MSL Captive Solutions Names Meredith Watson AVP and Lead Underwriter

Medical stop-loss captive specialist MSL Captive Solutions has appointed Meredith Watson as assistant vice president (AVP) and lead underwriter.

Ms. Watson will provide MSL Captive Solutions' experienced team with additional resources for developing and maintaining processes and guidelines for underwriting with program managers and brokers for new and existing captive insurance programs, the company said in a statement.

"We are pleased to welcome Meredith to the team. She brings added depth and experience to our captive underwriting capabilities and a broad skill set in managing stop loss programs," Peter Parent, chief underwriting officer at MSL Captive Solutions, said in the statement. "We are seeing strong demand for both group and single parent captive programs and are committed to bringing on the necessary resources and expertise to meet that demand."

Ms. Watson's experience includes more than 15 years with Gerber Life before joining the group captive division of Berkley Accident & Health. She was most recently with Dallas Risk Management.

"I am excited to be joining MSL Captive Solutions as part of the growing underwriting team," Ms. Watson said in the statement. "Captives are a growing sector of the stop loss market, and I am looking forward to being part of the initiatives MSL Captive Solutions has underway and working with our insurer and program manager partners."

"We are very excited to have Meredith join MSL Captive Solutions. The addition of Meredith's deep experience and expertise reinforces our underwriting agility and leadership positioning within this highly dynamic and rapidly expanding market segment," Phillip Giles, managing director at MSL Captive Solutions, said in the statement.

MSL Captive Solutions focuses exclusively on the development of comprehensive (re)insurance solutions for medical stop-loss captive insurance companies.

Strategic Risk Solutions, Inc., formed MSL Captive Solutions, Inc., in 2020 as a specialist underwriting and consulting firm focused on the use of captive insurance in medical stop-loss programs.