Thomas Wittbjer was elected chair of the Captive Insurance Companies Association’s (CICA) board of directors during the association’s annual international conference in Palm Springs.
In 2002, Wittbjer joined Deutsche Bank to head up its captive operations and served as CEO of its life insurance company. Since 2006, he has been CEO of an insurance joint venture between IKEA and IKANO.
The CICA board of directors also elected Scott Beckman as vice chair. He is also vice president of claims at ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company, based in Chicago.
Ryan Ralston, senior consultant for Spring Consulting Group, was elected as secretary/treasurer, while Michael Bemi, president and CEO of the National Catholic Risk Retention Group, and Alice West, director of insurance at Safeway, also joined the CICA board of directors.
