The Cayman Islands licensed four new captive insurance companies and one portfolio insurance company in Q3 2018, according to statistics from CIMA

Spirit Insurance Company and Radius Insurance Company have had their financial strength ratings of A (Excellent) and long-term issuer credit ratings of “a” affirmed by A.M. Best

Lloyd’s Brussels will write facultative reinsurance and non-proportional excess of loss treaty reinsurance across all markets in the EEA, effective 1 January 2019

FICOH has promoted Kei Kobayashi to vice president and COO of its subsidiary, FiRMS

R&Q has issued a facultative reinsurance certificate to a large US property and casualty carrier from a cell within its wholly owned subsidiary, R&Q Quest Insurance

The South Carolina Captive Insurance Association’s 19th Annual Executive Educational Conference has been successfully rescheduled to 11 and 13 of December while retaining its original schedule

AIG’s European subsidiary, AIG Europe, has received the final UK approval needed to complete the restructuring of AIG’s European operations and ensure AIG’s readiness for Brexit

Mindsets amongst regulators in the insurance industry must change to be more conducive to innovation, according to panellists at the 2018 European Insurance Forum

Roundstone Insurance has launched Roundstone University, its eLearning educational platform aimed at helping consultants to develop their captive and self-insurance knowledge

Ireland will grow exponentially as an insurance hub over the next few years, according to Kevin Thompson, CEO of Insurance Ireland

Diversity will be a “game changer” for insurance companies, according to Vievette Henry, global head of organisational effectiveness at AIG, US

Innovation happening outside the insurance industry can have an important impact within the industry, according to Brona Magee, deputy CEO, head of global markets, SCOR Global Life