Prior to 1996 he was a senior vice president of an international insurance/ reinsurance consulting firm providing management and accounting services to private and public institutions. Mr. Oates has held a number of industry management and academic positions, including various executive financial positions with holding companies, underwriting organizations; and as vice-president, reinsurance operations, with a reinsurance intermediary. In 1988, he co-founded a consulting firm, which was subsequently merged into an international network.

For eight years, he was an adjunct instructor of accounting at Queens College, Rutgers University, and for three years was an instructor in property/casualty insurance accounting and annual statement preparation at the New York College of Insurance.

Kevin is a graduate of New York University, and received an MBA in Corporate Finance from Rutgers University. He is a Fellow of the Life Management Institute (FLMI), and holds the Associate in Reinsurance (ARE), and Associate in Insurance Accounting and Finance (AIAF) designation from the Insurance Institute of America. He is the author of the Reinsurance Accounting Chapter of the Strain Reinsurance Textbook and a contributing author to the NAIC Receiver's Handbook.