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US agency ‘incorrectly’ banned captive reinsurance arrangement
25 October 2016
Reporter Becky Butcher

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has overruled the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) decision to prohibit PHH Corporation’s captive reinsurance arrangement...

R&Q acquires USA Swimming captive
23 September 2016
Reporter Becky Butcher

Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings (R&Q) has acquired the United States Sports Insurance Company (USSIC), a wholly owned captive of USA Swimming...

Captives deserve TRIA benefits too, says SIIA
02 June 2016
Reporter Becky Butcher

Captives should not be treated differently than other insurers when participating in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (TRIP), according to the SIIA...

Reinsurance Association of America elects new chair
05 May 2016
Reporter Becky Butcher

Michael Sapnar, president and CEO of Transatlantic Re, has been elected chair of the Reinsurance Association of America’s board of directors...

IRS wins micro captive battle
15 April 2016
Reporter Becky Butcher

The Internal Revenue Services (IRS) can use a deficiency case to challenge the legality of micro captive arrangements, the US Tax Court has ruled...

Micro captives remain on the ‘Dirty Dozen’ list
19 February 2016
Reporter Becky Butcher

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has continued to scrunitise captive insurance with micro captives featuring on the ‘Dirty Dozen’ tax scams list for the second year running...

FHFA finally issues captive ban
13 January 2016
Reporter Mark Dugdale

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has finally banned captives from being members of the Federal Home Loan Bank system, despite widespread hostility to the move...

Congress plans to raise 831(b) premium limit
09 December 2015
Reporter Becky Butcher

An amendment has been introduced into US Congress that proposes increasing the premium limit of the 831(b) election from $1.2 million to $2.2 million...

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