The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) controversial Notice 2016-66 is an “attempt to poison the carrot” of Section 831(b), according to Sean King, principal of CIC Services...
Captive insurance professionals need to be aware of certain points arising from the updated Common Reporting Standard Regulations, according to Lucy Frew, partner of Walkers Global...
Texas has put forward a new captive bill, HB 1187, proposing the introduction of non-affiliated reinsurance, reciprocal captive structures in the state...
Vermont’s annual update of its captive legislation is underway, with a new bill introduced to the legislature this week...
National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) president Ted Nickel has described the covered agreement between the US and EU as “disappointing”...
UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s desire for a “smooth and orderly” departure from the EU could mean some form of reciprocal passporting for captive owners writing insurance in and out of their respective jurisdictions...
US insurers and reinsurers will now be able to compete in EU markets without having to meet Solvency II requirements, after the completion of a long-mooted covered agreement between the US and the EU...
