Guernsey has the opportunity to make itself a more attractive captive domicile by taking advantage of increased demand in the alternative risk transfer market, says a strategic review of the island’s insurance sector by Cutts-Watson Consulting
A ruling by the US District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee has ordered for the Internal Revenue Service to set aside Notice 2016-66 in its abiding suit against captive manager CIC Services
Data and analytics capabilities are becoming increasingly important ‘table stakes’ in the property and casualty sector across Europe, North America and Asia, according to a session at the Barbados Risk and Insurance Management conference
Cyber insurance is not an exhaustive replacement for robust security capabilities, warns Niel Harper, founder and chairman of Octave Consulting Group, in a session at the Barbados Risk and Insurance Management conference
Companies of all shapes, sizes and industries are evaluating their alternative risk financing strategies in response to the continued hard market conditions, according to a session at the Barbados Risk and Insurance Management conference
Nine captive insurance domicile associations and the Self-Insurance Institute of America have filed an amicus brief in support of state insurance regulation in the ongoing case, United States of America v. Delaware Department of Insurance
Specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies has acquired Cambridge Advisory Group, expanding its existing national employee benefits practice
Zurich North America has appointed Adriana Scherzinger as head of captives and sales execution for US national accounts
Cyber insurance provider Cowbell Cyber has raised US$100 million in Series B funding to facilitate further investment in cyber risk underwriting for small and medium-sized enterprises
Captive insurance management and risk consulting group Align Risk Solutions has acquired Montera Captive Insurance Management, an Arizona-based captive insurance manager
The National Collegiate Athletics Association has formed a captive ahead of its 2022 tournament to provide directors’ and officers’ liability and event cancellation coverage
PMA Companies has appointed Vince Perrotta as senior underwriting specialist within the specialty markets division