leaving little time to prepare and State of Florida
Contact the publisher for additional information
regarding submissions, fax (561) 627-9088 or e-mail
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