We will learn more about Captive Insurance during this session. We will discuss the life-cycle of a captive: Captive Basics, Pre-Feasibility, Feasibility Analysis Process, Implementation Process, Management & Continued Operations and Captive Run-off & Dissolution.
Learning Objective: Walk away with a basic understanding of what a captive is, the benefits of utilizing a captive to support your business needs and what it takes to set one up and manage the ongoing operations.
Director Captive Management Operations, Hylant Global Captive Solutions
Dawn has nearly 15 years of experience in the industry and currently serves as TCIA's Conference Chair. She also participates in active roles with SCCIA, CICA Amplify WomenConference Sub-committee, and VCIA.
Stuart Goss is the Vice President of First Horizon Advisors, providing more than 15 years experience in Asset Management. Stuart is a Certified Financial Planner and is active with ICCIE, TCIA, and NCCIA.
Diana serves as an audit partner for RH CPAs. Diana manages services to 400+ risk bearing entities, both on and off-shore, and serves Board membership on the NCCIA, Greensboro Rotary Club and Triad Goodwill. Diana was ranked on the 2018 “30 Under 30” list for IASA a national... Read More →
Daniel has more than 15 years of experience in pricing and reserving, with significant experience working with single parent captives and group captives. Daniel has partnered on engagements for captives domiciled from Hawaii to the Cayman Islands. He has provided guidance to determine... Read More →
Andrew's practice areas include Captive Insurance and Corporate Governance. Andrew is a member of the Delaware and Pennsylvania Bar Associations and serves as an International Center for Captive Insurance Education (ICCIE) Instructor. Andrew is the Director and member of the Regulatory... Read More →
Director Captive Insurance, Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance
Jonathan Habart serves at the Director of Tennessee's Captive Section at the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance. Jonathan has been acting director since Aug. 3 and was assistant director for 10 months prior to that. Jonathan brings over 5 years of experience in his tenure... Read More →
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 more than... Read More →
This session will provide an update on court cases and general taxation issues affecting captive insurance companies, as well as a discussion of recent developments in federal and state captive taxation.
Learning Objectives: 1. Educate attendees about recent federal captive taxation case law and regulatory developments. 2. Educate attendees about recent state captive taxation case law and regulatory developments. 3. Impact of potential tax changes proposed by Biden
Alan has more than 28 years of tax experience and has worked closely with insurance companies for 26 years. He specializes in the taxation of insurance companies and is responsible for serving insurers writing fidelity, personal and commercial lines; medical and life insurance; and... Read More →
R. Benjamin (Ben) Glenn, CPA, is partner-in-charge of all income tax preparation and is responsible for all tax filings for our captive insurance company clients. He also provides related consulting services to captive insurance companies during the formation stage with regard to... Read More →
Laurie Bizzell leads Bennett Thrasher’s Insurance Tax Practice. Laurie has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, providing tax consulting and compliance services to U.S. and foreign insurance companies, offshore investment companies and multinational clients... Read More →
Tony Greer practices in the areas of insurance, administrative and regulatory, and tax law. Mr. Greer has advised captives, risk retention groups, traditional insurers, multiple employer welfare associations, self-insureds, and insurance producers on, formation and licensing, contractual... Read More →
A forum on current macroeconomic and financial markets trends, asset allocation, risk budgets and the little things every board should be discussing over the holidays. Eggnog for everybody!
Stuart Goss is the Vice President of First Horizon Advisors, providing more than 15 years experience in Asset Management. Stuart is a Certified Financial Planner and is active with ICCIE, TCIA, and NCCIA.
Carl Terzer is the Principal & Founder of CapVisor Associates. He has over 36 years of experience in Insurance Asset Management. Carl is an ICCIE Investments Instructor and also serves as an SEC Registered Investment Advisor.
