12:00pm CST
1:00pm CST
Captives 101 - Lifecycle of a Captive - Sponsored by Hylant Global Captive Solutions
Speakers
CFO/VP and Director Captive Management Operations, Hylant Global Captive Solutions
Dawn has 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 Women Conference Sub-committee, and VCIA. Dawn recently became an instructor for International Center of Captive Insurance...
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Vice President, First Horizon Advisors
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.
Audit Partner, RH CPAs PLLC
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...
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Senior Consulting Actuary, Pinnacle Actuarial Resources
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...
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Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Andrew Rennick is an experienced attorney who guides captive insurance companies in corporate formation, insurance regulatory and day-to-day governance issues. He is a frequent author and speaker on captive insurance topics and is a faculty member for the International Center for...
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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...
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5:00pm CST
7:30am CST
8:30am CST
Welcome Remarks
Speakers
Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC
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...
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8:45am CST
Captive Taxation Update
Speakers
Tax Partner, Armanino LLP
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...
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Shareholder, Bauknight, Pietras & Stormer, P.A.
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...
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Partner, Bennett Thrasher
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...
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Of Counsel, Dickinson Wright PLLC
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...
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10:00am CST
10:30am CST
Making a List and Checking it Twice: Naughty or Nice Investment Themes Affecting the Captive Industry
Moderators
Vice President, First Horizon Advisors
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.
Speakers
Principal & Founder, CapVisor
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.
Director of Insurance Solutions, SAGE Advisory
Greg serves as 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 a Fixed Income Portfolio...
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11:45am CST
Luncheon & Operation Song - Sponsored by Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Speakers
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...
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Artists
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...
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1:15pm CST
Breakout Session A - Controlling Your Captive
Speakers
Senior Account Manager, Strategic Risk Solutions
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...
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Partner, Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC
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...
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Attorney, Butler Snow LLP
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...
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1:15pm CST
Breakout Session B - Developing the Next Generation of Captive Professionals
Moderators
Area Vice President & Captive Consultant, Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc.
As a certified and credentialed captive insurance consultant, Mr. Clark provides technical and business insight in the areas of traditional and captive insurance program design. He engages with clients looking to explore the feasibility of captive insurance as well as remain a dedicated...
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Speakers
Senior Consultant, Hylant Global Captive Solutions
Drawing on nearly 10 years’ experience, Adam works with clients and
prospects to model and evaluate various captive insurance structures that will
best protect and finance risk for corporations of any size and industry. He has
extensive experience leading captive feasibility and...
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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...
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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...
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2:30pm CST
2:45pm CST
Maximizing Impact with Captive Optimization
Moderators
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...
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Speakers
President, Align Risk Solutions, LLC
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...
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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...
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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...
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Vice President - Risk Management, LKQ
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...
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3:45pm CST
COVID-19 Business Interruption
Speakers
Consulting Actuary, Pinnacle Actuarial Resources
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...
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Consulting Actuary, Pinnacle Actuarial Resources
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...
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6:00pm CST
7:30am CST
8:30am CST
Hybrid Captives: Opportunities and Challenges
Speakers
Head of US Distribution, I-Re
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...
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9:30am CST
Networking Break
Speakers
Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance
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...
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10:00am CST
Cell Session
Moderators
Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC
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...
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Speakers
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...
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Principal, Milliman
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...
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11:00am CST
The IRS and Microcaptives: An In Depth Look at the Audit Process/ Navigating the Captive Tax Landscape
Speakers
Associate Attorney, Dickinson Wright PLLC
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...
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Tax Attorney, Dickinson Wright PLLC
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...
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12:00pm CST