The year 2021 marked the best year for directors’ and officers’ insurers’ premium, volume and direct profitability since 2014, according to a new A.M. Best market segment report
The majority of insurers and reinsurers in EMEA demonstrated stability and resilience in 2021 despite a challenging economic environment, according to a new benchmarking report by A.M. Best
BMS Re has acted as broker in a legacy reinsurance transaction on behalf of Applied Medico-Legal Solutions Risk Retention Group
A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-’ (Excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of ‘a-’ (Excellent) of Federated Underwriting Company, the single-parent captive of global financial services firm State Street
Innovation within the insurance industry to address evolving climate risks could see business opportunities for captive insurance, according to a new A.M. Best special report
Insurance fronting company Concert Group Holdings has formed Concert Specialty Insurance Company, an excess and surplus lines carrier domiciled in Montana
A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-’ (Excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of ‘a-’ (Excellent) for Jamestown Insurance Company, a single-parent captive of Hess Oil and Gas Holdings
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
Reinsurance is fundamentally important in protecting a firm’s exposure to a specific risk or catastrophic event, as industry professionals discuss its relationship with captives
As a new year begins, the captive industry anticipates another year of growth
Celebrating its 38th Annual conference in Burlington, Vermont, the VCIA event focused on how the industry should address the talent crisis and the tools that can be used to attract the next generation
A.M. Best discusses the growing marketplace demand and gap in general liability policies that has led the emergence of captive insurance in active assailant insurance coverage
Close tabs need to be kept on the NAIC to make sure that it is not overreaching and doing something that is adverse to the interests of the alternative market, says Skip Myers of Morris, Manning & Martin LLP
Michael Rogers of Risk Services Companies tells CIT why the group captive structure can be a winner, and how companies should go about setting one up
CIT goes behind the scenes of A.M. Best with Steven Chirico to discover how the ratings process really works
Kirk Cyrus of SRS Barbados, Darren Treasure of London & Capital, and Gregory Smith of Deloitte discuss current market conditions in the captive industry of Barbados, and the landscape of emerging risks
With a ‘very active’ captive market in 2020, DC plans to launch a financial services regulatory sandbox this year that will include captives
Singapore maintains its place and reputation as the top Asian domicile but industry experts warn it also needs to keep pace with international regulatory frameworks
As Latin American companies look to stabilise their bottom lines, the captive solution is emerging as an effective way to manage insurance market volatility