Investment Strategist and Director of Insurance Solutions, SAGE Advisory
Greg serves as Investment Strategist and Director of Insurance Solutions at Sage. He has over 30 years of experience in managing investment portfolios for both traditional insurance companies and entities within the alternative risk transfer space.Greg began his career in 1987 as... Read More →
Assistant Commissioner of Business and Workforce Development, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
Jamie Stitt serves as Assistant Commissioner of Business and Workforce Development. She assists Deputy Commissioner Allen Borden in overseeing all expansions of existing companies and the recruitment of new companies to Tennessee. Additionally, she leads the FastTrack incentive team... Read More →
Operation Song was founded in 2012. Nashville songwriter Bob Regan had the inspiration for the program in the 2000’s while performing on Armed Forces Entertainment Tours at military bases around the world. On those tours, Bob met many servicemen and women with very compelling stories... Read More →
This session will review best practices for operations, financial reporting, compliance, and oversight to ensure an effective captive insurance program.
Matt joined SRS in May 2017. He is a CPA with over eleven years of professional accounting experience. He was previously an Audit Manager in the Insurance practice of Crowe, LLP in Franklin, TN. At Crowe, he oversaw the audits of over sixty 831(b) captive insurance companies and several... Read More →
With experience in both public accounting and internal audit, Scott has served small and middle–market businesses in the insurance, construction, and manufacturing industries. In addition to serving as CRI’s North Carolina audit practice leader and industry line leader of Captives... Read More →
Benjamin Whitehouse is a Nashville-based attorney at the law firm of Butler Snow, LLP where he focuses on general insurance and captive insurance matters. He works with business owners and service providers on forming and operating captive insurance companies, traditional insurance... Read More →
This session will be a dynamic discussion, focusing on two important initiatives in the captive industry – NextGen and Amplify Women – and how captive organizations and professionals can benefit from and support these important initiatives.
Business Development Director, Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance
Josh currently serves as the Director of Business Development for the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance – having been appointed to the role in July 2020. Josh has a bachelor’s degree in Business – General Management from Michigan State University and began his career... Read More →
Senior Business Consultant, Hylant Global Captive Solutions & Member CICA NextGen Task Force
Adam has nearly 11 years of experience in the industry, with participation in WRCIC, and CICA NextGen Task Force. Adam serves as a frequent panelist and contributor at
conferences and with captive publications.
Martin Chair of Insurance, Middle Tennessee State University
Dave holds the Martin Chair of Insurance in the Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University. He serves on the national faculty of the National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research teaching in the Certified Risk Manager (CRM) program and as education consultant... Read More →
Captive Consultant, Hylant Global Captive Solutions
Claire interned with the Hylant Global Captive Solutions team before joining full-time in June 2021 as a Captive Consultant. She works on feasibility studies & presentations, creating executive summaries, forming domicile analyses, and client-specific data analysis to provide the... Read More →
The session will provide our consulting perspective on captive optimization and how we help clients leverage their existing captive to increase savings, expand coverage, better predict claims, add stability and more. We will describe in detail our proven process and the range of factors to be considered and walk the audience through an employer case study.
Learning Objectives: 1. Understand what can drive the need for captive optimization, including a change in company risk profile or in corporate objectives. 2. Connect the current difficult environment, with a hard market, COVID-19 and increasing premiums, with your captive's state and strategy. 3. Outline a five-step process for captive optimization and call upon a case study to bring the concept to life.
Actuarial Consultant, SIGMA Actuarial Consulting Group, Inc.
Lori has been in the actuarial profession since 2002. She has been a consultant with SIGMA since 2006. She prepares actuarial reserve analyses and loss projections for clients across a wide range of industries. She is experienced in statistically modeling the effect of varying levels... Read More →
Andy is the President of Align Risk Solutions. Prior to the formation of Align, Andy served as General Counsel to the Captive Insurance Division for the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance. He began his legal career with the Mississippi Insurance Department and in private... Read More →
Senior Director of Risk Management, Dollar General
Adam Zager is Risk Management leader with over a decade of progressive Risk Management experience. Adam is currently the Senior Director of Risk Management at Dollar General Corporation and currently serves as a Director on Dollar General’s, Tennessee domiciled, Captive Board of... Read More →
President & Senior Actuary, SIGMA Actuarial Consulting Group, Inc.
