It’s award season in the captive community (aw, heck, it’s always award season…) and not unusually several recent awardees have deep connections with Vermont.

Captive publication, Captive International, named the winners of its inaugural U.S. Captive Awards this past week and many of the winners were from Vermont or had lasting connections to VCIA. I won’t list all the winners, but here is a smattering from Vermont. First and foremost, Vermont was named Domicile of the Year. Some of the Vermonters who won include Beecher Carlson’s Pete Kranz, named as Captive Management Professional of the Year; Stephanie Mapes of Paul Frank + Collins, who is incoming VCIA board chair, received the Individual Legal honor; and former VCIA board chair Tina Truax McCuin of TD Wealth received the Individual Banker of the Year – are you sensing a pattern here?

Captive Review also staged their annual U.S. Captive Awards this past week and Vermont was the winner again of Domicile of the Year for the 7^th year in a row!  Pete Kranz won Captive Service Professional of the Year in these awards as well, and former VCIA board chair Heather McClure of Academic Physicians Insurance Company (Oklahoma University Medicine Hospitals and Physicians) was named Captive Risk Manager of the Year. Again, I am sensing a pattern…

Many of the great firms and people who received awards from these two esteemed captive publications have strong connections to VCIA and all have played a role in its growth. We are happy to have these professionals among us. Congratulations to all!

Thanks, as always, for your continued support in these trying times. I look forward to hearing from you!

Rich Smith
VCIA President