Evan D. Bennett is a Reinsurance and Insurance consultant in Chicago, Illinois. He has over 30 years of experience in the insurance/reinsurance industry and has been involved in reinsurance audits and reviews, reinsurance accounting, reinsurance contract analyses, and statutory audits. He has also acted as an expert witness and consultant on various arbitration and litigation…
Healthcare Risk & Insurance Executive Clinical Risk Management Professional Liability Insurance Program Development Preventive Loss Control Healthcare and insurance professional with 25 + years of proven success in leading the development and optimization of comprehensive clinical risk management programs, the analysis and coordination of multi-line insurance programs, leveraging robust data analytics to prioritize…
Duties: Mike joined Marsh Halifax in 2008. In June 2011 he accepted a position with Marsh Cayman. Mike has direct responsibility for the daily operations and financial reporting for a portfolio of 7 single parent captives and 2 SPC’s. Over the last few years Mike has been involved in a number of Captives with various…
Mr. Campbell, partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, is a nationally-recognized figure in employer-sponsored retirement plans. He counsels his clients in ERISA Title I issues and litigation, including fiduciary conduct and prohibited transactions. Mr. Campbell served as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits and head of the Employee Benefits Security Administration from 2006-2009.…
Joel is a consulting actuary and a principal with Milliman — a firm he has been with since 1987. Joel’s property and casualty insurance experience includes loss reserving, premium reserving, valuation studies, funding studies for captives and self-insureds, rate filing reviews for regulatory authorities, and expert testimony. Joel also has considerable expertise in the areas…
Courtney is the Executive Director of Captive Programs for the University of California, Office of the President. Current captives under his direction include Fiat Lux Risk and Insurance Company, a single parent captive and UC Health RRG, A Reciprocal Risk Retention Group. The University of California system consists of 10 University campuses, 5 academic health…
Jesse Crary concentrates his practice on captive insurance, commercial transactions, regulatory compliance and general corporate matters. Through his extensive work representing and advising captive insurance companies and risk retention groups, he has developed strong relationships with insurance regulators and leading captive service providers. Jesse is a specialist and leading attorney in the area of group…
Kevin Doherty practices in the area of insurance regulation and captive insurance. He serves as President of the Tennessee Captive Insurance Association, Inc., and he helped to rewrite the captive insurance law in Tennessee in 2011. Since that time, Tennessee has formed over 150 captives and 350 related cells (more than 500 risk bearing entities)…
Mr. Domanski is a seasoned attorney with a practice dedicated to international tax matters and alternative risk financing arrangements. He possesses more than 15 years of experience representing individuals and companies involved in U.S. inbound and outbound transactions. Advises tax-exempt and for-profit entities in the organization and maintenance of captive insurance companies, self-insurance programs, risk…
Michael Douglas Director, Business Development – Americas -Captive Insurance Aon Global Risk Consulting Current Responsibilities: Mike Douglas is responsible for business development for Aon Captive and Insurance Management including the formation of captive insurance companies, group captive insurance companies, captive reinsurance and captive consulting. Special Areas of Expertise: Mike joined Aon in 1999 working with…
Adam Dubuque, CPA, ARM, ARe is a Partner in the Burlington, Vermont office of Johnson Lambert. His responsibilities consist primarily of providing audit, tax, and other related services to various insurance entities and non-profit organizations. Since joining the firm in 2003, Adam has worked with a wide variety of commercial insurers and reinsurers, captives, risk…
Dan joined Premier Insurance Management Services, Inc. (PIMS) as Director of Law Department Operations in 2002. He is responsible for managing hospital and physician claims, for both primary and excess programs, from the Charlotte, NC service center. He has also played a major role in developing information systems and procedures facilitating the growth of PIMS…
Jason manages the Beecher Carlson’s alternative risk operations within the US, Bermuda and Cayman Islands. Beecher Carlson is presently the 3rd largest captive manager worldwide by premium volume, managing complex risk strategies for some of the world’s largest companies. Jason’s approach to business is consultative and solutions based. Alternative risk is more than captive management…
Melissa is the Regional Manager of Strategic Risk Solutions mid-Atlantic region for captive management. She is responsible for overseeing the development and ongoing management of SRS’s Washington DC and Delaware-domiciled captives and RRGs, as well as responsibilities for several Vermont captive companies. Melissa has extensive experience with a wide variety of captive companies, including single…
