Archives for "June, 2010"
Captive Insurance Education
Please see a recent post on the Captive Review blog regarding the important of captive insurance education:
http://www.captivereview.com/blogs/573392/-the-importance-of-education-.thtml
Regulators: What’s going on?
Was it something I said? I just got done announcing the departure of Paulette Thabault as Commissioner of Insurance for the State of Vermont and now I have two more announcements.
JP Schmidt, Insurance Commissioner of the State of Hawaii and Peter Raymond, Director of Captive Operations for the State of Vermont, have both tendered their [...]
5th Annual Executive Educational Conference A Huge Success
The 5th Annual Executive Educational Conference hosted by USA Risk Group was a huge success last week. We had over 100 attendees converge on the Ballantyne Resort & Lodge in Charlotte, NC for some golf, some spa treatments and a day and a half of very high powered seminars. Some of the first time attendees [...]
USA Risk Group Expands into the European Union
USA Risk Group’s latest venture has taken us to Malta where we have joined forces with Jatco Insurance Brokers Limited, owned by John Tortell, to form USA Risk Group (Malta) Limited. Senior management were presented an opportunity to expand into the EU at the end of 2009 and in short order have completed that expansion [...]
Several Accomplishments Celebrated at USA Risk Group
Congratulations to Eric Miller for his 20 years of service to USA Risk Group in various capacities. Eric’s experience at USA Risk Group has run the gamut from heading up our program administration unit, to investigating better ways of securing collateral and fronting arrangements, to heading up our IT department. Eric was presented with a [...]
Authors
Jeff, a Certified Public Accountant since 1990, has over 19 years experience in the captive insurance industry. Jeff has had experience working for a large broker, a self-managed captive insurance company and for the past 10 years has focused the majority of his time in the creation and formation of captive arrangements ranging from single parents to sponsored facilities to risk retention groups. He is an active participant with the Vermont Captive Insurance Association and other industry associations and has also spoken at several industry conferences. He has been a member of the VCIA’s legislative committee for the past 10 years. He is a graduate of the University of Vermont with a degree in Business Administration.
Gary, a Scottish Chartered Accountant, presides over the entire USA Risk Group family. He develops innovative alternative and traditional risk strategies and programs for clients and prospects of USA Risk Group. With over nineteen years of experience in the alternative market, he has been involved in the establishment of numerous single parent captives, association captives, risk retention groups, and traditional group insurance programs. He has also spoken at several national industry conferences, served on the NRRA membership committee, and was Treasurer of the Hawaii Captive Insurance Council. He currently serves on the Legislative Committee of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association and serves as a faculty member for the International Center for Captive Insurance Education.
