The North Carolina Captive Insurance Association’s (NCCIA) rescheduled conference has been cancelled due to complications from COVID-19, according to the board of directors.
The annual was due to take place on 30 August to 2 September at the Washington Duke Inn in Durham, North Carolina.
The conference was originally scheduled for May but was moved to late August as NCCIA wanted “to give health care officials what was hoped to be sufficient time to develop treatments or a vaccine for the virus”.
David Littlehale, chair of the conference planning committee, said: “While the committee is disappointed we could not go forward we will immediately turn our attention toward planning for the 2021 meeting scheduled for 2 to 4 May once again at Durham’s Washington Duke Inn.”
Association chairman Lea Riddle added: “The board really wanted for this conference to happen or we would not have gone through the effort to reschedule from the original date.”
“To our disappointment, the Domino’s did not fall in the right direction to allow us to safely conduct the conference. Challenges that could not be overcome include the Governor’s unwillingness to move to stage three of our states reopening, new cases and hospitalisations not having stabilised, unwillingness for a number of our out of state attendees being willing to travel and what was going to prove to be an interesting experience in the hotel for those who did attend,” he added.
Tom Adams, NCCIA president and CEO, stated that while the cancellation is a “keen disappointment” there is next year.
He continued: “We really hate that our members and others will not have the ability to gather this year. The positive is that we have almost an entire year to get a solution(s) for COVID-19 and a veteran team to put the programme together. I look forward to seeing everyone next May.”