Specialty insurance brokerage One80 Intermediaries has acquired Innovative Risk Management, a programme manager providing captive and alternative risk solutions to agents, brokers and self-insured entities
International Group Program has launched a centre of expertise for innovative global employee benefits solutions, including reinsurance to captive and global underwriting programmes
The Vermont Captive Insurance Association has appointed Kevin Mead as president, effective 22 February
Fenchurch Law, a UK legal firm specialising in working for policyholders and brokers in insurance coverage disputes, has launched a reinsurance and international risks practice group
The Delaware state legislature has passed Senate Bill 203 to amend Title 8 of the Delaware Code, allowing corporations to use captives for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance
Insurance and financial services firm Higginbotham has acquired J.M. Insurance Agency, an independent broker of property and casualty insurance, workers’ compensation and employee benefits
The Captive Insurance Companies Association has named the three finalist teams in its essay contest for risk management and insurance college students, sponsored by Strategic Risk Solutions
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