Acadia Professional, the US medical professional liability firm, has appointed Brian Kern as partner

A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and the long-term issuer credit rating of “a” of Palms Insurance, the captive insurer of renewable energy company NextEra Energy

BNY Trade Insurance and The Hamilton Insurance Corporation, have had their financial strength ratings of A (Excellent) and their long-term issuer credit ratings of “a+” affirmed by A.M. Best

CIC Services has launched a new programme designed to make captives a viable option for small to medium-sized companies that may otherwise be too small to consider using them in place of commercial insurance

Beecher Carlson has created a risk optimisation group to assist clients and prospective clients identify, quantify, and mitigate their risks

The CCIA 2019 Collaborative will offer delegates “a blend of state-of-the-art content on cutting edge topics with a more relaxed networking environment”, according to Steve DiCenso, CCIA president

Accenture and Generali Employee Benefits have debuted a first-of-its-kind blockchain solution for employee benefits aimed at transforming the reinsurance process for captive insurance services

Nigel Feetham, partner at Hassans International Law Firm, has been appointed to the rank of Queen's Counsel

Reinsurers continue to offer coverage and terms to insurers that show that reinsurance capital is weathering the storm of the prior few years’ catastrophe events, despite total global reinsurance capital falling by 3 percent in 2018

NGRe, the single parent captive of global car manufacturer Nissan, has had its financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and long-term issuer credit rating of “a” affirmed by A.M. Best

Atlas Insurance PCC has promoted Ian-Edward Stafrace to chief strategy officer

Richard Daley, president of JLT Insurance Management (Bermuda), will join Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS) Bermuda as its new managing director on 1 August