21. The Economic Landscape and Your Captive's Portfolio

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Richard is the founder and executive producer of the Global Captive Podcast. GCP was launched in 2019 to provide insight and education to the international captive community and features interviews with captive owners, service providers and regulators. It is now in its fourth series and there have been more than 150 episodes released to date. Richard is also the Captive Ambassador for Airmic, the UK’s risk and insurance management association. In this role he oversees all captive activity of the association including coordinating the quarterly meetings of the Captive Special Interest Group, one of the largest regular captive networking groups in the world. Prior to joining Airmic and launching the Global Captive Podcast in 2019, Richard was the editor of the market leading Captive Review magazine for five years with spells being based in London and New York.

Scott is Performa’s Economic and Macro Strategist responsible for developing the firm’s views on the economy and helping to set top-down macroeconomic investment policy. He is also a member of the firm’s Investment Policy Group (IPG). Over the years, Scott has spoken at several captive insurance conferences, including VCIA (Vermont), SCCIA (South Carolina), TxCIA (Texas) and IMAC (Cayman Islands). Prior to joining Performa in 2012, he worked at Dwight Asset Management as both a Quantitative Analyst and Associate Portfolio Manager where he was responsible for managing portfolio analytic systems, modeling tactical and strategic interest rate positioning trades as well as risk management monitoring. Prior to Dwight, he worked at Princeton University as a Data Analyst writing statistical programs and managing databases for various university departmental research projects. Scott graduated from the University of Vermont as a double major in Mathematics & Economics and earned an M.S. in Economics from the University of Oregon.

Philip N. Vorreiter joined MCIC Vermont in January 2009 and currently serves as Vice President of Finance. He is responsible for the strategy and execution of all financial affairs of the Company including but not limited to accounting, taxes, premium, investments, and financial reporting. Throughout his tenure at MCIC Vermont, Mr. Vorreiter has overseen the growth of the Finance and Accounting functions as the Company insourced its accounting and GAAP financial reporting processes, re-domiciled and merged its foreign captive into one entity and established a MAR compliant internal controls environment along with numerous other achievements. Prior to joining MCIC Vermont, Mr. Vorreiter was an Assistant Controller at a Managing General Agent focusing on brokering non-standard lines of insurance. He received his BA in Finance and Marketing from Berry College and a MBA from Kennesaw State University. His credential include: Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and Associate in Insurance Accounting and Finance (AIAF).