At this point, according to the report, the captive domiciles of Hawaii, Montana and Nevada have opted to "go it on their own, but, hopefully, will join in the regional event sometime in the future."

Mr. Chansky told NU Online News Service that some of the domiciles, already making plans for an upcoming conference, felt 2010 was too early to commit to.

He said he believes one conference would attract a larger number of attendees and service providers. "One and one equals three--where you used to get 100 attendees to each meeting, if you glue two of them together you might get 300."

He added, "I think service providers would like it. And as it keeps building and building it will become more popular."

He noted that certain issues affect all domiciles in the United States, such as federal taxes and regulation, which could be addressed to all attendees. Individual domicile issues could be discussed in breakout sessions.

Attendance at the Vermont Captive Insurance Association annual conference in August was down 18 percent, the report said--emphasizing the need for a single, joint conference for the Western U.S.

The conference co-chairs asked for volunteers and ideas for presentations and to help organize and execute the conference.