Butler Snow attorney Benjamin Arthur Whitehouse has been appointed as chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Business Law Section’s Captive Insurance Committee. Whitehouse’s three-year term will begin in September at the conclusion of the 2020 Business Law Section Annual Meeting.
The committee’s mission is “to further the education of those who work with captive insurance companies and related alternative risk transfer structures and transactions.” The ABA’s Business Law Section is a global network of approximately 50,000 business law professionals interested in expanding professional knowledge, engaging with professional communities and advancing experiences.
Whitehouse is a member of Butler Snow’s business department and practices within the regulatory and government relations practice group. He focuses his practice on general insurance and captive insurance matters. Whitehouse is a former supervising attorney and assistant general counsel of the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance as well as assistant attorney general for the state.
Whitehouse holds a certificate from the International Center for Captive Insurance Education as an Associate in Captive Insurance and previously held a certification as a Professional in Insurance Regulation by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. He received his undergraduate degree from Wabash College and his Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law. Whitehouse also holds a master of laws in taxation from Boston University School of Law to support his work in captive insurance.