Jon Harkavy, Vice President and General Counsel for Risk Services LLC, has for many years been a strong advocate in the legal and political arena on behalf of the alternative insurance market community. He served for eight years as Director of Governmental Affairs and General Counsel to the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) during…
Joe Holahan is of counsel with the law firm Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP and a member of the firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance Group. Based in Washington, D.C., Joe is highly experienced in the development and maintenance of captive programs, including all aspects of captive formation, licensing, regulation and corporate governance. Joe regularly advises captive…
Beth is Senior Claims Counsel with Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc./Western Litigation. She has over 25 years experience in healthcare operations, health care risk management, patient safety culture, professional liability litigation management, captive insurance management, pediatric healthcare. Beth has expertise in medical malpractice litigation defense and plaintiff, employment practice and D&O litigation management in multiple state…
Rebecca James, CPA, is a Senior Manager in the Burlington, Vermont office of Johnson Lambert LLP. Her responsibilities consist primarily of providing audit, tax, and other related services to various insurance entities and non-profit organizations. Since joining the firm in 2006 after graduating from Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont, Rebecca has worked with a…
Associate in the Casualty Actuarial Society, Member of the American Academy of Actuaries Associate in Risk Management Professional experience includes all aspects of property/casualty insurance pricing and reserving, and financial analyses regarding the establishment and maintenance of alternative risk transfer and self-insurance programs. Specialties: Captives, Risk Retention Groups, Self-Insurance funding, Retention analyses, Financial Condition Examinations,…
An insurance professional with extensive experience in traditional and alternative markets and insurance regulation. Skilled in sales, marketing, business development, and management at branch, regional, and corporate levels. Designed, developed, and marketed various captive programs in Bermuda, Cayman, and Vermont. Substantial experience in financial regulation and solvency surveillance of captive insurance companies in South Carolina.…
Aidan is an Associate Director within Aon Global Risk Consulting as part of the Risk Finance & Captive Consulting (RFCC) practice based in Atlanta, GA. RFCC focuses on consulting with clients to evaluate and develop unique solutions using alternative financing methods either in conjunction with or distinct from traditional insurance markets. Aidan Kelly was the…
Experience Summary Ed is with Deloitte’s Actuarial, Rewards & Analytics group in New York. With over 30 years of experience in the risk management field, he provides support to corporate insurance buyers in the area of insurance program design and retention analysis, cash flow analysis, transaction design, and departmental organization, across a broad range of…
Dan Kugler is the VP Enterprise Risk Management for the REV Group. The REV Group is a leading manufacturer of motor vehicles for bus, emergency, specialty and recreation markets worldwide. REV’s lineup of products includes ambulances, fire trucks, shuttle buses, transit buses terminal trucks street sweepers, luxury motorhomes and wheel chair accessible vans. REV owns…
Dan’s tax services partner with Crowe’s insurance tax practice and serves local and national insurance tax clients. He is responsible for the execution and delivery of tax consulting and compliance services. Dan has significant expertise in taxation of traditional property & casualty insurance companies, life insurance companies, and captive insurance companies. Specific areas of concentration…
Karin Landry is Managing Partner for Spring Consulting Group, LLC. Karin has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance, health care, risk financing, retirement and benefits industries. She is an internationally recognized leader in captive insurance strategy, benefits and financing. In addition, Karin helps a variety of governmental, corporate, insurance, financial services and…
Jessica is a Principal with Johnson Lambert & Co. LLP, responsible for providing audit, consulting services and engagement management to various property casualty insurers including commercial insurance companies, risk retention groups, captive insurance companies and companies registered with the SEC. She has extensive experience in the assessment of the design and operating effectiveness of internal…
Charles J. (Chaz) Lavelle is an attorney in the Louisville, Kentucky office of Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC and was Tax Counsel on two taxpayer victories in United States Court of Appeals captive insurance tax cases: Humana Inc. v. Commissioner in the Sixth Circuit (litigating the “brother-sister” issue) and Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company v.…
