Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater refused to go along with Gov. Rick Scott’s nominee for state insurance commissioner, maintaining an impasse over a high-profile appointment that they must jointly support.

Scott and Atwater, with just over a month until the start of the 2016 hurricane season, will make a third attempt at settling their differences Friday, with Scott putting forward two additional applicants—David Altmaier and Rich Robleto, both deputy commissioners with the Office of Insurance Regulation—for the state Cabinet to interview.

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