Pamela Cote Joins KeyState Captive Management

Pamela Cote has joined KeyState Captive Management as a senior relationship manager of Captive Client Services.

Ms. Cote joins KeyState with more than 25 years of public accounting experience with a specific emphasis on captive insurance companies.

Prior to joining KeyState, she served as audit partner with Crowe LLP and Saslow Lufkin & Buggy LLP, which was acquired by Crowe in 2015. In that role, she was the lead audit partner for more than 100 captive insurance companies from a broad range of industries, including financial services, real estate and real estate investment trusts (REITs), health care, manufacturing, retail, and professional services.

During her tenure in public accounting, Ms. Cote audited and gained significant experience with various alternative risk management structures, including pure captive insurance companies, group captives, risk retention groups, fronted captive programs, rent-a-captives, and protected cell captives. She has audited captives for some of the largest global companies and Fortune 1000 companies.

KeyState established a Burlington, Vermont, office this year, and Ms. Cote is the latest addition to the company's team of captive insurance professionals based in the Northeast. Since establishing the Vermont office, KeyState has been appointed to manage several mature Vermont captives from the financial services, real estate/REIT, insurance, and telecom industries. Ms. Cote will enhance KeyState's captive management team as it continues to grow.

"I have worked with Pam for over the last 15 years in the captive industry. She audited many of the captive insurance companies that I have managed over the years," David Guerino, senior vice president and managing director of KeyState Captive Management, said in a statement. "She has a reputation in the captive industry for her deep knowledge of captive financial and regulatory reporting and her dedication to excellent client service. We are thrilled to have her join our team and further build upon KeyState's captive management business."

"Under David Guerino's leadership, the next phase of growth of KeyState's captive management business is underway," Josh Miller, CEO of the KeyState Companies, said in the statement. "And now, with the addition of Pam Cote, we are well poised to continue this success and enhance our client experience."