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Lumen Re maintains ‘Excellent’ credit rating
14 May 2024
Bermuda Reporter Diana Bui

A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of ‘a’ (Excellent) of Lumen Re, based in Bermuda.

Florida Senate Bill 516 fails to pass into law
12 May 2023
US Reporter Jenna Lomax

While the Bill successfully came out of every committee — including final passage by the House of Representatives in recent weeks — the legislative session ended on 5 May, with no further action taken since

NRRA to escalate fundraising plan to combat Florida 516 bill
02 May 2023
US Reporter Frances Jones

The NRRA is escalating its fundraising for a pushback plan to the Florida 516 Bill on motor vehicle liability policies

NRRA set to oppose Florida bill after RRG fears
03 April 2023
US Reporter Carmella Haswell

The proposed bill — which was introduced by committee vice chair and Florida senator Nick DiCeglie — was unanimously approved by the Senate Banking & Insurance Committee at a meeting on 22 March 2023

AM Best affirms positive INPEX credit ratings
05 September 2022
Hong Kong Reporter Klea Neza

AM Best has awarded a financial strength rating of A- (excellent) to INPEX insurance Ltd (ILL) (Bermuda), in addition to a long-term issuer credit rating of “a–”.

A.M. Best affirms ratings of Pfizer captive
14 July 2022
US Reporter Rebecca Delaney

A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength ratings of “A” (Excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of “a+” (Excellent) of Blue Whale Re

A.M. Best: Captives need more sufficient cyber data
21 June 2022
US Reporter Rebecca Delaney

Despite the hardening market and capacity restrictions driving captives as an attractive risk management option for organisations’ cyber risk, sufficient and reliable cyber data for captive insurers remains severely lacking

A.M. Best affirms BNY Mellon captives ratings
27 May 2022
US Reporter Rebecca Delaney

A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of ‘a+’ (Excellent) for both BNY Trade Insurance Ltd and The Hamilton Insurance Corp

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Don’t risk your neck

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

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A new landscape

As a new year begins, the captive industry anticipates another year of growth

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Captivating the next generation

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

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Special perils: how captives can insure against shooting attacks

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

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Skip Myers
Morris, Manning & Martin LLP

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

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Michael Rogers
Risk Services Companies

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

Steven Chirico
A.M. Best

CIT goes behind the scenes of A.M. Best with Steven Chirico to discover how the ratings process really works

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Barbados

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

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District of Columbia

With a ‘very active’ captive market in 2020, DC plans to launch a financial services regulatory sandbox this year that will include captives

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Singapore

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

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Latin American

As Latin American companies look to stabilise their bottom lines, the captive solution is emerging as an effective way to manage insurance market volatility

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