Insurance: Citizens Insurance

Citizens Insurance

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Citizens Property Insurance Corp. President Barry Gilway defended Florida's taxpayer-funded property insurer of last resort Tuesday against accusations that came to light in an internal agency report obtained by the news media."The last time I looked around," Gilway told Citizens' board of governors at a meeting in Tallahassee, "we were still in the United States of America. And we still have some basic rights and those rights, by the way, include innocent until proven guilty."The internal report shows a personnel manager got drunk at the Coyote Ugly Saloon in Ybor City on a business trip and allegedly told a subordinate he was fired after an argument. Another employee is accused of running a sex toy business out of a Citizens’ office. In another incident, an employee was given a nearly $80,000 severance while under investigation for inappropriate behavior. Gilway says he doesn’t condone the actions of the employees.