Climate action failure is named as the number one long-term threat to the world, as well as the risk with the potential to cause the most severe impact over the next decade, in the World Economic Forum’s 2022 Global Risks Perception Survey
The alternative markets division of Great American Insurance Group has appointed Jennifer Guidry as vice president of business development and marketing, based in Connecticut
Odell Studner Group, a provider of risk management and insurance services with a specialised focus on captive insurance, is set to merge with the Pennsylvania division of Doyle Alliance Group, an employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm
Artex Risk Solutions has appointed Brendan Helt as account executive for business development, North America
Aquiline Drones Corporation has completed the licensing process to set up the captive insurance subsidiary Aquiline Drones Indemnity Corporation, making it the first US drone manufacturer to do so
The Institute of Risk Management has appointed Clive Thompson as technical director on an interim basis
MS Amlin Asia Pacific has launched its second Asia-focused special purpose reinsurance vehicle, Phoenix 2 Re
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