Al has spent over 30 years in the actuarial profession and is President & Senior Actuary of SIGMA Actuarial Consulting Group, Inc. located in Nashville, TN. Professional designations include Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society and Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.Al... Read More →
Steve Heckle is a seasoned executive with a strong core in risk management, supplemented with leadership experience in other key business functions. He has developed successful bottom-line improving risk management functions for Fortune 500 and 1000 firms.Currently, Steve works for... Read More →
One of the greatest strengths of captive insurance companies is the ability to cover perils that are either not available or not affordable in the commercial market. One key example has been business interruption (BI) coverage associated with a variety of causes of loss, including fire, windstorm, regulatory action, contingent BI, loss of franchise, key employee, or customer, or reputational damage events. The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound effects on BI coverage. These have ranged from increased captive claims activity, scrutiny of BI coverage form pandemic exclusions in the traditional and captive insurance policy forms, and a surge in demand for BI related to communicable diseases. All of this has led to a fundamental rethinking of how BI coverage is structured, rated, and reserved in captive insurance companies. In this session we will discuss the impact that we've seen and consider prospective changes to captive BI coverages moving forward.
Learning Objectives: 1. Understand how captive BI polices were impacted by COVID-19 2. Understand how captive BI policies might change moving forward 3. Understand advantages and disadvantages of potential coverage changes
Nick Gurgone is a consulting actuary with Pinnacle Actuarial Resources in Bloomington, Illinois. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in actuarial science from Illinois State University. Nick has worked in the property/casualty insurance industry since 2015. Nick has experience... Read More →
Jordan Paszek is a consulting actuary with Pinnacle Actuarial Resources. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Dominican College and a capstone certificate in actuarial science from the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Paszek has experience with actuarial studies for captives... Read More →
Hybrid captives that provide coverage for traditional insurance coverage (workers compensation, auto, property, general liability, etc.), medical stop loss, and/or enterprise risk coverages can provide tremendous advantages for many captive owners. This session will examine the development and operation of a hybrid captive from the perspective of both a captive manager and an actuary. Case study examples will be presented.
Learning Objectives: 1. Demonstrate the advantages of hybrid captives that provide a diverse variety of insurance coverages. 2. Present pricing approaches used for hybrid captives as well as pro forma financial results. 3. Discuss challenges presented by hybrid captives and potential solutions.
Principal & Consulting Actuary, Pinnacle Actuarial Resources
Rob Walling is a principal and consulting actuary with Pinnacle Actuarial Resources and has been in the insurance industry since 1989 and in consulting since 1997. He is primarily focused on product development, ratemaking and loss reserving studies for captive insurance companies... Read More →
Nate serves as the Head of US Distribution for International-Re (“I-RE”), a specialist insurance and reinsurance underwriter. Unaffiliated with any individual captive manger or brokerage firm, I-Re provides turn-key fronting, reinsurance, claims and program administration from... Read More →
With over twenty years of experience in public affairs and public administration, Toby Compton has worked on a variety of state and local issues in both the private and public sectors. Currently, Toby serves in Governor Bill Lee’s administration as Deputy Commissioner at the Department... Read More →
This session will focus on the utilization, legal processes, and options over cell captives. A case study will be presented focusing on a Tennessee domiciled cell captive detailing what the captive has been able to accomplish, which includes re-domestication, conversion, and porting between various sponsors.
Learning Objective: Participants of this session should walk away with a better understanding of the utilization of cell captives and how they can help insure various business risk.
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 more than... Read More →
Captive Business Development Manager, Risk Partners
Hartley is a Captive Business Development Manager with Risk Partners. He is responsible for developing and implementing the captive strategy of Risk Partners and supporting the overall objective of enhancing knowledge of and utilization of captives.Prior to joining Risk Partners... Read More →
Mike is a Principal with Milliman, Inc. and has over 25 years of experience working with captive insurance companies and other alternative risk financing programs. Mike is an active participant in the captive industry and is a frequent speaker and author on captives and alternative... Read More →
This session will review the current status of IRS audits of captives, and explain the process, the timing, and give advice to captive owners regarding how to respond and handle these audits.
Ms. Burdick is an Associate Attorney at Dickinson Wright PLLC, in its Detroit, Michigan office. Prior to joining Dickinson Wright, she worked as a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner at a Detroit, Michigan litigation consulting firm. Since joining Dickinson... Read More →
Mr. Mauro is a Member of Dickinson Wright PLLC, in its Lansing, Michigan office. Prior to joining Dickinson Wright, he represented the Internal Revenue Service, from 1988 to 1996, in a dual role as a Special Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice and... Read More →
