Capterra Risk Solutions hires Atlas’s Jeff Ellington

Alternative risk insurance consultant and captive manager Capterra Risk Solutions has appointed Jeff Ellington as senior vice president. He will be responsible for overseeing the captive formation process, including risk assessments, feasibility studies, organisational structure and design, and policy production.

Ellington joins the Pennsylvania headquartered firm after a decade with North Carolina’s Atlas Insurance. There, he was vice president for marketing and business development and concentrated on group captives, workers compensation programs, medical stop loss programs, associations, and agency captives.

Ellington has over three decades of experience, working across the commercial insurance in sales, marketing, underwriting, and management. He began his insurance career in commercial insurance sales with Liberty Mutual insurance company and subsequently served on insurance company Crum & Forster’s national council of agents.

As well as overseeing captive formation, Ellington will also coordinate captive renewals and claims handling and processing in his new role. According to the firm, he will work closely with account managers on captive operational issues, including procedures, best practices, and quality reviews. He also manages the business development team and is responsible for generating new captive business.