New CEO brings gutsy — yet polished — edge to $930M firm

A word that comes up constantly when people talk about Christina “Cina” Welch, recently named president and CEO of FCCI Insurance Group, is preparation. Most times, over-preparation.

Like the times Welch, an attorney who joined Lakewood Ranch-based FCCI in 1998, in the legal department, oversaw a littler brigade road clean crew up through the University of Florida alumni Gator Club. Tasked with cleaning Osprey Avenue, outside downtown Sarasota, Welch would get there first, clipboard in tow to divvy up assignments, and set up a sign-in table with donuts and orange juice.