The Insider's Guide To Finance

We all hate paying insurance premiums, but it is a fascinating industry!

In this episode, Wesley Sierk reveals a way to insure your company that costs you less and makes you more. Wesley is a career insurance professional who came to realize that insurance companies always have the advantage. It motivated him to found Risk Management Advisors. He advises companies and high net worth individuals on how to structure and manage "captive insurance" companies that cover a number of industries.

Along with explaining how insurance companies make a fortune, the metrics which signal an ideal candidate for captive insurance, and the benefits of setting up a company of this kind including real-world examples, Wesley also has some valuable advice to share regarding building financial resilience and how not to lose what you’ve built.

Show Notes

Key Points From This Episode:
• Wesley shares the realizations and learnings which led him to found his company, Risk
Management Advisors.
• An explanation of what captive means in the context of insurance companies.
• When it makes sense for a business to set up their own private insurance company.
• What captive insurance can look like in the construction industry.
• The industry which struggles most to get insurance.
• Different laws that govern insurers and reinsurers.
• Why Wesley refers to insurance companies as investment vehicles.
• How Risk Management Advisors help their clients get a much higher yield.
• What Risk Management Advisors do and don’t do for their clients.
• Costs of setting up an insurance company, and the management fee that Risk Management
Advisors charge.
• Examples of things to be wary of in the insurance industry.
• The importance of buying reinsurance.
• Good claims versus bad claims.
• How captive insurance can benefit private equity.
• The premise of Wesley’s first book, You Can Make It, But Can You Keep It?
• Wesley shares some examples of where things can go wrong when moving money offshore.
• Advice from Wesley around building financial resilience.
• Why you shouldn’t name your business after yourself.
• Where the value of a business lies.
• A strategy Wesley recommends for holding onto your money.
• How companies with captive insurance benefited during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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What is The Insider's Guide To Finance?

The Insider’s Guide To Finance brings you stories from the front lines of financing public and private companies.

We host seasoned CEO's, fund managers, bankers, brokers and business experts who answer your questions about how to properly finance opportunities and build outstanding success stories.

We dig into the educational ‘how to’s' and mechanics of structuring good deals. You’ll also hear about strokes of luck, tense negotiations, the pressures of closing, as well as how to best engage investors and navigate the private and public markets.