Hard to believe it is 2020! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and happy New Year. I am looking forward to another great year working with all of you in our fine industry. As usual, we are off to a fast start here at VCIA, and I want to remind you of a few events to look forward to in the first half of 2020.

First up, January 22^nd is VCIA’s annual Legislative Day in Montpelier, Vermont’s capital. It’s a full day of meeting and hearing from Vermont’s political leaders on the captive industry and issues facing the State broadly. If you have a chance to join us in Montpelier, even for part of the day, please come – it’s the best opportunity for Vermont’s captive industry to put a great foot forward with our State’s leaders.

In March, VCIA will embark on its first-ever Captive Insurance Trade Mission.  The State of Vermont and VCIA will send a delegation of government, regulatory and industry representatives to Mexico to highlight Vermont’s leading captive insurance industry.  Working in collaboration with the U.S. Commercial Service, the trade and promotion arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, the delegation will lead captive insurance educational forums in Mexico City the week of March 23, 2020.  The goal of this trade mission is to increase awareness of Vermont as the leading U.S. domicile for captive insurance and underscore our state’s mutually beneficial trade relationship with Mexico.

On May 21^st,  please join us for our annual Spring Member Mixer which will be held at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. This event will include a Q&A session with Dave Provost and his team from the Department of Financial Regulation, in conjunction with a VCIA Board meeting.

VCIA’s Annual Conference will be held August 10th – 13th. This exciting event is a virtual homecoming for the entire captive industry!

That’s just a smattering of events that will also include a number of our renown webinars, and other conferences which Team Vermont attends, such as RIMS, which will be held in May in Denver.  We look forward to connecting with you!

Go to www.vcia.com and register for VCIA Legislative Day today!

Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you.

Rich Smith,
VCIA President