TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) – Recently, Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Blaise Ingoglia as Florida’s new Chief Financial Officer. Now, Ingoglia is setting his sights on running for the position in the 2026 election. He has a year to demonstrate his capabilities to Floridians before they head to the polls.

Having transitioned from his role as a State Senator, Blaise Ingoglia is off to a robust start as Florida’s CFO, focusing on commitments to hold insurance companies accountable and reduce taxes for residents.

“I delayed filing for election to show that my commitment is genuine, that I prioritize people’s concerns about insurance rates and property taxes,” stated Ingoglia.

In announcing his candidacy for the 2026 CFO race, Ingoglia also announced over $2 million in fines imposed on eight insurance companies due to misconduct during hurricanes Ian and Idalia.

“We said that we’re going to hold insurance companies accountable and that’s what we’re doing,” said Ingoglia.

The Office of Insurance Regulation highlighted issues such as using unappointed adjusters, failing to acknowledge claims communications promptly, omitting necessary disclosure statements in damage estimates, neglecting to provide the Homeowners Claims Bill of Rights, and not paying interest when due.

Ingoglia says his office is actively watching insurers with peak hurricane season approaching.

“We’re crafting a legislative agenda and policy proposals for the next session. Our aim is to ensure accountability for local governments and insurers, so stay tuned,” said Ingoglia.

As the new CFO promises to be a watchdog for Florida taxpayers, state Democrats take issue with his current course of action so far, hoping for other candidates.

But as of now, there are no Democratic candidates to challenge Ingoglia.

“I think it’s important to stress that there are so many opportunities from the CFO’s office that we’ve yet to see any type of results from and instead, there’s been a politicization of this position of this agency, of going after local governments, really creating division versus collaboration,” State Rep. Anna Eskamani.

Now, while some raise questions on the CFO’s DOGE efforts, Ingoglia plans to lay it all out on the table and share his findings as he continues to investigate local government spending.