Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Fraser Irving

Quarterly insurance rates continue to increase

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Global commercial insurance pricing has continued to increase in Q3 2019, marking...
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Friday, October 11, 2019
Fraser Irving

Winners announced: Asia Captive Review Awards

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The second annual Captive Review Asia Awards were held in Singapore on...
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Friday, August 09, 2019
Fraser Irving

Captive growth potential in Asia ‘tremendous’, says LFSA

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Captives are on the rise in Asia because of their cost efficiency...
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Friday, November 09, 2018
Richard Cutcher

Sean Welsch launches captive manager in Asia

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Sean Welsch, formerly of Zurich Insurance Company, has launched an independent captive...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Richard Cutcher

Allianz expands ART unit to Asia Pacific

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Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) has expanded its alternative risk...
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Thursday, July 19, 2018
Richard Cutcher

Singapore multinational forms captive in Labuan, four new licences in 2018

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Labuan issued four new captive licences in the first six months of...
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Thursday, April 19, 2018
Richard Cutcher

Hong Kong has captive potential, but tax changes not a “game changer”

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The tax changes tipped to encourage captive formations in Hong Kong is...
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Richard Cutcher

Labuan licences six captives in 2017

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There were six pure captive insurance companies formed in Labuan during 2017....
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Monday, November 20, 2017
Richard Cutcher

XL Catlin appoints Asia captive lead

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Shiwei Jin has been promoted to global programme and captive regional director...
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Richard Cutcher

Exclusive: White Rock premium to double in 2017, Asia entity discussed

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The gross written premium running through Aon’s White Rock entities is estimated...
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Thursday, August 17, 2017
Richard Cutcher

Captives emerging from “uneasy relationship” with regulators – BNM Governor

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Datuk Muhammad Ibrahim, Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, conceded that regulators have...
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Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Captive Review

White Paper: Attitudes Towards Captive Insurance in Asia

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Captive Review has published the white paper, Attitudes Towards Captive Insurance in Asia,...
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Captive Review

Captive Review to present Asia white paper at Labuan conference

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The Labuan International Business and Financial Centre (Labuan IBFC) and Labuan International...
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Friday, April 28, 2017
Richard Cutcher

Labuan takes optimistic view of Asia’s captive market

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The Labuan International Business and Financial Centre has published its annual report...
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Friday, March 17, 2017
Richard Cutcher

Asia Has Stopped Responding

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Labuan has become Asia’s most pro-active captive domicile as it looks to reboot...
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Friday, March 17, 2017
Richard Cutcher

Final Word: Steve Tunstall

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Steve Tunstall is general secretary of the Pan Asia Risk & Insurance...
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Richard Cutcher

Marketing captives as tax vehicles a big mistake in Asia – Steve Tunstall

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Steve Tunstall, general secretary of the Pan Asia Risk & Insurance Management...
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Friday, March 03, 2017
Richard Cutcher

Hong Kong concedes “lagging behind” captive competition

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The Hong Kong financial services community has addressed the “crisis” enveloping the...
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Sunday, February 26, 2017
Richard Cutcher

Labuan IBFC targeting regional captive hub status

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The next step in Labuan’s domicile development will be to become the...
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Friday, January 20, 2017
Richard Cutcher

Singapore’s Beps response a positive step – Aon

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Singapore’s move to withdraw its tax exemption for captives and bring it...
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Thursday, December 01, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Asian captives in 2017: Multi-line programmes, alternative capacity and re-domestication

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The maturing sophistication of Asian risk managers and the captive market is...
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Monday, October 03, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Asian market and Vermont cells contributing to HDI captive growth

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HDI Global, the industrial lines division within the German insurance group Talanx,...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Asian captive market to continue upward trajectory – Aon

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The soft insurance market has not depressed interest among Asian businesses in...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Captive Review August Edition

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Captive sophistication is an area we have explored in increasing depth in...
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Tuesday, July 07, 2015
Captive Review

New captive innovations on Asia’s horizon

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Consumer warranty services using a captive insurance vehicle are tipped as potential...
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Thursday, June 18, 2015
Richard Cutcher

ACE establishes Asia division for captive owning clients

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Insurers and fronting specialists ACE Group have set up a new business...
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Friday, February 06, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Asia-Pacific bringing new captive business to Hawaii

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Sanford Saito, Hawaii’s captive insurance administrator, is reviewing three applications from businesses...
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Thursday, April 10, 2014
Richard Cutcher

Owens: Captive concept taking grip in Asia

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Captives are beginning to take off in Asia, according to Paul Owens,...
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Richard Cutcher

JLT targets Asia with tailored ICC structure

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JLT Insurance Management (JLTIM) is targeting Asian corporations, having formed the first...
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Friday, November 22, 2013
Richard Cutcher

Captive Asia summit update

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Risk managers in Asia were briefed this week on the range of...
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Friday, October 04, 2013
Richard Cutcher

China and Captives

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According to caricature China makes things you can drop on your foot....
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Monday, August 05, 2013
Richard Cutcher

Report: Huge reinsurance growth potential in Asia

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Insurance growth in Asia, coupled with the region's low contribution to global...
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Richard Cutcher

Study: Asia holds more captive premium than Europe

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Europe has been superseded by Asia, in terms of the percentage of...
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Monday, July 08, 2013
Richard Cutcher

BNP Paribas in joint venture with Bank of Beijing

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Netherlands-based bancassurer ING Group is selling its 50% share of its Chinese...
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Richard Cutcher

Willis Capital Markets & Advisory appoints Michael Guo head of Asia

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Willis Group Holdings has appointed Michael Guo as managing director and head...
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Friday, March 30, 2012
Richard Cutcher

Asia assets underinsured by 30%

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Industrial assets in Asia are typically being under-insured by 30% by telecommunications,...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Richard Cutcher

Kane raises funds and changes CEO

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Kane has raised additional funding from its principal shareholder and confirmed the...
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Richard Cutcher

Aon Benfield makes Asia Pacific appointments

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Aon Benfield has grown its Asia Pacific division with two new recruits....
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Features
Q&A: Big Ticket’s Ken Fraser and Rob Bartlett
Fresh from winning Insurtech Solution of the Year at the Captive Review US Awards earlier...
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Growth opportunities for PCCs and PCC cells in the UK and Europe
Michael Whitfield of Atlas Insurance PCC explains how, after the disruption caused by Brexit, the...
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North Carolina: A leader in cell captives
Lori Gorman of the North Carolina Department of Insurance answers Captive Review’s questions about the...
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831(b) Institute: IRS campaign against micro-captives threatens large captives
The IRS is biding its time by taking on micro-captives and will eventually refocus on...
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