Insurance firm CEO, co-founder to retire

Ernie Garateix will succeed Bruce Lucas at Clearwater-based Heritage Insurance Holdings Inc.

By Business Observer Staff
| 11:51 a.m. November 4, 2020
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Courtesy. Heritage Insurance Holdings CEO Bruce Lucas plans to retire at the end of November.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

CLEARWATER — Heritage Insurance Holdings Inc.CEO and co-founder Bruce Lucas plans to retire at the end of the month and will be succeeded by Ernie Garateix, who currently serves as COO of the Clearwater-based property and casualty insurance company.

Lucas, according to a press release, will remain with the company through 2021 as an executive consultant. Heritage’s president and other co-founder, Richard Widdicombe, will retain his role in addition to being named chairman of the board of directors.