A couple of quick updates from the President’s corner…

We are in the process of surveying our members and talking to captive leaders here in Vermont about potential changes to Vermont’s captive statute. After gathering ideas and vetting them internally, we meet with the leadership team at DFR and begin an iterative process that will ultimately produce a “captive bill” for introduction to the Vermont legislature in January. Coming in with a coordinated bill between the regulators and the industry gives us the clout to move a bill quickly to passage. If you have any good ideas (hey, even crazy ideas) send them my way – you never know!

Just a quick note to let folks know I will be attending the SIIA (Self-Insurance Institute of America) conference in Austin starting this Sunday and then heading directly to the NRRA (National Risk Retention Association) in Chicago on Tuesday night. SIIA is a member-based association dedicated to protecting and promoting the business interests of companies involved in the self-insurance and alternative risk transfer (ART) industry, including captive insurance. It’s a great opportunity to meet and talk to others in the self-insurance world. And NRRA’s conference brings together the leaders in the RRG industry annually to discuss the opportunities and challenges in the world of Risk Retention Groups. Vermont has more RRGs licensed than any other captive domicile.

And finally, I want to give a shout out to Bob Gagliardi from AIG (and VCIA Board Member) for his promotion. Bob was recently promoted to AIG’s Global Director of Captive Management and US Fronting. Our expectation is that AIG will need to build a new skyscraper in downtown Burlington to fit the whole operation.  Congrats, Bob!

Thank you all very much, and I look forward to hearing from you.

Rich Smith, VCIA President