Jonathan Harkavy

Jon Harkavy, Counsel Risk Services, 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 which time Jon played a key role in the enactment of the Federal Liability Risk Retention Act Amendments of 1986.  Jon has served as Chairperson of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) and was also former Director of the National Risk Retention Association (NRRA), a past Chairman of the American Bar Association’s Self Insurers and Risk Managers Committee and former President of the Coalition of Alternative Risk Funding Mechanisms (CARFM).