Press Release

Here are some recent updates from ICCIE, the official education program of the captive insurance industry.

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ICCIE’s 20^th Anniversary Year – Our Big Celebration Is Here!

We’ve been celebrating all year, but now our big 20^th Anniversary Party is upon us! The official anniversary party coincides with the opening reception at VCIA on Monday, August 12^th, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. and takes place at the Atrium Restaurant in the Doubletree Hotel.  

The support for this event has been outstanding, and we want to recognize all of our sponsors for that event:

We’d love to have you attend! The event is open to everyone. Come and help us celebrate the first 20 years of the captive industry’s education program!  Visit our website Anniversary Celebration page for additional details: https://iccie.org/iccie-20th-anniversary-celebration/ and RSVP in advance. We look forward to seeing you there!

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The All Captive Conference Ticket Raffle –

The Next Edition Launches At Our Anniversary Celebration!

After two successful years, ICCIE is again holding the All Captive Conference Ticket raffle – affording the winner a free admission to 17 captive and industry conferences. The winner could save thousands of dollars in conference fees!

Bermuda

Cayman Islands

CICA

Connecticut

Delaware

DC

Hawaii

Montana

North Carolina

Oklahoma

Self Insurance Institute of America (SIIA)

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Vermont

Western Region Captive

Insurance Conference

World Captive Forum

The winning ticket is transferable for any individual conference, though the ticket may not be sold in whole or in part. Tickets are $100 each and will be sold beginning on August 12^th at the VCIA opening reception/ICCIE Anniversary Celebration, and continue through early December.

Enter early and often!

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ICCIE Certifies Three New ICCIE Trained Organizations

ICCIE recently confirmed that three entities qualify as ICCIE Trained Organizations –committing to significant industry-specific training for their captive professionals. The guidelines for the certification can be found on the ICCIE website: https://iccie.org/iccie-trained-organization.

The recently-certified organizations are:

Helio Risk www.heliorisk.com/

The Oklahoma Insurance Department www.oid.ok.gov

Pro Group Captive Management Services www.pgmnv.com

For a complete list of ICCIE Trained Organizations, see the ICCIE website:

https://iccie.org/iccie-trained-organizations/

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New ICCIE Board Members

ICCIE is honored and delighted to welcome an extremely talented group of captive professionals onto its Board next month. Joining the Board are: 

Donald Ashwood, ACI 

Account Executive & Business Development Analyst - Captive & Insurance Management

Aon

Tatyana Dunagan

Insurance Administrator

Xcel Energy

Kristen Peed, ACI

Head of Corporate Risk

Sequoia

Nate Reznicek, ACI

President & Principal Consultant

Captives Insure

Tina Truax McCuin,

ACI, ICCIE Fellow

Vice President and Regional Captive Manager  

TD

Marcy Van Stee, ACI

Director, Business Development

Riverstone

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ICCIE Testimonials

In recent months several ICCIE graduates have offered video commentaries about their experiences with ICCIE and the importance of a highly-trained captive insurance industry. Their testimonials are housed on our website – please take a few moments to hear their unique perspectives. All the testimonials are on this page on our website: 

https://iccie.org/20th-anniversary-video-testimonials/

And – In Case You Missed It

ICCIE graduated its 700^th Associate in Captive Insurance (ACI) this spring. We are on track to hit 750 graduates by the end of the calendar year. THANKS to all of you for your terrific support!

CICA President Dan Towle (far left) and ICCIE Executive Director Mitch Cantor (far right) announce recent ACI recipients at the 2024 CICA International Conference in March. L-R are: Dale Sagen, Tim Svoboda, Brittany Nevins, Warren Cleveland, Mark Archambault, Mark Coyle, Blake Babec and Brad Fortier

CCI

Patricia Braga, Yinson Production Offshore PTE ltd - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 

Elaine Chan Ai Noi, Yinson Production Offshore PTE ltd - Singapore 

Andrew Choy, Yinson Production Offshore PTE ltd - Singapore

Balazs Kaposvari, ASN - Duesseldorf, Germany 

Kurt Mellon, Slusser Agency - Ohio

Clinton Smith, Samsung Hub - Pennsylvania 

Scott Vikos, Lightstone Group - New York

Ariel Wang, Yinson Production Offshore PTE ltd - Singapore 

ACI

Liliana Contreras, State of Utah 

Mark Coyle, Crum & Forster - Illinois

Desiree Diaz, DGM Financial Group - Barbados 

Michael P DiMayo, Oxford Risk Management Group - Maryland

Michael Driver, State of Tennessee   

Sagar Dudhatra, Oxford Risk Management Group - Maryland

Stacie Eyring, State of Utah  

George Hofmann, State of Utah            

Sam Komo, State of Missouri  

Phil Loveland, AJC International - Georgia 

Ryan Martin, State of South Carolina  

Heather McClure, Helio - Oklahoma

William Miller, CAC Specialty - Colorado  

Becky Mixson, State of Tennessee

Jim Nygren, VGM Insurance - Iowa  

Aaron Pohlmann, Womble Bond Dickinson - Georgia    

Lucas Renz, Captives Insure - Tennessee 

Robin Roeder, Sedgwick - Tennessee 

Bailey Roese, Dentons Bingham Greenebaum - Kentucky 

Edward Rowan, Valley Health - Virginia 

Katelyn Smith, Stern Risk Partners - Colorado 

John Talley, TAL Consulting - Missouri 

Sean Tarwater, Midwest Trust Company - Kansas 

Yuta Yanachi, AIG - Hawaii

Lorin Zitting, Asset Insurance - Arizona 

For additional information about any of these news items contact ICCIE Executive Director Mitch Cantor at 802-651-9051 or mcantor@iccie.org

Sincerely,

Mitch Cantor

Executive Director