Honouring Excellence

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

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Please note that all judges selected only evaluate categories in which they have no conflict(s) of interest. Captive Review guarantees that all information submitted via entry forms will remain strictly confidential and will only be reviewed by the assigned judges for each specific category and accredited members of the Captive Review awards team.

Actuarial Firm

Winner Spring Consulting Group, an Alera Group Company
Highly Commended SIGMA Actuarial Consulting Group

Audit & Accountancy Services

Winner RH CPAs
Highly Commended Carr, Riggs & Ingram

Best Group Captive Manager

Winner RMIS Team at FCCS
Joint Highly Commended Global Captive Management, and Artex

Captive Consultant Firm

Winner Spring Consulting Group, an Alera Group Company
Joint Highly Commended Hylant, and Brown & Brown

Captive Domicile (<$5bn GWP)

Winner Connecticut
Highly Commended North Carolina

Captive Domicile (>$5bn GWP)

Winner Vermont
Joint Highly Commended Hawaii, and Cayman Islands
Sponsored by Hylant

Captive Launch

Winner International SOS
Highly Commended DriveTime

Captive Manager (<$1bn GWP)

Winner Risk Management Advisors
Highly Commended CIC Services
Sponsored by HDI

Captive Manager Firm (>$1bn GWP)

Winner Brown & Brown
Highly Commended Aon Insurance Managers USA
Sponsored by HDI

Captive Programme

Winner HAI Group
Highly Commended BeneRe

Cell Captive Domicile

Winner Vermont
Highly Commended Cayman Islands

Claims Specialist Firm

Winner Gallagher Bassett
Highly Commended Skyward Specialty Insurance

Collateral Specialist Firm

Winner Comerica Bank, a div. of Fifth Third Bank, N.A.
Highly Commended Truist Bank

Excellence in Captive Broking

Winner Brown & Brown
Highly Commended Guy Carpenter, a Marsh Business

Employee Benefits Specialist

Winner MAXIS Global Benefits Network
Highly Commended Spring Consulting Group, an Alera Group Company

Fronting Partner

Winner Old Republic Risk Management
Highly Commended AXA XL

Investment Specialist Firm

Winner Yousif Capital Management
Highly Commended Sage Advisory Services

Legal Services Firm

Winner Dickinson Wright
Highly Commended Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel

Next-Gen Initiative

Winner HAI Group
Highly Commended Hylant

Technology Solution of the Year

Winner Capitawise
Joint Highly Commended Clearwater Analytics, and Piko Labs AI

Underwriting Solution

Winner Accelerant
Highly Commended HDI Global Insurance Company & AON Group Captive solutions

Captive Risk Manager

Winner Marc Bentley Head of Global Risk Finance, IHG Hotels
Highly Commended Josh Reding VP of Risk Management, Life Time
Sponsored by Hylant

Captive Service Professional

Winner TJ Scherer VP, Spring Consulting Group, an Alera Group Company
Joint Highly Commended Amy O'Brien (Gallagher Bassett) & Michelle Bradley (SIGMA Actuarial)

Inspiring Woman in Captive

Winner Carmen Djossou-Kabiseba Director - Integrated & Global Solutions, WTW
Highly Commended Anne Marie Towle CEO - Hylant Consulting, Hylant

Emerging Talent

Winner Caroline Erdman Captive Consultant, Hylant
Highly Commended Brianna Rotunno CPA, Insurance Tax Manager, Crowe

Outstanding Contribution

Winner Nancy Gray Regional Managing Director - Americas, Aon

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