Finalists Announced for Company Categories at Captive Review’s US Awards 2025

Captive Review has revealed the shortlist for its US Awards 2025 company categories, celebrating firms that have delivered outstanding performance, innovation, and service excellence across the captive insurance landscape.

Now in its 13th edition, the Captive Review US Awards has become a flagship event in the North American captive calendar, drawing hundreds of entries from across the industry. This year’s awards feature 21 company categories, recognising actuarial firms, managers, domiciles, legal advisors, brokers, and other vital service providers.

The winners—alongside any highly commended finalists—will be selected by an independent panel of industry leaders and announced at the black-tie awards ceremony on August 11, 2025, in Burlington, Vermont.

Shortlisted Company Categories:

Actuarial Firm

• Actuarial Factor
• Milliman SIGMA
• Actuarial Consulting Group
• Spring Consulting Group

Audit & Accountancy Services 

• RH CPAs
• Carr, Riggs & Ingram
• Bauknight, Pietras, Stormer
• EY
• Crowe

Captive Broking Services

• Guy Carpenter
• Lockton Companies
• Spring Consulting Group
• Brown & Brown Captive Solutions
• Captives.Insure
• WTW

Captive Consultant

• Brown & Brown
• EY
• Hylant
• Lockton
• Alternative Risk Solutions
• Spring Consulting Group
• Davies Group

Captive Domicile (<$5bn GWP)

• Connecticut
• North Carolina
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Delaware

Captive Domicile (>$5bn GWP)

• State of Vermont
• Cayman Islands
• Hawaii
• Bermuda

Captive Manager (<$1bn GWP)

• Braxtone Insurance Management
• Management Services International
• CIC Services Risk
• Management Advisors
• Helio Risk
• Hylant
• Sotera Global Management
• SRA

Captive Manager (>$1bn GWP)

• Artex
• Brown & Brown
• SRS
• WTW

Claims Specialist

• Gallagher Bassett
• Skyward Specialty Insurance
• Sedgwick
• Marsh

Collateral Specialist

• Wilmington Trust
• Comerica Bank
• ComputerShare
• Barclays
• M&T Bank

Employee Benefits Specialist

• MAXIS Global Benefits Network
• Spring Consulting Group
• Zurich Insurance
• Innovative Captive Strategies
• Granite

Fronting Partner

• PMA Companies
• Old Republic Risk Management
• Starr Companies
• AIG
• HDI
• Allianz
• Ascot
• QBE
• Skyward

Investment Specialist of the Year

• Oppenheimer & Co
• PNC Institutional Asset Management
• Yousif Capital Management
• Sage Advisory Services
• 3 Point Advisors at UBS Financial Services

Legal Services

• Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel
• Dentons, Bingham Greenebaum
• Dickinson Wright
• Womble, Bond, Dickinson (US)
• Baker Hostetler
• MWE
• Eversheds Sutherland

Next Gen Initiative

• Hylant
• Phoenix CRetro ILS Education Programme
• SIGMA Actuarial Consulting
• Vermont Captive Insurance
• Emerging Leaders Initiative

Technology Solution

• Agentech.com
• CaptiveSimple
• Clearwater Analytics
• Direct Claim Solution
• Fraudsniffr
• Luzern Risk
• RISK66
• Verve Risk Services Ltd
• Big Ticket

Underwriting Solution of the Year

• I-RE
• PMA Companies
• Swiss Re
• AXA XL
• AI Insurance
• Descartes
• HDI

Sponsored by: Lockton

Captive Launch of the Year 

• GreenieRE Coalition, Inc.
• Los Angeles Unified School District Insurance Company
• PMA Companies
• WOWS Insurance

Captive Program of the Year

• AES Global Insurance Company
• BeneRe
• GROWMARK
• Los Angeles Unified School District Insurance Company
• PMA Companies
• Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
• True Captive Insurance

Best Group Captive Manager of the Year

• Artex
• Global Captive Management
• AXA XL
• CIC
• Davies Group

Cell Captive Domicile of the Year

• Cayman Islands
• Connecticut 
• North Carolina 
• State of Vermont
• Barbados
• Oklahoma

The full list of company category finalists are available here.

Winners will be selected by a panel of experienced industry professionals drawn from leading captive owners, risk managers, and service providers. Judges include:

• Adriana Scherzinger, Zurich
• Aileen Krehbiel, Deere & Company
• Anne Marie Towle, Hylant
• Brittany Nevins, Vermont Department of Economic Development
• Cheryl Brown Baker, Stellantis
• David Beyer, Alaska Air Group
• Greg Myers, Brown & Brown Risk Solutions
• Jack Meskunas, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
• Jacqueline Obusek, N.C. Department of Insurance
• Jennifer Pack, Hyatt
• Michael C. Meehan, Milliman
• Mikhail Raybshteyn, EY
• Theresa Severson, Kite Realty Group
• Zeb Holt, Artex Risk Solutions
• And many more

A full list of judges is available on the awards website here.

The 2025 winners will be announced at a black-tie gala on August 11, 2025, at the Hilton Burlington Lake Champlain, Vermont. The evening will feature a champagne reception, three-course dinner, and a celebration of industry excellence hosted by a special guest.

To book a table or inquire about sponsorship opportunities, contact: James Brown – +44 20 3301 8218 | jbrown@newtonmedia.co.uk

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