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J. Steve Roddenberry

Tallahassee, FL

(850) 222-3533
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Education

Education: Mr. Roddenberry is a 1983 graduate of The Florida State University (B.S. in Business Administration). Professional Activities Mr. Roddenberry has testified numerous times before legislative committees on various subjects. He testified several times before the Governor’s Task Force on Health Care Professional Liability Insurance as well as the Speaker’s Select Committee on Medical Malpractice Insurance. His background and experience lends itself to pragmatically resolving issues where regulation and commerce do not immediately reconcile.

Professional Experience

Special Consultant*, Tallahassee (*Not a member of The Florida Bar.)  From 1983 until 2003, Mr. Roddenberry worked in various capacities with the State of Florida in the Department of Banking and Finance and the Department of Insurance (Office of Insurance Regulation). His areas of focus at the Pennington Firm are Governmental and Legislative Affairs, Insurance Regulation and Financial Institution Regulation. From 1983 through the mid 1990s, his work in the Department of Banking and Finance as a financial examiner, financial specialist and then as financial administrator led him to his expertise in many areas of banking and finance. His work within the Division of Banking began as bank examiner and worked up to his position as Financial Administrator where he supervised professional financial institution examiners and financial review specialists; reviewed financial institution examination reports; and developed/administered corrective action plans where appropriate. In 1994, Mr. Roddenberry was appointed Receivership Manager in the Department of Insurance’s Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation. As the court-appointed Deputy Receiver, Mr. Roddenberry supervised the rehabilitation or liquidation of struggling or failed insurance companies and self-insurance funds. In 1997, Mr. Roddenberry was hired as the Chief of the Bureau of Property and Casualty Forms and Rates in the Division of Insurer Services of the Department of Insurance. In this position, Mr. Roddenberry supervised eight property and casualty rating actuaries and their respective staffs as well as the policy and contract review analysts. Beginning in 2000, in his capacity as Deputy Director of the Division of Insurer Services, he oversaw the Department’s three solvency bureaus. The responsibilities of this position included the review of examinations produced by the bureaus and the development of means to resolve concerns identified in those examinations. Likewise, applications for authority to write all lines of insurance in Florida were within the purview of Mr. Roddenberry’s duties. More recently, as Deputy Director of the Office of Insurance Regulation, his responsibilities included oversight of the two rating bureaus (Property and Casualty and Life and Health and the Bureau of Market Conduct Examinations). In this position, Mr. Roddenberry was intensely involved in resolving significant rate and form filings submitted by insurers as well as issues arising from market conduct examinations and investigations. Finally, over the course of the last few years, Mr. Roddenberry has developed a particular level of expertise in the areas of mold, credit scoring and medical malpractice.

Personal Interests: Having been raised in North Florida, Mr. Roddenberry is an avid outdoorsman. Since childhood he has enjoyed the outdoors with a particular affinity towards offshore fishing and bird hunting. Practice Areas Governmental & Legislative Affairs Insurance Regulatory Practice

Insurance Experience

Special Consultant*, Tallahassee (*Not a member of The Florida Bar.)  From 1983 until 2003, Mr. Roddenberry worked in various capacities with the State of Florida in the Department of Banking and Finance and the Department of Insurance (Office of Insurance Regulation). His areas of focus at the Pennington Firm are Governmental and Legislative Affairs, Insurance Regulation and Financial Institution Regulation. From 1983 through the mid 1990s, his work in the Department of Banking and Finance as a financial examiner, financial specialist and then as financial administrator led him to his expertise in many areas of banking and finance. His work within the Division of Banking began as bank examiner and worked up to his position as Financial Administrator where he supervised professional financial institution examiners and financial review specialists; reviewed financial institution examination reports; and developed/administered corrective action plans where appropriate. In 1994, Mr. Roddenberry was appointed Receivership Manager in the Department of Insurance’s Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation. As the court-appointed Deputy Receiver, Mr. Roddenberry supervised the rehabilitation or liquidation of struggling or failed insurance companies and self-insurance funds. In 1997, Mr. Roddenberry was hired as the Chief of the Bureau of Property and Casualty Forms and Rates in the Division of Insurer Services of the Department of Insurance. In this position, Mr. Roddenberry supervised eight property and casualty rating actuaries and their respective staffs as well as the policy and contract review analysts. Beginning in 2000, in his capacity as Deputy Director of the Division of Insurer Services, he oversaw the Department’s three solvency bureaus. The responsibilities of this position included the review of examinations produced by the bureaus and the development of means to resolve concerns identified in those examinations. Likewise, applications for authority to write all lines of insurance in Florida were within the purview of Mr. Roddenberry’s duties. More recently, as Deputy Director of the Office of Insurance Regulation, his responsibilities included oversight of the two rating bureaus (Property and Casualty and Life and Health and the Bureau of Market Conduct Examinations). In this position, Mr. Roddenberry was intensely involved in resolving significant rate and form filings submitted by insurers as well as issues arising from market conduct examinations and investigations. Finally, over the course of the last few years, Mr. Roddenberry has developed a particular level of expertise in the areas of mold, credit scoring and medical malpractice.

Personal Interests: Having been raised in North Florida, Mr. Roddenberry is an avid outdoorsman. Since childhood he has enjoyed the outdoors with a particular affinity towards offshore fishing and bird hunting. Practice Areas Governmental & Legislative Affairs Insurance Regulatory Practice