For decades, Jon Harkavy has been an advocate in the legal and political arenas on behalf of captive clients and the alternative insurance market community. Risk Services is one of the largest captive managers of risk retention groups in the U.S. He served as Director of Governmental Affairs and General Counsel to the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), where he played a key role in the enactment of the Federal Liability Risk Retention Act Amendments of 1986.

Jon also served as Chair of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA), and Chair of the American Bar Association’s Self Insurers Risk Managers Committee. He is currently the Board Director of Nevada Captive Insurance Association and the National Risk Retention Association (NRRA), and serves on the faculty of the International Center for Captive Education (ICCIE).

Jon is a published author in numerous trade publications and a recipient of the 2013 National Risk Retention’s Karen Cutts Visionary Award, presented at the association’s 26th annual conference.