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Advisers who scope alternative-risk options, run or coordinate feasibility work and manage implementation alongside captive managers, actuaries and counsel.
33 active providers in this category.
How are these providers ranked?A consultant's job is to help you decide what to do before you hire the firms that will do it: comparing higher retention, captive and transfer options, running or coordinating a feasibility study, shortlisting domiciles and service providers, and steering implementation. Mandates range from a fixed-scope study to ongoing program oversight. For the structures themselves, see alternative risk transfer.
Consulting does not replace regulated or credentialed work. A legal opinion still comes from counsel admitted in the relevant jurisdiction, an actuarial opinion from a qualified actuary, and day-to-day operation from a captive manager. Some consultancies are affiliated with brokers, managers or insurers. That can be useful, but it changes how independent a recommendation is, and you should know it at the outset.
How is the consultant paid — fee, retainer, commission or a share of placed premium? Could the firm or an affiliate end up managing, brokering or fronting what it recommends? What will you own at the end, and can another firm rely on it? Who does the analysis, and which outside specialists will be brought in, at whose cost? An example scope from a comparable engagement makes the answers concrete.
Strategic Risk Solutions (Vermont), Ltd. provides captive insurance management, consulting, financial reporting, regulatory compliance, governance, underwriting and strategic advisory services to captive insurers, group programs, risk retention groups and other insurance entities.
U.S.-based captive insurance consulting company focused on the creation, development and oversight of member-owned group captive insurance companies, including casualty and medical stop loss group captives.
Hylant Global Captive Solutions provides captive feasibility, structuring, implementation, management and exit support throughout the captive lifecycle.
Spring Consulting Group is an employee benefits, actuarial and risk-management consultancy providing captive feasibility, alternative-risk financing, actuarial, employee-benefits and property-and-casualty consulting services.
Zurich U.S. is the U.S. commercial insurance business of Zurich Insurance Group, providing property and casualty insurance, captive fronting and management, group and single-parent captive solutions, reinsurance, claims, risk engineering and multinational programs.
AmeriTrust Group is a commercial property and casualty insurance underwriter and insurance administration services company providing specialty insurance programs, claims and risk management services, and administrative services for self-insured groups, alternative risk vehicles and public entities.
CBIZ, Inc. is a publicly traded professional services company providing accounting, tax, advisory, employee benefits, insurance and technology services. Its insurance practice provides commercial insurance brokerage, risk management, captive and alternative-risk advisory, claims advocacy and employee benefits services.
Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global professional services firm founded in 1983, known for restructuring, turnaround management, and performance improvement work for corporations, investors, and government entities worldwide. Within its Tax and Regulatory & Risk Advisory practices, A&M provides captive insurance structuring, alternative risk financing, tax risk insurance, and insurance regulatory advisory services to multinational organizations and financial institutions.
RH CPAs, PLLC is a public accounting, tax and advisory firm providing audit, tax, accounting, regulatory and consulting services to captive insurers, risk retention groups, mutual insurers, life insurers, property and casualty insurers and reinsurers.
Davies Captive Management provides captive feasibility, formation, ongoing management, regulatory compliance, reinsurance support, rent-a-captive administration, run-off and exit services to captive owners, commercial insurers and reinsurers.
Arizona-based captive manager and insurance broker providing captive management, alternative risk financing, self-insured program support, and specialized sports, recreation, swimming, and event insurance.
The Baldwin Group’s captive solutions practice develops and manages captive insurance programs and provides feasibility, regulatory, underwriting, claims, governance and renewal support.