April 28, 2025
CTCIA partnered with the Connecticut (CT) Insurance Department (CID) and Insurtech Hartford to host the 2025 CT Captive Insurance Forum at the CT Convention Center in Hartford.
AGENDA:
Event Kickoff | 12:55 PM
Stacey Brown, President and Founder of InsurTech Hartford
Keynote Speaker | 1:00-1:15 PM
Andrew N. Mais, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner and NAIC President
Panel I: How Mainstream Runoff is Making Its Way into Captives | 1:15-1:40 PM
Anna Petropoulos, CEO of Apetrop USA Inc.
F. Hale Stewart, Captive Development Officer at Higginbotham
John Bauer, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at The RiverStone Group
Panel II: Adding Employee Benefits to Your Captive | 1:40-2:05 PM
Prabal Lakhanpal, Senior Vice President of Spring Consulting Group, An Alera Group Company
Debbie Gaglioti, President and Chief Financial Officer of Captive Planning Associates
Networking Break | 2:05 PM
Panel III: Captive Insurance Journey: What You Need to Consider in Direct and Indirect Tax | 2:40-3:05 PM
Daniel Kusaila, Tax Partner at Crowe International Insurance Tax Services Group
Michael O’Malley, Managing Director of Strategic Risk Solutions
Panel IV: Parametric Solutions and Technological Innovations: A Game Changer for Climate Resilient Insurance | 3:05-3:30 PM
Moderator: Christina Kindstedt, President of Advantage Insurance Management USA
Yani Wolf, CEO of Arx Veritas
Dr. Marcus Shmalbach, CEO of RYSKEX Inc
Steven McElhiney, Partner – Captives and Alternative Risk Transfer Solutions at Augment Risk
Panel V: The Globalization of Risk: Captives on the Forefront of Change | 3:30-3:55 PM
Michael Maglaras, Founder & Principal of Michael Maglaras & Company
Networking Break | 3:55 PM
Panel VI: Connecticut’s Captive Domicile Responses to Increasing Challenges to Businesses | 4:35-5:00 PM
Moderator: Michael Serricchio, Managing Director of Marsh Captive Solutions
P.J. Cimini, President of CTCIA
John Bourdeaux, President of Advance CT
Jared Kosky, Deputy Commissioner of Insurance at the Connecticut Insurance Department
Panel VII: Current issues with Insurance and MGAs/InsurTechs Employ Captives to Support Program Business | 5:00-5:25 PM
Moderator: Mark McDonnell, Senior Portfolio Manager at Optimum Quantvest Corporation
Jerry Theodorou, Director at R Street Institute
Michael Douglas, Director of Business Development at Aon
Closing Remarks | 5:25-5:30 PM
Fenhua Liu, Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Captive Insurance at the Connecticut Insurance Department
Networking Reception | 5:30 PM
