Michael R. Mead
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President
M.R. Mead & Company LLC
8600 West Bryn Mawr Avenue Suite 820 North
Chicago, IL 60631
(773) 693-4990; Fax: (773) 693-4991
www.mrmeadandco.com
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Michael R. Mead, CPCU, writes about
captives for IRMI.com.
A veteran of the insurance industry, Mr. Mead has served in a variety of
roles: regional director of a global broker, an underwriter, and an entrepreneur
starting and operating several insurance-related companies. In 2002 he formed
a partnership with the Crusader International Group combining United States
and the Cayman Islands operations specializing in risk management services,
alternative risk transfer, life insurance and annuities, and retail insurance.
He recently sold his interests in Lionheart Insurance Group and the Cayman Company
and is concentrating on the captive business.
Mr. Mead is currently a director of the International Center for Captive
Insurance Education and the Captive Insurance Council of the District of Columbia.
He also serves as an adviser to the board of the Arizona Captive Insurance Association.
He is past chairman and director of the Captive Insurance Companies Association,
past president and director of the Arizona Captive Insurance Association, and
a founding director of the Surplus Line Association of Illinois. Additionally,
Mr. Mead is a member of the Society of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters
and the Professional Liability Underwriting Society.
Mr. Mead has appeared as a speaker at numerous industry conferences, including
the World Captive Forum, the Captive Insurance Companies Association, various
contractor associations, the School of Professional Development of the University
of Wisconsin, and the National Association of Surety Bond Producers.
Articles on IRMI.com
Risk Management: Captives
What Is Insurance,
and Does a Captive Qualify? (January 2010)
Claims and the Captive
(October 2009)
Agency Captives Revisited
(July 2009)
The Economic Bailout
and Its Unintended Consequences (April 2009)
Captive Guideposts
for 2009 (January 2009)
Taxes and Insurance
Captives (October 2008)
Captives: Domicile
Shopping (August 2008)
Federal Proposals
for Captive Insurance Regulation (April 2008)
Redomiciling
Your Captive Insurer (February 2008)
Captive Insurance
Exit Strategy (November 2007)
Captive Insurance
Companies: Beware of New Treasury Proposal (October 2007)
Captives and
Collateral (August 2007)
Windstorm Captives
(April 2007)
Captives in
Review (February 2007)
Captives and
Corporate Governance (October 2006)
Why You Should
Start a Captive in a Soft Market (August 2006)
How To Choose
a Domicile That Works Best for Your Captive (April 2006)
Investment
Strategies for Captives (January 2006)
What Is Insurance?
Where Are the Rules? (October 2005)
Regulation
of Captives: Who? Why? What Next? (August 2005)
When Is Reinsurance
Not Reinsurance? (April 2005)
Using Captives
and Risk Retention Groups Together (January 2005)
Taking a Closer
Look at Captive Costs (October 2004)
Some Cautionary
Thoughts on Healthcare RRGs (August 2004)
Medical Malpractice
and Alternative Risk (April 2004)
What's in Store
for 2004 for Alternative Risk? (January 2004)
Risk Retention
Group Formations Increase (October 2003)
The Role of
the Domicile Manager (August 2003)
The "Fronting"
Wars Continue (April 2003)
Captives, the
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, and the Market (January 2003)
Actuarial Projections
and the Captive (November 2002)
Choosing the
Right Captive Domicile (August 2002)
Captive Structures
(April 2002)
Captives 101:
What Are They, and Why Do I Want One? (January 2002)