Ryan Specialty is to acquire Socius Insurance Services, a North Carolina-headquartered wholesale insurance broker
Legacy reinsurer RiversStone International has appointed Heather Thomas (pictured) and Jose Vazquez as independent non-executive directors of its UK subsidiaries
Tawana Tannock has been appointed president of the board of directors at Hydra Insurance Company, the captive reinsurance company of the International Group of P&I Clubs
Based in California, and founded by Gordon Dougherty in 1933, Dougherty is a full-service insurance agency focused on captive insurance, personal, business and marine solutions
The Delaware Department of Insurance has published its annual performance and productivity data, indicating continued success in serving consumers throughout the state
Approved by the Bermuda Monetary Authority, the transaction is structured as a loss portfolio transfer and has been underwritten by Compre’s class 3B Bermudian insurer, Pallas Reinsurance
AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the long-term issuer credit rating of “bbb-” (Good) of Conifer Insurance Company and White Pine Insurance, subsidiaries of Conifer Holdings
Zlata Cavka, an account administrator working with captive companies in Vermont, speaks with Diana Bui about captive management and emerging opportunities in the industry
Timothy Marlin, senior vice president in Cyber Practice for US and Canada at Marsh, talks about the structure and operating model of Edgware Re group captive
Jeb Dunkelberger, founder and CEO of ClearPoint Health, talks about the company’s new initiative focusing on the ‘full spectrum’ of alternative risk solutions for health insurance
Dr Dirk Höring, member of HDI Global’s executive board for property, engineering and marine insurance, and risk consulting, explains about the new climate risk reporting (CRR) service and its benefits for captives
In the first of two articles on captive legislation in US states, Diana Bui talks to regulators from Vermont, Utah and North Carolina about their strategies to stay competitive and adapt to industry changes
J.J. DeBrosse, Tom Faulconer and William Gulley from Butler University’s Lacy School of Business, talk about different programmes for professionals working in risk and insurance industry
Andy Roderique, assistant vice president at IPFSDirect, and Greg Cobb, director of Insurance Solutions at Sage Advisory Services, discuss how effective investment and payment strategies contribute to captive growth
Henry Brandts-Giesen and Jackson Tu’inukuafe of Dentons talk about key domiciles for captive insurance in Asia Pacific
As South Carolina continues to grow as a captive domicile, the benefits of its stable captive regime have come to bear. Challenges persist in the industry as a whole, however, continued growth will require reflection on how best to handle them
Ten years after the inception of its captive insurance law, North Carolina is flourishing, having hit a significant milestone in licences, and having become the third largest domicile in the US. Ned Holmes examines what the Old North State is doing right
Patrick Ferguson, senior vice president at Marsh Captive Solutions, dissects the key factors that make the Canadian province Alberta a viable option for market participants, and considers how the domicile needs to develop to invite further offshore and onshore participation