Blackwell Captive Solutions has named Scott Lydon as national vice president in sales. He joins the company from Centivo, where he was a regional sales leader. He has expertise in strategic relationship development and management in the employee benefits sector. Prior to Centivo, he served as regional vice president of sales at Allied Benefit Systems and vice president of key accounts at UnitedHealthcare. Kari L. Niblack, president of Blackwell Captive Solutions, says: “Scott has exceptional full-cycle business development experience and will play a dynamic and lead role in defining and executing our long-term strategic goals while continuing to deliver best-in-class solutions to our customers.” Lydon adds: “As healthcare costs continue to rise, employers are increasingly looking to captive solutions for cost stability, programme flexibility, health risk management strategies, cost transparency, and the potential to be rewarded for great practices to improve employee health. “I am thrilled to join the Blackwell Captive Solutions team to help give health benefits stakeholders complete control over their employee benefits.”