Duane Castles profile

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Open in a new window

Duane founded Prime Advisors, Inc® in 1988.

He has overall responsibility for implementing investment policies Open in a new window for clients and supervising investment operations.

Duane has been actively involved Open in a new window with both individual and institutional clients since 1983.

Prior to founding Prime, Duane Open in a new window was at Seattle-Northwest Securities.

He also managed the Municipal Bond Department at U.S. Bank in Portland, Oregon where he had overall responsibility for trading and underwriting Open in a new window .

During his tenure, the bank’s bond trading earnings were consistently at record levels.

Along with Vince Rowland, Duane developed the theory of Dynamic Cash Flow Open in a new window Risk Reward AnalysisSM, and the return on surplus portfolio analysis methodology for insurance company portfolios.

Duane graduated from Washington State University Open in a new window with a BA in Business Administration (Finance and Economics), and was both an MSRB (Municipal Securities) Registered Representative and an MSRB Principal.

Prime Advisors Open in a new window , Inc.® was founded in 1988 with the express purpose of specializing in the management of insurance company investment portfolios.

Over the years, Prime has developed a disciplined approach Open in a new window to working with insurance companies to help them establish investment strategies that are linked to their unique financial goals and objectives.

We work closely with our insurance company Open in a new window clients and their advisors to help address the complexity of managing insurance assets and creating appropriate investment strategies.

West Coast Office Open in a new window

Prime Advisors Open in a new window

Redmond Ridge Corporate Center

22635 NE Marketplace Drive

Suite 160

Redmond, WA 98053

(800) 281-7746

East Coast Office Open in a new window

Prime Advisors Open in a new window

100 Northfield Drive

4th Floor

Windsor, CT 06095