Christopher E. Mandel RF, RIMS-CRMP, CPCU, ARM-E, AIC, CCSA Christopher E. Mandel is SVP, Strategic Solutions for Sedgwick and is Director, the Sedgwick Institute, where in both positions he is responsible for helping the company reach its strategic vision and manage the interface with the industry. From 2001-2010, Mr. Mandel was head…
Stephanie Mapes is a member of the Insurance Law and Intellectual Property Law teams at Paul Frank + Collins, with a focus on captive insurance, trademarks, and copyrights. Stephanie’s captive insurance practice involves advising clients with respect to pure and association captives, risk retention groups, reciprocal captives and other alternative insurance arrangements; specifically with respect…
Andy has responsibility for the primary operating companies of Camlann Holdings Ltd. including the Allegro insurance management operations which provide reinsurance facilities, management, and consulting services in the offshore insurance, reinsurance and alternative risk transfer markets. He has over twenty years experience in the offshore insurance industry and serves as a Director on the Board…
Thomas (“Tom”) McMahon holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) degree from University College, Galway, Ireland and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He is President and a shareholder of Cedar Management Limited, a USA Risk Group Company. USA Risk Group is the world’s largest independent captive management company. Prior to joining Cedar in 1994, Tom Served…
Mike is a veteran of the insurance industry having served as an underwriter, broker, manager and consultant. He is currently the Editor of Captive Insurance Company Reports and the President of M.R. Mead & Company, Inc., a captive consulting and management company with offices in Chicago, Indianapolis and Nashville, TN. Previously he served as President…
Sergio Micucci is an account executive with Strategic Risk Solutions in the Cayman Islands. He is a graduate of the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada and holds the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designations. Sergio has 10+ years of experience in the offshore captive insurance industry, working first with Aon…
Mr. Mrotek is a Consulting Actuary with The Actuarial Advantage, having joined the firm in 2013. Kyle has worked as a property/casualty actuarial consultant for 15 years. In his current position Mr. Mrotek specializes in providing actuarial services to insurance companies, self-insured entities, and lending institutions. Prior to joining The Actuarial Advantage, Mr. Mrotek was…
Robert H. (“Skip”) Myers, Jr. is the managing partner of the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm of Morris, Manning & Martin. His practice specializes in financial services regulatory and corporate issues. He represents a variety of insurance entities, trade associations, and other corporations. He has written, spoken, and presented testimony on various issues,…
Arthur Perschetz serves as counsel in Baker & Daniels’ insurance and finance services group where much of his practice focuses on forming captive insurers and risk retention groups and is recognized as one of the District of Columbia’s leading practitioners in this area. His experience in insurance-related regulatory and corporate matters and lobbying includes company…
Carol is Director, Insurance at Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) where she focuses on credit-ratings for captives, reinsurers and alternative capital providers. Carol joined KBRA’s analytic team in May 2017 after thirteen years with Munich Reinsurance America, where she was responsible for market, competitor, and client analysis, initially for the specialty-markets division and then for…
Christopher is responsible for the management and supervision of a portfolio of single-parent, group captive insurance companies, and risk retention groups managed from the SRS Vermont office. His activities include the preparation and review of monthly and quarterly financial statements, regulatory filings, and coordination of external audits and examinations. Christopher joined SRS in 2010,…
Pamela currently serves as Executive Vice President with Western Litigation Inc., working with hospitals and physicians across the country in the management and mitigation of their professional liability exposures. Pamela’s career has included management positions with multiple healthcare entities including Stanford University Medical Center, Tenet HealthSystems, SSM Health Care and others. Pamela has served as…
Director July 2016- Present Associate June 2012 – July 2016 Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A. Wilmington, Delaware Assists with the formation, regulation, and governance of captive insurance companies. Drafts insurance policies, reinsurance contracts, and corporate transactional documents. EDUCATION: Widener School of Law …
Carolyn is a Partner in the Burlington, VT office and has over 12 years of experience in public accounting. Carolyn’s main focus is providing audit services to the industries that Johnson Lambert serves: insurance, not-for profits and employee benefit plans. Since joining the firm in 2003, Carolyn has worked with a wide variety of commercial…
