Insurance Expert Wayne Jenkins Puts Family And Community At Center Stage
One might expect that after 30 years in the insurance business, industry expert Wayne Jenkins would have a standard recipe for success in place. However, that is not how Jenkins, the founder of CaptiveOne Advisors LLC and a longtime Wellington resident, “does” insurance.
His ideas about how to do things differently is what led Jenkins to start his own firm in 2005. CaptiveOne is a national firm, with offices in Wellington and Wilmington, Del., that specializes in building custom, captive insurance programs so that businesses can self-insure against the unexpected.
“We create strategies, based on what our clients need to sustain and thrive when the unforeseen happens,” Jenkins explained. “Our approach is different… we build the improbable, but practical.”
Jenkins keeps family, the next generation of business leaders and the way insurance is perceived at the core of his vision. His two sons, Bryan and Steven, both work in the family business and are each graduates of Jenkins’ own alma mater, the University of Miami.
With a deep bench of insurance industry professionals, skilled specialists and an entrepreneurial spirit, CaptiveOne is poised to expand the public’s perception about the traditional insurance business and how a custom-built captive insurance program can benefit a variety of businesses.
When not working on insurance-business strategy at the office, Jenkins and his sons enjoy traveling, fishing, boating together, fishing tournaments and rooting for the “Canes” at University of Miami games.
“We get outdoors and do a lot of entertaining together,” said Jenkins, who raised his family in Wellington. “My family has seen and experienced this town’s growth first-hand, with its beautiful parks, exceptional schools, programs and businesses.”
The family also aims to give back by investing in their hometown community. This year, Jenkins’ family business has jumped into the equestrian ring with CaptiveOne’s place as an official major sponsor of the 2018 Winter Equestrian Festival.
The annual, world-renowned event, taking place through April 1 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, features Olympic-caliber competitions, exhibitions and clinics, attended by more than 6,000 horses, 3,250 riders and 850 trainers. WEF is expected to draw 250,000 people, with participants and visitors from 33 countries and 50 states converging on Palm Beach County’s acclaimed equestrian center. Total prize money awarded over its 12-week run will exceed $8 million.
“I am thrilled to support my community as a sponsor of this iconic, signature event,” said Jenkins, who owns horses, one training in dressage. “The Winter Equestrian Festival, hosted in our hometown, secures Wellington’s place on the world stage.”
CaptiveOne is also the title sponsor for the FEI 5* Grand Prix and Grand Prix Freestyle dressage competitions that take place during the week of Feb. 7 as part of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center’s Equestrian Village location.
“These events afford an opportunity for our children and families to experience them, and it gives us the opportunity to introduce visitors and businesses from all over the world to Wellington to showcase what we have come to love about our town and all it has to offer,” Jenkins said.
To learn more about CaptiveOne Advisors LLC, visit www.captiveone.com.
