McGriff Launches McGriff Captive Solutions

August 19, 2020

McGriff today said it has formed a new group captive practice, McGriff Captive Solutions, and named 40-year industry veteran Steve Aldrich to lead it. Aldrich also serves as McGriff’s industry practice group leader.

The new practice will serve as an advisory resource for companies seeking a more cost-efficient way to finance risk while offering members ownership of their underwriting profit otherwise retained by an insurance company. Economic outcomes are tied to a company’s own performance along with the group’s collective experience.

Aldrich, who joined McGriff in 2001, will manage global captive program formation for the middle market, ensure programs are in compliance and following best practices, and work with clients and broking partners to develop new captive products and resources.

The creation of McGriff Captive Solutions is the next step in the evolution of alternative risk transfer operations at McGriff and parent company Truist Bank. MBT, LLC, a Bermuda-based single-parent captive and reinsurance company founded in 2001, is owned by Truist and also managed by McGriff.

“Captives are a critical risk mitigation strategy for our clients,” said McGriff President and CEO Rick Ulmer.

“Steve was instrumental in the original formation of the Truist captive and is the right person to develop a strong captive strategy for our firm. He understands the business and is uniquely positioned with our McGriff industry practices and Truist bank verticals to help drive the strategy, structure, and engagement between our various stakeholders.”

Aldrich will lead a team responsible for engaging key captive agencies and subject matter experts across the McGriff network of more than 150 offices. Areas of focus will include the development of sales strategies, technical capabilities, client and employee education, analytics, and claims and loss control.

“Given the hard market we’re now experiencing, clients with strong balance sheets are looking for options to control their own destiny, rather than exposing their business to the up and down cycles of the insurance industry,” Aldrich said. “I’m excited about building on our success and solid reputation in the captive and alternative risk transfer space with a new entity designed to position us very well for the future.”

McGriff, which comprises McGriff Insurance Services, Inc. and McGriff, Seibels & Williams, Inc., is a full-service insurance broker providing risk management and insurance solutions to clients across the United States. The firm’s coverages include commercial property and casualty, corporate bonding and surety services, cyber, management liability, captives and alternative risk transfer programs, small business, employee benefits, title insurance, personal lines, and life and health. McGriff is a subsidiary of Truist Insurance Holdings.

Truist Insurance Holdings, Inc., the sixth largest insurance broker in the U.S. and seventh largest in the world, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Truist Bank. Truist Insurance Holdings operates more than 250 offices through its subsidiaries: McGriff Insurance Services, Inc.; McGriff, Seibels & Williams, Inc.; CRC Insurance Services, Inc.; Crump Life Insurance Services, Inc.; AmRisc, LLC; and its Premium Finance companies (AFCO Credit Corporation, Prime Rate Premium Finance Corporation, Inc., and CAFO Inc.).