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS • Over 25 years of experience in effectively managing service teams in meeting company objectives; • Strong project management, analytical, and problem solving skills; • Ability to work under pressure on multiple projects and meet required deadlines; • Professional communication skills, both oral and written, ability to lead discussions and speak in public;…
Sean Rider is managing director, sales and consulting, for Willis global captive practice, Willis Group Holdings based in New York City. Sean is responsible for developing and executing global marketing strategies, captive consultancy offerings, and best in class consultancy procedures across Willis’ global captive practice. Sean’s responsibilities include performing and coordinating various levels of analysis…
David A. Roberts is an Audit Partner with Crowe, and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the states of Connecticut and Vermont, and is approved to audit insurance entities in several domiciles. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Merrimack College, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants…
Current responsibilities: Colin is responsible for the day-to-day management of a portfolio of our Cayman Islands captive insurance company clients, providing accounting, regulatory compliance and general management services. He coordinates the delivery of our services on these accounts working with a team of junior accountants. Experience: Colin joined SRS in 2009. He has over 9 years…
Dennis Silvia has been the president of Cedar Consulting LLC, in Chagrin Falls, OH since 2005. Prior to that, he spent five years as Director of Group Captive Programs for CNA Insurance Co. in Chicago. In the decade preceding, Dennis served as Vice President, Captive Products for National Interstate Insurance Company in Richfield, OH. He…
Jeffrey K. Simpson is a Director at the Wilmington law firm of Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella. He is a graduate of Brown University and Villanova University School of Law. Jeff is admitted to practice law in Delaware and Nevada. Jeff’s practice focuses on the formation, regulation and governance of captive insurance companies. He is a…
Carl is Founder and Principal of CapVisor Associates, LLC, an SEC-registered investment advisor, that specializes in providing advisory services consisting of highly customized investment management programs to the alternative risk markets. He brings more than 27 years of insurance asset management experience, over 12 of which have been focused on working with Captives, Self Insurers,…
Lesley Thompson recently joined MaplesFS, and is based in the Cayman Islands. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting and Finance, is a Chartered Management Accountant, an Associate in Captive Insurance and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. She has worked in the Captive Insurance Industry since 2000 with Aon in Bermuda and HSBC,…
A veteran of the captive insurance industry, Anne Marie Towle is an Executive Vice President for JLT Insurance Management and is the U.S. Consulting Practice Leader. She has over 20 years of experience with diverse projects and has worked with captives and other alternative risk transfer vehicles in many key onshore and offshore domiciles. Prior…
Professional Experience Robert Walling is a Principal and Consulting Actuary with Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, Inc. and has been in the insurance industry since 1989, consulting since 1997. He is focused on commercial lines ratemaking and product development, actuarial studies for captives and self‐insureds, commercial lines loss reserving, legislative costing, litigation support, regulatory consulting and expert…
Derick is president of Strategic Risk Solutions, (VT), Ltd. He is responsible for the oversight of SRS’ clients and staff in Vermont and actively supports the development of SRS’ East Coast operations. He has been in captive insurance since 1989. Prior to joining SRS, Derick was the Director of Captive Insurance for the Vermont Department…
Ben Whitehouse is with the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance as the attorney for the Captive Insurance Section. His work includes overseeing legal compliance for captive insurance companies applying for a Tennessee license or are already domiciled in Tennessee. Ben is responsible for the Captive Section’s legislation and rulemaking efforts. He is also the…
Relevant Experience/Specialization During his career, Bruce has developed a wide range of captive and commercial insurance solutions across numerous industries. He has developed both offshore and onshore single-parent and group captives. Bruce has been responsible for managing captive service provider relationships including fronting, reinsurance, actuarial, claims management, brokerage, offshore management, banking, and accounting. Bruce has…
Vince Yezzi is a consulting actuary with the firm’s Philadelphia office, where he has worked since 1986. He specializes in providing consulting services to the health care industry. Vince’s consulting experience includes strategic planning and funding requirement analyses for numerous captive insurance companies and self-insured entities. He also has extensive experience in captive feasibility studies,…
