Cypress Insurance Company Archives

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Captive Review

The Debate: Surplus Lines Broker v Fronting

Tags: Cypress Insurance Company, Fronting, Microsoft, Steve Bauman, Surplus lines, Washington State, XL Catlin

Washington’s insurance commissioner Mike Kreidler has made it known he is putting...

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Richard Cutcher

Washington state: Mike Kreidler is not “anti-captive”

Tags: Cypress Insurance Company, Microsoft, Mike Kreidler, Regulation, Washington State

Washington state’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner has said Mike Kreidler is...

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Richard Cutcher

Lid lifted on Microsoft’s legal arguments in Washington dispute

Tags: Cypress Insurance Company, Microsoft, Tax, Washington State

Lawyers representing Microsoft’s captive in its dispute with Washington state were set...

Monday, August 13, 2018

Richard Cutcher

Microsoft settles with Washington state, Commissioner fires warning shot at captives

Tags: Cypress Insurance Company, Microsoft, Washington State

Washington's Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has warned other captives insuring risk in...

Friday, August 10, 2018

Richard Cutcher

Industry increasingly concerned by Microsoft, Washington dispute

Tags: Cypress Insurance Company, Dodd-Frank, Microsoft, Regulation, Tax

America’s captive insurance industry is “increasingly less optimistic” that Microsoft and Washington...

Friday, May 25, 2018

Richard Cutcher

Is Microsoft Ready to Fight?

Tags: Cypress Insurance Company, Microsoft, Regulation, Washington State

Washington State has angered the captive insurance industry by serving Microsoft’s captive...

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Richard Cutcher

Captive associations on standby in Microsoft case

Tags: Arizona, Cypress Insurance Company, Microsoft

Captive insurance associations have expressed concern at the action being taken by...

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Richard Cutcher

Microsoft urged to fight Washington cease & desist order

Tags: Cypress Insurance Company, Microsoft, Self-procurement, Self-procurement tax, Washington State

The cease and desist order issued by Washington’s Insurance Commissioner has been...

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...

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...

North Carolina: A leader in cell captives

Lori Gorman of the North Carolina Department of Insurance answers Captive Review’s questions about the...

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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