Adjudication panel
Meet the judges
Dan Towle, CICA president
As president of the Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA), Dan Towle combines his captive insurance industry knowledge, relationship building, and leadership experience to deliver value for CICA members, advocate for the industry and foster captive utilisation. He is a frequent presenter at conferences throughout the US and internationally. He is highly visible in international media and is viewed as an authority on captive insurance. He has been recognised for his contributions to the global captive insurance industry.
Towle serves on the board of directors for the International Center for Captive Insurance Education. He previously served as an advisory board member for World Captive Forum and chaired the Risk & Insurance Management Society Exhibitor Advisory Committee.
Prior to CICA, he worked as the director of financial services for the state of Vermont for 17 years. At Vermont, he was the chief marketing and business development professional for the state’s captive insurance industry and was instrumental in its growth. More than 500 captive insurance companies were licensed during his tenure in Vermont.
Anne Marie Towle, global captive solutions leader, Hylant
A veteran of the captive insurance industry, Anne Marie Towle leads the global captive solutions team at Hylant.
She has 30 years of experience with diverse projects and has worked with captives and other alternative risk transfer vehicles in many key onshore and offshore domiciles. She manages captive projects through feasibility and implementation, developing unique customised structures tailored to each client’s needs. She has been instrumental in arranging fronting and reinsurance programmes for her captive clients.
Prior to joining Hylant, Towle was an executive vice president with JLT, and a senior consultant with Willis Towers Watson for more than seven years. She also spent time as a senior manager in public accounting and 10 years in taxation, where she provided consultancy services to captive owners. She managed client projects through feasibility and implementation processes in structuring captives and managed their accounting and tax compliance functions.
Before that, Towle worked in private industry in the insurance tax departments of several Fortune 500 insurance and financial institution companies.
Throughout her career, Towle has been closely involved in captive insurance organisations at the local, state and national level. She serves on the board of directors for the Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) and the International Center for Captive Insurance Education (ICCIE); the curriculum committee for ICCIE and an instructor for ICCIE courses; chair of ICCIE, and the conference committees of the VCIA (2017 chair), Captive Insurance Companies Association, World Captive Forum, the South Carolina Captive Insurance Association and Hawaii Captive Insurance Council.
Will Thomas-Ferrand, international practice leader, Marsh Captive Solutions
Will Thomas-Ferrand is responsible for the leadership of Marsh’s captive domiciles in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. He is based in the UK although in previous roles he has managed the Malta office and has had a senior role in Marsh’s Bermuda office.
Thomas-Ferrand has wide experience of different captive structures including offshore and onshore models, single parent captives, group captives, cell companies and special purpose vehicle arrangements. In addition he has worked with many third party insurers who have set up operations in captive domiciles.
Prior to joining Marsh in 2004, Thomas-Ferrand worked with Deloitte in the UK. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, and is an Associate in Risk Management with the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (Insurance Institute of America).
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