John Salisbury is your expert in the following "Ask the Expert" areas:

• Insurance Consulting
• Fronting
• Coverages
• Regulatory

John Salisbury has served as President of captive.com, llc since 1997. He has extensive program development, management experience. Mr. Salisbury is a licensed insurance producer and has CPCU and ARM designations. From 1987 to late 1996 he served as the President and CEO of two captive insurance companies, an insurance agency, an association and a digital, interactive, satellite distance learning network. All of the companies served the public housing niche.

Mr. Salisbury has experience in developing and managing group workers compensation, health, property and liability programs with or for associations or niche groups. He recently retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of Government Entities Mutual, Inc.(GEM), a captive reinsurance company, and is now able to devote himself fully to CaptiveLearning.com which was launched officially on August 1, 2008.

He has an undergraduate degree from Bucknell University and a masters degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Read John's latest book reviews:

• Dilemmas, Dilemmas: Practical Case Studies for Company Directors by Julie Garland McLellan posted April 1, 2010.

  How can you help members of a captive board of directors develop their personal judgment skills? Case studies are one means. To illustrate that very point, here is John Salisbury's book review of Dilemmas, Dilemmas: Practical Case Studies for Company Directors by Julie Garland McLellan. John hopes the book review will generate interest on the part of others to contribute one or more case studies for possible publication and/or a training program for captive directors. We have supplied links that will make it easy for you to order this fine book directly from Amazon.com.

  Take me to the Dilemmas, Dilemmas book review now!

• Leading Change by John Kotter [Order Leading Change from Amazon.com now]
• Captives and the Management of Risk by Kate Westover
• Captive Practices and Procedures by Kate Westover

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Meet Chris Mancini

Ms. Mancini, CEO of CAPTIVE.COM, LLC, is responsible for the full-time operation of The Business to Business Risk and Insurance Exchange, www.captive.com.

Prior to joining captive.com in 1995, Ms. Mancini enjoyed an 8-year career as a Commercial Insurance Training Consultant for The Hartford and Aetna. She led the development of interactive Computer Based Training products and Electronic Performance Support tools for underwriting and claim employees. She regularly facilitated executive and technical team meetings to define and achieve strategic and tactical change. Prior to her insurance career, Chris was a secondary school business and computer programming educator.

Ms. Mancini holds AS and BS Degrees in Business Administration and Business Education from the University of Hartford. Her Master's Degree majors include computer science, education and business. She also received a CIC designation during her tenure at Aetna Commercial Lines Training & Education. Chris continues to pursue ongoing education.

Follow this link to Chris's popular Mancini's Musings articles in the News/Library.