New cell formations demonstrate that the captive industry and its ecosystem is becoming more accessible to a growing number of companies considering alternative risk financing, says a panel at the Asian Captive Conference
The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the role of insurance and risk professionals by highlighting the importance of integrating and embedding risk management teams into an organisation, according to a panel at the Asian Captive Conference
Mature group captives face a myriad of potential challenges ranging from member exits, adjustments to captive retentions, complex claims and more, according to a session at the 2021 Cayman Captive Forum
Arthur J. Gallagher has completed the acquisition of Willis Towers Watson’s treaty reinsurance brokerage operations, the combined business of which will trade as Gallagher Re
Canopius Group has appointed Lindsay Astor as head of strategic development, as well as the newly-created role of chief of staff
A.M. Best-rated captives in Bermuda, Cayman Islands and Barbados (BCIB) continue to outperform the US commercial casualty composite in terms of underwriting and operating profitability for the fifth year in a row
MAXIS Global Benefits Network has appointed Paul Lewis as global head of business development, reporting to CEO Mattieu Rouot
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