Independent consultancy RISCS has appointed Kevin Poole as a partner, with a focus on developing its captive consulting services in the Americas. Based in the Cayman Islands, Poole has close to 40 years’ experience in the insurance industry with a career encompassing broking, insurance carriers and captive management in the UK, Guernsey, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. He spent four years working for the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority and has also worked in the captive management industry where he was most recently director of business development at Artex Risk Solutions (Cayman) Limited. In this role he helped corporate clients from numerous industry sectors establish captives, cell companies and insurance linked securities structures. Among his other roles, Poole has acted as chair of the Cayman Captive Forum Committee. Oliver Schofield, managing partner of RISCS, says: “Kevin’s extensive captive experience in North America will provide an added dimension to our work in this region and in the growing captive marketplace of South America. Consistent with our global approach, Kevin will work with brokers, underwriters, captive managers and corporates across the region to deliver our captive consulting.” Poole adds: “I am excited to be joining such a highly regarded and dynamic team and look forward to working with them to deliver more innovative solutions to our global clients.”
