Oviedo, FL — Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company has announced that its Board of Directors has elected Lansing C. Scriven as its Chair Designate.
Mr. Scriven will succeed Ray Ferrero, Jr., who continues to serve as Chair through the expiration of his term in June 2025. Mr. Ferrero has served continuously as the Company’s first and only Chair since its inception in 1987
The motion to elect Mr. Scriven as Chair Designate was made by Florida Lawyers Mutual director Stephen Rappenecker, one of the Company’s founding directors, in recognition of the founders’ strong faith in Mr.Scriven’s leadership for the next generation of Florida Lawyers Mutual.
“I believe I speak for all the founding directors who still serve on the Board in saying we are delighted that Lanse Scriven, who enjoys a reputation as not only a distinguished attorney but also as a dedicated leader in our statewide bar community, will help guide and support our Company’s management into the future,” said Mr. Rappenecker.
“I am incredibly honored,” said Mr. Scriven, “by the opportunity to serve, beginning next year, as Chair of Florida Lawyers Mutual, a mutual insurance company that has earned the respect of Florida’s legal community and has served our state’s lawyers with excellence for 35 years.”
“It is a true honor,” he added, “to succeed a leader as dedicated as Ray Ferrero, Jr., the Company’s first founder and a true legend in our community. I look forward to continuing his great legacy of service to Florida lawyers.”
“I am personally gratified,” said Mr. Ferrero, “to know that after nearly 40 years of service, I have in my successor a lawyer as distinguished, accomplished, and respected as Lanse Scriven.”
Mr. Scriven is the principal of Lanse Scriven Law, a respected law practice based in Tampa, Florida. His areas of practice include business litigation and Florida Bar disciplinary defense. He has also served since 1994 as a Special Prosecutor for the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission. During the span of his career, he has earned an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell and been recognized in Best Lawyers of America, Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, and Thomson Reuter’s Florida Super Lawyers. He is also the recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Lawyer Award from the Hillsborough County Bar Association.
From 2009 to 2017, Mr. Scriven served on The Florida Bar Board of Governors as a representative of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (Hillsborough County), where he served variously as Chair of the Budget Committee, Vice Chair of the Board Review Committee on Professional Ethics, and as a member of
the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors.
In addition to his service as President of the Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter National Bar Association, Mr. Scriven is a Past President of the Hillsborough County Bar Association and the George Edgecomb Bar Association.
Mr. Scriven joined the Board of Directors at Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company in 2020 and has served on its Underwriting Committee, Compensation Committee, and Claims Committee.
“Mr. Scriven has already brought considerable insight and invaluable perspective to our leadership since joining the Company’s Board of Directors in 2020,” said Cathleen Sargent, the Company’s President and
CEO. “I look forward to working with him and all our Directors as he transitions into the role of Board Chair next year.”
About Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
Created by The Florida Bar so that Florida lawyers would have a high-quality source for professional liability insurance, Florida Lawyers Mutual is the state’s only direct-write lawyers professional liability insurer and the only one created by The Florida Bar. A-rated by AM Best for Excellent Financial Strength and owned by its member lawyers, Florida Lawyers Mutual offers high-quality policy features (including a cyber liability endorsement at no additional premium cost), valuable membership benefits, and legendary member service. The Company has declared a dividend* to qualifying members during each of the last three years and recently expanded a library of free CLE for its member lawyers, along with new resource centers for Cyber Security Risk Management and Lawyer Well-Being. The Company celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. Learn more and get a quick, no obligation premium indication at www.flmic.com.
*Dividends are paid at the sole discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors. A past dividend does not guarantee the payment or amount of future dividends.