A session at the Vermont Captive Insurance Association annual conference earlier this month had the audience chuckling and ended the conference on a light note.

Derick White, president of Strategic Risk Solutions Vermont, and former director of captive insurance for the State of Vermont, presented a workshop called “Toolbox Talk: Top 10 Ways You Know Your Insurance Company is in Trouble.”

The David Letterman-style presentation was fun and informative, especially at a time when risk managers—being grilled by their boards about the solvency of their insurers—are becoming detectives, looking way beyond ratings.

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