Thanks to all who joined us in Burlington, Vermont, earlier this month for another great VCIA captive insurance conference.  More than 85% of conference survey responses rated our conference the best or better than most. With over 1000 attendees from 44 States and 9 countries, where more than 25% were captive owners, our annual gathering in August has grown to be THE captive insurance forum!

The conference had great energy – people liked the fresh format changes and extra touches, and, as one attendee stated the conference is “the best congregation of the captive industry in the U.S.” while another stated it was “the perfect environment for meeting the alternative risk and captive community”.  Many thanks to our sponsors and exhibitors without whom we could not put on such an event, as well as to the hundreds of volunteers who make it happen.

Now after a little break, we are back to work again looking out for the captive industry. We have a bunch of webinars being planned for the rest of the year, including Regulatory Compliance on September 20^th, Captive Benchmarking on October 17^th, State of the Union for Captives on November 15^th with Dave Provost, Jim McIntyre and me summarizing all things legislatively current, and our annual Captive Taxation Update webinar on December 13^th so keep your eyes on our website!

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

Rich Smith
VCIA President