KeyState Captive Management has hired Pamela Cote as senior relationship manager of captive client services. Cote joins with over 25 years of public accounting experience with a specific focus on the captive insurance companies. Previously, Cote served as audit partner with Crowe and Saslow Lufkin & Buggy, which was acquired by Crowe in 2015. In this role, she was the lead audit partner for over 100 captive insurance companies from a broad range of industries, including financial services, real estate and real estate investment trusts, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and professional services. From her public accounting experience, Cote gained experience with various alternative risk management structures, including pure captive insurance companies, group captives, risk retention groups, fronted captive programmes, rent-a-captives, and protected cell captives. KeyState established its Burlington, Vermont office in 2020. Cote will be the latest addition to its captive insurance team based in the Northeast. Over the past three years, KeyState has also hired David Guerino as senior vice president and managing director, Jeff Vigne as director of insurance services, and Alicia Huskes as director of captive client services. Commenting on the appointment, Guerino said: “I have worked with Pamela for over the last 15 years in the captive industry. She audited many of the captive insurance companies that I have managed over the years. She has a reputation in the captive industry for her deep knowledge of captive financial and regulatory reporting and her dedication to excellent client service. We are thrilled to have her join our team and further build upon KeyState’s captive management business.” Josh Miller, CEO of The KeyState Companies, added: “under David Guerino’s leadership, the next phase of growth of KeyState’s captive management business is underway. And now, with the addition of Cote, we are well poised to continue this success and enhance our client experience.”
