Jerry D. Messick, ACI, TRA               Jerry Close Headshot - 013024

Chief Executive Officer                 

 

Experience with Integrity Matters

Jerry has over 40 years of experience in the insurance and alternative risk transfer industry and is a principal and CEO for the Unity group of companies, including Unity Captive Solutions and Unity Captive Insurance Company. The Unity Group is a captive and alternative risk consulting and risk solution services firm that focuses on combining captive insurance companies with its own sponsored captive platform.

Prior to becoming CEO of Unity, Jerry was CEO of two national providers of alternative risk services where he was responsible for loss control, marketing, finance, and insurance company operations. Jerry was heavily involved with updating the legislation in Oklahoma governing captives and actively participates in the Oklahoma Captive Insurance Association.

Jerry surrounds his personal life with his wife Kristin and 4 boys. He is a licensed pilot, scuba diver, private investigator, and nationwide competitor in action pistol shooting. Jerry currently serves as past chairman of the Board for the Oklahoma Youth Orchestras, Founding Member and Founding President of the Oklahoma Captive Insurance Association, owner of Unity Investigations, a private investigation agency focusing on nonprofit organizations, past chairman of the Captive Committee of the Self Insurance Institute of America (SIIA), faculty member of Lawline.com, and is a proud recipient of the Associate of Captive Insurance designation from the International Center for Captive Insurance Education where he serves as an Instructor of Ethics and member of the ICCIE board of directors.