Captive Insurance and Construction: Alternative Risk Structures, Pros and Cons, Key Provisions

Mr. Mead is a well-recognized veteran of the captive profession. He was the former President of the Missouri Captive Insurance Association, past Director and Chair of the Captive Insurance Companies Association, past Director and President of the Arizona Captive Insurance Association, past Director of the Captive Insurance Counsel of the District of Columbia, and past Director and VP of the Insurance Center for Captive Insurance Excellence, where he is an instructor. Mr. Mead is a former underwriter with a major global insurer and executive with a major global broker and is Editor of Captive Insurance Company Reports.

Mr. Nowakowski advises businesses on risk management strategy, alternative risk financing, regulatory compliance, and general corporate governance. He assists clients on captive insurance and alternative risk financing matters, feasibility studies, formation, and ongoing representation of captive insurance companies; provides recommendations regarding captive domiciles, ownership structures, insurance policy provisions, funding approaches, and inter-company agreements from a legal and regulatory perspective; counsels captive insurance companies on tax and regulatory issues associated with ongoing operations; assists clients in restructuring of insurance programs, including mergers and acquisitions of captive insurance companies; negotiates insurance business agreements; and reviews, interprets and drafts insurance policies, including analysis and questions of coverage.

Mr. Sherman is an experienced construction attorney with significant construction transactional, consulting, and litigation experience. In this capacity, he assists construction project owners, developers, general contractors, construction management firms, subcontractors, and material suppliers with real-time project consulting, drafting and negotiating all manner of construction agreements and forms, and with prosecuting and defending construction disputes. Mr. Sherman is a frequent lecturer on insurance law matters.