Former California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush, who left office under a cloud seven years ago, has found a new life under the Florida sun as a rookie deputy sheriff.

Mr. Quackenbush began patrolling as a sheriff's deputy in June of 2005 in southwest Florida's Lee County.

The insurance commissioner was a rising star in the California Republican Party until his abrupt departure in the middle of his second term as commissioner sent his stock plummeting.

Recommended For You

Want to continue reading?
Become a Free PropertyCasualty360 Digital Reader

Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:

  • Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.