Private equity and investment advisory firm CVC Capital Partners has acquired run-off reinsurance and acquisition group RiverStone Europe from Fairfax Financial Holdings

TigerRisk Partners has appointed Tim Edwards as catastrophe analytics lead for Europe, Middle East and Africa, effective October 2021

The District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking has received a five-year accreditation renewal from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners

Pinnacle Actuarial Resources has appointed Daniel Linton as senior consulting actuary and Roberto Perez as consulting actuary

Speciality insurance brokerage and risk management company Risk Strategies has acquired Danna-Gracey, a medical malpractice insurance specialist

The North Carolina Captive Insurance Association has named Brady Young as a featured speaker at its upcoming annual conference on 1 September

The Vermont Captive Insurance Association has named two new members to its board of directors, Joe Carter and Gail Newman, effective October 2021

Marsh McLennan Agency has appointed Derek Martisus and Adam Forstot to its Captive Center of Excellence, where they will work closely with the Marsh Captive Solutions group

Swiss Re has appointed Julie Stephenson as global head of casualty to replace Jason Richards who has been named as country president and CEO for the UK and Ireland

Although the insurance industry as a whole is experiencing a hard market which has led to increased interest in alternative risk financing, risk retention groups are behind other types of captive structures in terms of new formations

Aon has been selected by Kraft Heinz to administer an investment service for captive insurers to Noble Insurance Company DAC, its captive subsidiary

Parametric insurance provider Arbol has launched a solution for climate change risk management, Captive+Parametric