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| CFO Sink met with senior officers at Lloyd’s
of London, including CEO Richard Ward, above, and Director of
Franchise Performance Rolf Tolle, pictured below.
CFO Sink discussed her proposal to reform
Florida’s Hurricane Catastrophe Fund to reduce the potential of
billions in future assessments should a bad storm hit our state
and expand the private reinsurance market in Florida. On the
same subject, CFO Sink also met with RBS executives Ian Fraser
and Andrew Cave and Swiss Re Manager Tim Carroll, to the right.
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 CFO Sink met
with local firefighters at a fire station in London. Firefighter "Jay" Day
spoke to CFO Sink about the City of London’s free smoke alarm program, which
allows residents to request a smoke alarm at no charge, courtesy of the City
of London.
On Monday, CFO Sink met with Patrick Lamb and Duncan
McKenzie of the International Financial Services of London (IFSL), above.
IFSL comprises more than 130 member companies that work together to produce
research papers and increase trade between companies in the United Kingdom
and parts of the world. CFO Sink also stopped by the London office of
Enterprise Florida, below, where she discussed expanding investment and
trade opportunities between Florida and the United Kingdom.
CFO Sink met with London Deputy Mayor Nicky Gavron, below, who is
spearheading the City of London’s efforts on climate change. London has a
goal to reduce their 1990 carbon emission levels 60 percent by 2025. London
also has an aggressive campaign to educate residents about the steps they
can take to preserve energy and reduce their carbon footprint.
 In
Scotland, CFO Sink met with Jenny Hamilton,
Climate Change Policy Team Leader, and Guy Winter,
Climate Change Science Advisor. Both Ms. Hamilton
and Mr. Winter are leading efforts for the
Scottish government to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and today we learned those emissions have fallen by 16 percent
between 1990 and 2004. Additionally, Scotland is exploring economic growth
of new industries, such as green-tech and biofuels.
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