There is ‘significant interest’ in cannabis companies looking for alternative ways to deal with insurance problems, and captives are a great way for them to look at solving that challenge, according to Patrick Ferguson of Marsh Canada

While the global captive insurance industry has experienced steady growth over the past decade, the use of captive (re)insurers in the GCC countries has been limited to date

The Western Region Captive Insurance Conference 11th annual event has kicked off today in Salt Lake City, Utah

The Bermuda Captive Conference has launched its 17th annual conference, which takes place today and tomorrow in a fully digital format

Hylant Global Captive Solutions has hired Alex Gedge as it expands into the UK. Based in London, Gedge joins as a senior captive consultant

Brown Smith Wallace is set to join forces with Armanino in order for both firms to broaden their Midwest reach, effective on 1 August

Marco Capital, a European property and casualty insurance run-off group, has purchased VA Insurance Services Limited

CIC Services has appointed Shoshanna Simmons to lead its client services division

PMA Companies has named Derek Hopper as executive vice president and chief underwriting officer

Cassie Bachman has rejoined Elevate Risk Solutions as managing director of operations and legal

Mula joins after serving at Aon for 40 years. Most recently, Mula worked as president of Aon Risk Solutions, where he was responsible for all of Aon’s Global Specialty business strategies as well as global carrier relations

Based in Puerto Rico, Melanie Cruz will be responsible for overseeing Lockton’s offering within the Central American market