Celebrating Industry Excellence

Discover the 2026 Shortlist: Industry Leaders Who Are Setting the Standard

Actuarial Firm

  • Actuarial Factor
  • Milliman
  • Pinnacle Actuarial Resources
  • SIGMA Actuarial Consulting Group
  • Spring Consulting Group, an Alera Group Company

Audit & Accountancy Services

  • Carr, Riggs & Ingram
  • Crowe
  • Liptz and Associates / Larson Gross
  • RH CPAs
  • Smith + Howard

Best Group Captive Manager

  • Artex
  • Blackwell Captive Solutions
  • Garnet
  • Global Captive Management
  • RMIS Team at FCCS
  • True Captive Insurance

Captive Consultant Firm

  • Brown & Brown
  • Helio Risk
  • Hylant
  • Innovative Captive Strategies
  • M3 Insurance
  • SIGMA Actuarial Consulting Group
  • Spring Consulting Group
  • SRS Advisers
  • Zenith Risk Strategies

Captive Domicile (<$5bn GWP)

  • Connecticut
  • North Carolina
  • Oklahoma

Captive Domicile (>$5bn GWP)

  • Arizona
  • Cayman Islands
  • Hawaii
  • Vermont
Sponsored by Hylant

Captive Launch

  • Drive Time Automotive Group
  • International SOS
  • Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS)

Captive Manager (<$1bn GWP)

  • CIC Services
  • Helio Risk
  • Hylant
  • Management Services International
  • Risk Management Advisors
  • Sotera Global Management
  • SRA 831(b) Admin

Captive Manager Firm (>$1bn GWP)

  • Aon Insurance Managers USA
  • Brown & Brown
  • Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS)

Captive Programme

  • BeneRe
  • Drive Time Automotive Group
  • HAI Group
  • IHG Hotels & Resorts

Cell Captive Domicile

  • Cayman Islands
  • Connecticut
  • Hawaii
  • North Carolina
  • Oklahoma
  • Vermont

Claims Specialist Firm

  • Broadspire Services, Inc. By Crawford & Company
  • Gallagher Bassett
  • Skyward Specialty Insurance

Collateral Specialist Firm

  • Comerica Bank, a div. of Fifth Third Bank, N.A.
  • Pinnacle Financial Partners
  • Truist Bank
  • Wilmington Trust

Excellence in Captive Broking

  • Augment Risk
  • Brown & Brown
  • Guy Carpenter, a Marsh Business
  • Spring Consulting Group

Employee Benefits Specialist

  • Employees First
  • MAXIS Global Benefits Network
  • Spring Consulting Group
  • Zenith Risk Strategies

Fronting Partner

  • Ascot
  • AXA XL
  • HDI Global Insurance Company
  • Old Republic Risk Management
  • Skyward Specialty Insurance

Investment Specialist Firm

  • Mercer
  • Oppenheimer & Co
  • PNC Institutional Asset Management
  • Sage Advisory Services
  • UBS Financial Services - 3 Point Private Wealth
  • Yousif Capital Management

Legal Services Firm

  • Dickinson Wright
  • Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel
  • Ganado Advocates
  • Womble Bond Dickinson

Next-Gen Initiative

  • Gallagher Bassett's INVEST Emerging Talent Program
  • HAI Group
  • Hylant
  • SIGMA Actuarial Consulting Group

Technology Solution of the Year

  • Capitawise
  • CaptiveSimple
  • Clearwater Analytics
  • Piko Labs AI
  • RISK66
  • SRS Data Sciences

Underwriting Solution

  • Accelerant
  • Ascot
  • HDI Global Insurance Company & AON Group Captive solutions

Captive Risk Manager

  • Marc Bentley
    Head of Global Risk Finance, IHG Hotels
  • Colin Donovan
    STICO, Mutual Insurance Group
  • Josh Reding
    VP of Risk Management, Life Time
  • David Voorhees
    CEO & Founder, True Captive
  • David Williams
    Director of Risk Management & Safety, Boystown
Sponsored by Hylant

Captive Service Professional

  • Michelle Bradley, SIGMA Actuarial
  • Aaron Brown, Lockton
  • Jeremy Colombik, MSI
  • Amy Klatt, Skyward
  • Kristen Lawler, Crowe
  • Renea Louie, Sotera
  • Heather McClure, Helio
  • Jack Meskunas, Oppenheimer
  • Amy O’Brien, Gallagher Bassett
  • Joe Streck, Innovative Captive Strategies
  • Nate Reznicek, Captive.Insure
  • TJ Scherer, Spring Consulting Group
  • Thomas Wagner, Zenith Risk Strategies

Inspiring Woman in Captive

  • Barbara Aubry, Truist
  • Sandy Bigglestone, SRS Titanium
  • Whitney Benson, Captive Simple
  • Ashley Downey, Allianz Commercial
  • Carmen Djossou-Kabiseba, WTW
  • Silvia Feijoo, Generali Employee Benefits
  • Nicola Fordham, MAXIS Global Benefits
  • A. Tracy Hassett, edRISK
  • Kristen Lawler, Crowe
  • Brittany MacVicar, Cayman Finance
  • Bailey Roese, Dentons
  • Anne Marie Towle, Hylant
  • Alanna Trundle, Global Captive Management

Emerging Talent

  • Rachel Bekerman, Gallagher Bassett
  • Queena Cheung, Marsh
  • Bert Dizon, Cardinal Captive Strategies
  • Tony DeFede, Union Risk Services
  • Caroline Erdman, Hylant
  • Victor Gallardo, Helio Risk
  • Jason Luckett, SIGMA Actuarial Consulting Group
  • Troy Lepage, HAI Group
  • Brianna Rotunno, Crowe
  • Aviel Shalev, Spring
  • Grace Topete, Helio Risk

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