In today’s challenging market environment, business owners are faced with rising business risk and tax liability that they may find value in risk-reducing solutions that can further protect their business and their personal wealth. You can form and own your own “Captive” insurance company to insure your own business risks. Premiums paid to your own insurance company are tax deductible and, conversely, are tax-free for your Captive insurance company. You can potentially save millions of dollars by creating and owning your own insurance company.
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Credo Financial Services
Founder/President
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(678) 822-7593
As the President of Credo, Dan Lucas advises clients with a CFO mentality, in all aspects of accounting, finance, tax, operational strategy and best practices. He also directs the Credo team in establishing the strategies for the growth of the firm and continually raising the bar on its standards of exceeding clients’ expectations.
In 2004, Dan simultaneously founded Bordwok Enterprises, LLC and Credo Financial Services, LLC. These two entities allowed Dan to provide hands-on leadership and financial management services for various private companies and REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts).
He has accrued broad financial experience working with companies ranging in revenues from $50,000 to $60 billion. This work includes leadership roles with a large public accounting firm, two different marketing agencies, several real estate investment and/or construction companies, a Fortune 15 healthcare technology and pharmaceutical company, just to name a few.
Dan has worked with technology services, software, real estate, retail, manufacturing companies, professional services firms (mainly law firms and marketing services), marketing/advertising agencies, dental practices, medical practices, and various other industries, providing each with the specific financial guidance needed to establish sustained business growth and financial health.
Verity Capital Partners
Managing Partner & Founder
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(678) 463-5603
As the founder and Managing Director of Verity Capital Partners, Kerry Mock brings a long track of Fortune 500 plan design, structure, and tax strategy experience into enhancing overall client financial plans. He currently serves as an Advisory Board Member of Credo CFOs & CPAs, and as an Affinity Partner of Fortress Risk delivering valuable plan design in Captive Insurance to business owners.
Previously, Mr. Mock served as Vice President at Aon Corporation, (www.aon.com) providing service delivery leadership, insurance and executive benefit consulting, and product development for its Fortune 1000 corporate clients and their highly compensated employees. He was a founding senior leader for a national practice at now Aon Hewitt.
Kerry has effectively enhanced individual and business financial growth while focusing on a basis of risk mitigation and protection. Having experience in structuring investments, financing, and insurance all over the world, Kerry has a broad understanding of the current investment environment and its unique challenges, risks and opportunities. Having also formed and owned real estate companies (Hibernian Pacific Holdings and Green Earth Holdings) that have acquired and managed over $750M in real estate transactions over the last decade, Kerry understands the opportunistic changes in markets that add value. He is a strong believer in strategic and intentional plan design with a basis of tax strategy to preserve and protect clients hard earned assets with a suitable focus on risk planning as complement to plan design that delivers real results.
Fortress Risk Management, LLC
CEO/Principal
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307-316‐7496
B. Todd Bailey of Idaho serves as manager with Fortress Risk Management, LLC, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He and a team of advisors assist business owners in executing captive insurance strategies, which are a key risk management tool for Fortune 500 companies. His clients are typically successful entrepreneurs focused on wealth accumulation, as well as businesses that have uninsured or underinsured business casualty risk. B. Todd Bailey holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in accountancy (taxation) and a juris doctorate from Brigham Young University.
Mr. Bailey (Idaho) was keynote presenter at the Camas Consulting & Webb Agency Fall Symposium (Seattle Sept. 2015). He addressed alternative insurance strategies for businesses. Among other things, Mr. Bailey covered IRC section 831(b) captive insurance, section 243 dividend received deduction, liquidation planning and valuation strategies. He also discussed the selection of jurisdictions for formation of reinsurance companies. In particular, he extolled the virtues the Delaware Tribe Indians as a situs for reinsurance. This is due to the Delaware Tribe’s corporate and insurance codes. Also, reinsurance companies formed in the Delaware Tribe are not subject to income tax and premium tax.
Mr. Bailey also leads Bailey Mentoring as a mentor and business coach to clientele in the health and wellness industry. He provides clients, such as doTERRA Wellness Advocates, with dedicated support in the areas of cultivating positive energy and increasing confidence. Mr. Bailey also coaches professional regarding such issues how to form a productive partnership, how to manage the expectation of staff members, and how to build an effective sales funnel for a professional practice. He also advises on business-related topics such as income taxation, books and records, and choice of entity.
In his free time, B. Todd Bailey of Idaho enjoys outdoor activities such as cycling and riding four-wheelers. Each spring break, he and his family take in the scenery in St. George, Utah. He is also an avid shooter. In particular, he enjoys shooting skeet. In fact, this is often a family affair. Mr. Bailey and his wife and children also like shooting. From time to time, the Baileys go to shooting courses that have stations akin to golf holes. Each station presents a new challenge. Bailey’s youngest daughter gives him the most competition for family sharp shooter.
Todd Bailey also enjoys traveling with his wife and children. They go to Disneyland as often as time permits. For years, they were Disneyland Annual Pass holders even though they lived a thousand miles from the park. The Baileys also enjoy Zion National Park (twice in 2015) where they can hike and bike the canyons. A recent family reunion took them to the east entrance to the Zion. Each morning, as they entered the Park, they stopped to watch bighorn sheep sunning themselves on the red sandstone.