Poe has served as CEO in the insurance industry for 44 years – including 20 years as President and founder of Poe & Associates, a public company and a predecessor to Poe Financial Group. Poe & Associates was the most profitable NASDAQ Company in the country in 1991.

Poe & Associates was the largest property and casualty insurance agency based in the State of Florida and the 12th largest in the United States. Mr. Poe also served two terms as mayor of Tampa from 1974 to 1979.