# About Helio Risk | Captive Insurance Leadership

> Meet the partners behind Helio Risk: captive formation, enterprise risk consulting and decades of experience on both the owner and manager side.

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# One team, every phase

Helio Risk was built around a simple idea: insurance expense should build capital, not disappear. A small partner-led team handles formation, management and the risk consulting behind it.

[Discuss Your Risk Strategy](/contact)[(405) 960-2005](tel:+14059602005)

## Why Helio Risk exists

Most businesses treat insurance as a sunk cost: premium goes out, and nothing comes back unless something goes wrong. Helio Risk designs and manages captive insurance programs that turn that same spending into an asset the business owns and controls.

The team is ICCIE trained, meaning every program is built by people formally educated in captive insurance structure and regulation, not sold as an add-on to a traditional policy.

## Led by partners, not a call center

Three partners run the firm day to day, backed by a team of nine across accounts, operations, accounting and risk control.

### Heather McClure

Managing Partner & General Counsel
JD, LLM, ACI, CPHRM. Decades of experience in risk financing, risk management, insurance procurement, captive operations, claims and litigation. Named #15 on Captive Review's Power 50 in 2026.[Read the full bio](/team/heather-mcclure)

### Kyle Sweet

Partner & Chief Strategy Officer
JD. Decades of experience as a lawyer for business clients, captives and commercial insurance companies. Hosts the firm's own podcast, Captive Conversations.[Read the full bio](/team/kyle-sweet)

### Blake Kerr

Partner & Chief Financial Officer
CPA, ACI. Leads accounting, financial operations, consulting and syndicating capital across the firm's captive programs.[Read the full bio](/team/blake-kerr)

## The staff behind every program

Nine people across accounts, operations, accounting and risk control keep every captive on track.

- ### Victor Gallardo
Senior Account Manager

- ### Grace Topete
Director of Business Operations

- ### Jenny Smith
Senior Accountant

- ### Dameon Allensworth
Account Manager, JD

- ### Adam McDade
Account Manager

- ### Andrew Hansen
Account Specialist

- ### Renee Engleking
Clinical Risk Manager

- ### Kristyn Bennett
Executive Assistant

- ### Ken Rowe
Senior Captive Risk Consultant

[Meet the full team](/team)

## By the numbers

12partners and staff

5markets served

2core service lines

ICCIEtrained team

## Recognized in the industry

- ### Power 50, 2026
Heather McClure named #15 on Captive Review's Power 50, recognizing decades shaping the captive insurance industry from both the owner and manager side.

- ### Captive Review feature
Heather McClure featured in a Captive Review article on the firm's multi-location growth, August 2026.

- ### The Fearless Mindset Podcast
Kyle Sweet featured on episode 298, discussing captive insurance, security and emerging AI threats.

## The firm's own podcast

Helio Risk publishes Captive Conversations, hosted by Kyle Sweet. The first episode, "From Expense to Asset: Captive Insurance Investment," ran in June 2026 with guest Madeline Jacobs, CPFA.

## Talk to the team directly

An introductory conversation helps identify the information needed for a more detailed assessment.

[Discuss Your Risk Strategy](/contact)[(405) 960-2005](tel:+14059602005)

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Helio Risk, (405) 960-2005, info@heliorisk.com, Oklahoma City, OK
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