- March 27, 2026
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Executive: Scott Franklin, president and CEO of Lanier Upshaw, a Lakeland insurance firm. Franklin, 51, was named president of the firm in 2003 and CEO in 2005. A Naval Academy graduate who retired from the military after serving 14 years of active duty and 12 in the Reserves as a carrier jet pilot, Franklin has been with the company since 2000. Lanier Upshaw had about $10 million in revenues in 2014.