The insurance industry has an important role to play in adaptation and mitigation measures to tackle the effects of climate change, according to Sheri Wilbanks, head of group risk management, property and casualty climate and sustainability at AXA XL

Insurance broker and consulting firm NFP has expanded its medical stop-loss and self-funded group captive business with the acquisitions of East Coast Underwriters and Blue Ridge Captive Solutions PCC

Audit partner Diana Hardy has been selected as chair of the North Carolina Captive Insurance Association

Risk Strategies has acquired employee benefits and risk services consulting firm The Gehring Group

The Bermuda captive industry has launched The Bermuda Captive Network, a membership-focused organisation providing education, business development and representation for Bermuda’s captive and managed insurance industry

Rocke, who joined the company on 1 February 2022 as managing director, has been a resident of Bermuda since 2006

The licences granted by the state were for new captive formations and the re-domestication of some captives to Connecticut from other domicile states

PMA Companies has appointed Steven Woodard as captives and programmes leader within the firm’s specialty markets division

Insurance and reinsurance broker BMS has appointed Ian Matheson as non-executive chairman of its Canadian operations

Property, casualty, accident and health insurance solutions provider Crum & Forster has appointed Mark Coyle as assistant vice president of captives

The Captive Insurance Companies Association has revealed former World Champion triathlete and coach Siri Lindley as the keynote speaker for its 2022 International Conference

Appleby has acted as Bermuda counsel to Integral ILS regarding the insurance-linked securities fund manager’s total investor commitments of more than US$1.4 billion