Florida Department of Financial Services (FLDFS) is a state agency of Florida. Its headquarters are in Tallahassee. [1] In 2002 the Florida Legislature merged the Department of Insurance, Treasury and State Fire Marshal and the Department of Banking and Finance into one department, the Florida Department of Financial Services. [2]
The department is led by the chief financial officer of Florida (CFO), who is elected statewide to a four-year term. The CFO is assisted in running the department by two deputy chief financial officers and a chief of staff. The department is made up of 14 functional divisions, which perform the work of the department, and 7 offices, which assist the CFO in managing the department and fulfilling the CFO's responsibilities.