Stephen W. Ries

Mutual Risk Management offers alternative risk financing for clients in the US, Canada, and Europe. Its programs, used for multiple insurance lines, serve as an alternative to traditional commercial insurance and allow its customers to assume their own risk. It offers corporate risk management and is a channel between producers of specialty business and reinsurers wanting to write that business

Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. provides personal and commercial insurance services for individuals, families, businesses, and organizations. It also sells insurance through independent agents and brokers. The company was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Petaluma, CA.

PMA Cos., Inc. provides property and casualty insurance services. It offers third-party administration and risk services specializing in worker's compensation; and providing other commercial property and casualty insurance products, as well as auto and general liability services. The firm serves the healthcare, food manufacturing, wholesale, retail, financial, insurance and real estate industries. Its insurance services include underwriting, financial & actuarial, account management, customer service center, claims, risk control and managed care. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Blue Bell, PA.

Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. provides security brokerage services. It also offers investment banking and advice to high net worth investors, individuals, businesses and institutions. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of telecommunications services. The company was founded on August 31, 1998 and is headquartered in Anchorage, AK.

Fox Paine & Co. LLC is a private equity firm. The firm was founded in 1996 by Saul Fox and Dexter. The firm is headquartered in California, US.

Talegen Holdings, Inc. provides insurance brokerage services. It offers term life, annuities, disability, long term care, property, casualty insurance, and consultancy services to trades unions, individuals, and business marketplace. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Paradigm Ltd. operates as a holding company. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in George Town, Cayman Islands.

Richmond Hill Investments LLC (Richmond Hill) is a registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Ryan Taylor in 2008 and is solely-owned by Essex Equity Holdings LLC. Richmond Hill provides discretionary investment management services to private pooled investment vehicles. The Funds’ investors are high net worth individuals or institutions, such as trusts, family offices, and other professional investors.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP (KKR) is a private equity subsidiary of KKR & Co. Inc founded in 1976 by Henry Kravis, George Roberts and Jerome Kohlberg. The firm is headquartered in New York.

The American Academy of Actuaries provides leadership, objective expertise, and actuarial advice on risk and financial security issues to assist public policymakers on all levels. The private company is based in Washington and has subsidiaries in the United States. The academy also sets qualification, practice, and professionalism standards for actuaries credentialed by one or more of the five U.S.-based actuarial organizations.

Cradle Holdings (Cayman) Ltd. functions as an investment holding Caymanian company. The private company is based in George Town, Cayman Islands. and has subsidiaries in Cayman Islands.

Cradle Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company with interest in the production and distribution of cosmetic products. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The Contemporary Jewish Museum operates as a museum. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Colonial Penn Life Insurance Co. provides life insurance. The company was founded on March 12, 1957 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

vADz, Inc. operates advertising agencies. The private company is based in Cincinnati, OH.

Govino LLC is a private company that introduced the world's first flexible, shatterproof, and BPA-free wine glass in 2008. The company is based in Newport Beach, CA. Originally developed as a trade tool, the crystal-clear polymer material properly showcases the aromatic and flavor profiles of wine and other beverages. The company has won several awards, including the International Design Excellence Award, the Good Design Award, and the Pantone Award. Govino believes in sustainability and has always produced patented designs intended for long-term reuse instead of single-use plastic cups.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

MBIA Insurance Corp. provides insurance services. It works with non-US public financial services. The firm focuses on detecting any deterioration in credit quality or changes in the economic, political or regulatory environment which may adversely affect guaranteed obligations of implementation through the final maturity of transactions. The company is headquartered in Armonk, NY.

Esurance, Inc. provides online insurance services. It offers term life, major medical, annuities, disability, long term care, health, and consultancy services to trades unions, individuals and business marketplace. The company was founded in May 1998 by Chuck Wallace and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.