Hentges Sheridan rises to chief captives compliance counsel at Brown & Brown

Dana Hentges Sheridan (pictured) has announced that she has started the new year in a new position as Accession and Brown & Brown’s chief captives compliance counsel.

In August, 2025 Accession Risk Management Group formally joined the Brown & Brown family after the closing of an acquisition that was announced in June of that year. Accession, established in 1997 and currently the ninth largest privately held insurance brokerage in the United States, is the parent to Risk Strategies, a dynamic specialty brokerage firm, and One80 Intermediaries, a leading insurance wholesaler and program manager. Composed of over 5,000 insurance professionals throughout the US and Canada and with 2024 pro forma adjusted revenues of approximately $1.7 billion, Accession is known for its specialisation, deep customer relationships and high-performing culture.

Sheridan joined Accession Risk Management Group as general counsel, Captives Division, in August 2023.

She was the founder & principal advisor of CIRA Solutions from June 2021 to August based in Los Angeles, California. Prior to that she was deputy general counsel at Acrisure from October 2018 to Jun 2021.

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