Michael R. Mead

Michael R. Mead, CPCU, writes about captives for IRMI.com.

Mr. Mead is a veteran of the insurance industry, serving in a variety of roles: regional director of a global broker, an underwriter, and an entrepreneur, starting and operating several insurance-related companies. He is currently a director and past chairman of the Captive Insurance Companies Association, vice president and director of the Arizona Captive Insurance Association, and a director of Crusader International Group and its affiliate companies.

Mr. Mead is involved in an ownership and management position with a Cayman-based insurer/reinsurer which provides risk financing and estate planning opportunities for selected risks, and is president of a DC-based captive specializing in deductible reimbursement policies. He also has an ownership interest in three captive management firms: Meeting Street Management of Charleston, South Carolina; Potomac Captive Managers of Washington, DC; and Sonora Captive Management of Scottsdale, Arizona. He has established risk financing companies in several other domiciles as well.

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.

Additionally, Mr. Mead is a member of the Society of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, the Surplus Line Association of Illinois, of which he was a founding director, and the Professional Liability Underwriting Society.

Articles on IRMI.com

Risk Management: Captives

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)