Holmes Murphy has partnered with Minneapolis-based construction insurance specialists Cobb Strecker Dunphy and Zimmermann

Aon has appointed Andrew Matson the leader of its newly formed Global Portfolio Broking team

Despite a growth in interest in recent years captive insurance companies continue to face challenges in Latin American countries, according to Juan Pablo Cuartas, JLT Re vice president of Latin America

Stonybrook Capital, an investment and merchant bank focused on the insurance sector, has established a new risk management division, which includes an emphasis on captive services

Legacy acquirer DARAG has appointed Tom Booth as DARAG Group CEO, effective 23 July

Lloyd’s of London CEO Inga Beale will step down in 2019, having led the global insurance and reinsurance market for five years

ICCIE has made changes to its CE guidelines for graduates of its ACI designation

US captive manager CIC Services is continuing in its efforts to block implementation of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Notice 2016-66

The North Carolina General Assembly has given final approval to legislation that will exempt ‘foreign’ captive insurance companies from all state taxes

A.M. Best has revised the outlook to “positive” from “stable” for the long-term issuer credit rating and affirmed the financial strength rating of “BBB+ (Good)” and the long-term issuer credit rating of “bbb” of NITIC, a RRG

James Bulkowski is relocating to the Cayman Island from New York to take on an expanded role at Ernst & Young, effective 9 July

Capstone has released a second response to the opinion of the US Tax Court in the Reserve Mechanical Corporation v Commissioner of Internal Revenue case