Marsh, the world's leading insurance broker and risk advisor, has appointed Julie S. Boucher as leader of the firm’s U.S. Captive Solutions Practice, which currently manages nearly 350 captive insurance companies in seven major U.S. domiciles and has 114 employees.

Ms. Boucher, a managing director of Marsh based in the Burlington, Vermont office, will be responsible for the growth and development of the U.S. captive domicile operations, including Vermont, Connecticut, New York, South Carolina, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii. 

Ms. Boucher, who has been with Marsh for 21 years, has held a number of management positions with the firm.  Most recently, she was head of the firm's Captive Solutions Practice in Vermont, where she was responsible for overseeing all aspects of the firm's captive management and servicing operations in the state.  She also has been involved in establishing Marsh's operations in a number of existing U.S. captive domiciles.

A certified public accountant, Ms. Boucher earned a B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of Southern Louisiana.  A member of the Vermont Society of CPAs and the AICPA, Ms. Boucher is active in the Vermont Captive Insurance Association and formerly served on the state’s Captive Advisory Board.

With nearly 450 employees in 31 captive insurance domiciles worldwide, Marsh's Captive Solutions Practice currently manages more than 1,100 captive insurance companies.  The Practice provides a full range of captive management services, including actuarial, auditing, benchmarking, captive assessments, and related advisory and consulting services, such as captive feasibility studies, strategic reviews, and assistance with domicile selection.