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Aon to acquire flood specialist
17 June 2014
Reporter Stephen Durham

Aon US Holdings is buying StoneRiver National Flood Services and related entities from StoneRiver Group...

REIT captive gains FHLBanks approval in Chicago
13 June 2014
Reporter Mark Dugdale

Redwood Trust’s special purpose captive insurance subsidiary, RWT Financial, has been approved as a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, effective 6 June...

May weather costly for US insurers
06 June 2014
Reporter Stephen Durham

US insurers have suffered aggregate insured losses estimated at more than $1 billion, despite subdued US tornado season, according to Aon Benfield’s Impact Forecasting catastrophe report...

Global reinsurers improve combined ratio
20 May 2014
Reporter Stephen Durham

A group of global reinsurers tracked by Fitch Ratings have improved their reinsurance calendar year combined ratio to 85.4 percent in 2013, compared with 89.3 percent in 2012...

Fitch confirms strong underwriting in 2013
22 April 2014
Reporter Stephen Durham

Global reinsurers posted solid underwriting gains in 2013, as catastrophe-related losses were manageable and loss reserve development remained favourable, according to Fitch Ratings...

AIG and Scott begin partnership
02 April 2014
Reporter Stephen Durham

AIG Benefit Solutions and Scott Captive Solutions have entered into a strategic partnership to offer CAPvantage Select, a national group medical stop-loss captive programme...

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Giving the folks a loan is a bit of a risk, says Fitch
10 March 2014
Reporter Mark Dugdale

Loans between a captive and its parent are “a potential liquidity risk that could arise if claims volume rose unexpectedly”, according to Fitch Ratings...

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Captive solution for US futures market
18 November 2013
Reporter Daniel Jackson

The National Futures Association has compiled a report on the economic feasibility of adopting an insurance regime that would serve the US futures industry...

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