CARLOS A. LACASA, ESQ. APPOINTED BY STATE OF FLORIDA CFO TOM GALLAGHER TO CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION BOARD

MIAMI - Carlos A. Lacasa, an attorney in the Miami office of Ruden McClosky, was recently appointed by State of Florida CFO Tom Gallagher to serve on the Board of Governors for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. Lacasa said, 'as a member of the board I will be committed to being the voice of the average citizen who has suffered from the double impact of the storm damage and high insurance premiums.'

Mr. Lacasa, a former member of the Florida House of Representatives (District 117), is a member of the Firm's Administrative and Governmental Practice Group. He concentrates his practice in governmental relations, land use, general corporate, regulatory and administrative law. Mr. Lacasa is a member of The Florida Bar and the American Bar Association and was recently appointed to a four-year term on the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority (MDX) by Governor Jeb Bush. Representative Lacasa was first elected in 1994 and chaired the House General Appropriations Committee from 2000 to 2002.

As Florida's non-profit insurer of last resort, Citizens exists to provide Floridians with a safety net when they are unable to find property insurance coverage in the private market. If Citizens did not exist today, more than 740,000 Floridians would have nowhere to turn to insurer their homes and properties.