Heading to Philadelphia next Tuesday for one of VCIA’s famous Road Shows where we dazzle the crowds with an overview of the captive insurance industry. The afternoon includes two educational seminars featuring captive owners and captive professional panelists who share their companies’ experiences in forming and operating a Vermont captive. The afternoon wraps up with a networking reception for all.

Held at the Le Meridien Philadelphia hotel on 1421 Arch Street in downtown Philadelphia, the first half of the afternoon will focus on the basics of captive insurance companies; the reasons for formation, the feasibility process and key issues in putting a successful captive program together. In the second half, two distinguished captive owners from two different types of captive insurance companies will share their experiences and why and how they created their captive programs.

Gary Langsdale serves as university risk officer for The Pennsylvania State University with responsibility for Enterprise Risk Management including operational, hazard, and strategic risks. Gary is president of the university’s captive insurance company, Nittany Insurance Company. He has over 40 years of experience in the insurance and risk management field, has co-authored white papers for the University Risk Management and Insurance Association (URMIA), and participated in the 2010 development of the ASME standard on risk assessment for institutions of higher education. In 2009, he was recognized by Business Insurance magazine as a member of their Risk Management Honor Roll, and in 2016 he received URMIA’s highest honor, the “Distinguished Risk Manager” designation. Gary will share his experience with us.

While serving as CEO and COO of Resource Partners over the past 15 years, Phil Leaman, our second captive owner panelist, helped direct the launch of three Vermont based captives providing for the liability, workers compensation, medical benefits and risk management needs of its faith-based, not for profit, aging services and health & human services member organizations. During this time Phil was part of the organizational team and served as a founding board member of the Center for Aging Services Risk Management which confers the professional designation of Certified Professional in Aging Services Risk Management (CPASRM) to individuals who complete its educational program in the discipline of aging services risk management. Phil serves on the VCIA Legislative Committee.

It’s not too late to register to hear from these fine panelists! Click here for more info.

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

Rich Smith
VCIA President