FCCI reverses course, fires CEO for alleged battery on police officers

The termination of Craig Johnson, who has maintained he will be vindicated, comes one day after he was granted a leave of absence.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 2:13 p.m. May 12, 2020
FIle. The FCCI Insurance Group Board terminated Craig Johnson May 12.
FIle. The FCCI Insurance Group Board terminated Craig Johnson May 12.
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FCCI Insurance Group has terminated Craig Johnson as president and CEO of the $840 million insurance firm and removed him from the board, effective immediately, for his role in an alleged battery on two Sarasota police officers during an incident at a Sarasota restaurant. 

 

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