Jerry D. Messick
Jerry has over 35 years’ experience in the insurance and alternative risk transfer industry and is a principal and CEO for Elevate Risk Solutions. With operations in Arizona, Delaware, Oklahoma, Hawaii and New York, Elevate is a captive consulting and services firm that focuses on multiple industries and trade groups, as well as providing comprehensive enterprise risk management services to companies ranging from $20million to $2billion in assets.
Prior to becoming CEO of Elevate, Jerry was with a national provider of alternative risk services since 1985, where he held senior management positions with responsibility for loss control, marketing, finance, and captive insurance company operations. He is a specialist in board governance and the effective and conservative structuring of various captive and self-funding vehicles. In his position with Elevate, he is an approved captive manager in multiple jurisdictions, both onshore and off.
Jerry surrounds his personal life with his wife Kristin and 4 boys. He is a licensed pilot, scuba diver, and nationwide competitor in action pistol shooting. Jerry currently serves as Past-Chairman of the Board for the Oklahoma Youth Orchestras, Founding Member and Past President of the Oklahoma Captive Insurance Association, owner of Unity Investigations, a private investigation agency focusing on nonprofit organizations, member of the Captive Insurance Committee of the Self Insurance Institute of America (SIIA), faculty member of Lawline.com, and is actively involved as a speaker and participant on various committees for both captive trade associations and nonprofit entities.
