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

VCIA conference Q&A: Where the captive world comes to meet

Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) president Kevin Mead and senior marketing director Francis McGill discuss...

Captive manager licensing: worth the cost?

Michael Corbett, Nate Reznicek and Robert Walling explore whether additional captive manager licensing would raise...

Captive owner Q&A: How to build your own captive

Andrew Koegel, the European chief underwriting officer at Toyota Insurance Management, explains what anyone considering...

IMAC: Cayman licensing requirements

Kevin Poole, general manager of the Insurance Managers Association of Cayman, talks through the process...

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