Monday, February 19, 2018
Richard Cutcher

Kansas seeks to expand captive statute

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The Kansas legislature is considering a bill that would introduce association, branch...
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Thursday, January 18, 2018
Richard Cutcher

Captive premium surpasses $1bn in Tennessee

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Tennessee captives wrote more than $1bn in premium in 2017, the first...
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Thursday, November 09, 2017
Richard Cutcher

Two SPCs among new Cayman licences

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Segregated portfolio companies (SPCs) continue to prosper in the Cayman Islands with...
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Tuesday, November 07, 2017
Richard Cutcher

Pitney Bowes and two RRGs among new Vermont formations

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Global technology firm Pitney Bowes, Inc is one of eight new formations...
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Thursday, September 14, 2017
Richard Cutcher

Insurance agency forms Vermont’s 1,100th captive

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The State of Vermont has passed another milestone, issuing its 1,100th captive...
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Thursday, September 14, 2017
Richard Cutcher

Re-domestication among five new Arizona licences

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Arizona has issued five new captive licences in 2017, including one re-domestication...
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Richard Cutcher

Healthcare captives take number one spot in Vermont

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The healthcare industry has overtaken manufacturing as the largest individual sector owning...
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Monday, July 17, 2017
Richard Cutcher

SPCs and pure captives lead formation activity in Cayman

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The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) licensed nine new insurers in 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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Thursday, November 03, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Labuan IBFC announces priorities for 2017, captives remain key focus

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The Labuan International and Business Financial Centre (IBFC) has identified captive insurance...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Cayman licences 10 insurance entities in Q3

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The Cayman Islands has 655 active captive licences as of 30 September,...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Home state business likely to drive any Florida captive activity

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Florida’s elder care and real estate sectors could be among those set...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Malta expecting a “bumper year” for new formations

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Professor Joe Bannister, chairman of the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), believes...
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Tuesday, September 06, 2016
Richard Cutcher

TxCIA pursuing statute updates in 2017 legislative session

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The Texas Captive Insurance Association (TxCIA) is pursuing two substantial changes to...
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Friday, September 02, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Tennessee Farmers re-domesticate Cayman captive

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An association captive owned by the Tennessee Farmers Cooperative (TFC) has been...
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Thursday, August 25, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Voya Financial captive among new formations in Arizona

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The Arizona Department of Insurance licensed four new captives in the first...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Richard Cutcher

US Virgin Islands targeting captive growth

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The United States Virgin Islands is bidding to kick-start its captive programme...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Pure captives down, but groups and SPCs up in Cayman

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The Cayman Islands had 656 active captive licences at 30 June, 2016...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Vermont captives write $27.5bn premium in 2015

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Captive insurance companies domiciled in Vermont wrote more than $27bn in premium...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Captive Review

Hawaii celebrates 30 years of captives

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Captives in Hawaii are now writing more than $4.34bn in premium and...
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Friday, April 29, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Alabama captive amendments to take effect 1 July

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Alabama’s Governor Robert Bentley has signed House Bill 270 into law amending...
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Friday, April 29, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Governor signs Tennessee captive legislation focusing on re-domestications

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Amendments to Tennessee’s captive statute, including a one-year premium tax holiday for...
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Tuesday, April 05, 2016
Richard Cutcher

North Carolina premium volume rises to $700m in 2015

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Premium written by captive insurance companies domiciled in North Carolina rose by...
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Wednesday, March 09, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Tennessee taking carrot and stick approach to re-domestication pressure

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The beefing up of Tennessee’s self-procurement tax, coupled with the offer of...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Captive Review March Edition

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The months following year-end have been enlightening, intriguing and frustrating in equal measure....
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Nevada licenses 50 new captives in 2015

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The State of Nevada licensed fifty new captives in 2015, bringing its...
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Monday, February 15, 2016
Richard Cutcher

74 pure and 112 series captives added in Delaware

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The State of Delaware licensed 189 risk bearing entities (RBEs) in 2015,...
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Thursday, February 04, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Montana closes in on 200 captives

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Montana licensed 38 new captives in 2015, including 32 pure and two...
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Tuesday, February 02, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Cell business continues to boom in Guernsey

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Guernsey has reported 319 active captives at year-end 2015, three down on...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Richard Cutcher

USA Risk license Arkansas’ first special purpose captive

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Little Rock hospital Baptist Health has established a special purpose captive insurance...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Connecticut confirm Grace appointment, adds three captives in 2015

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Janet Grace has been officially unveiled as head of Connecticut’s Captive Insurance...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Richard Cutcher

North Carolina adds 42 captives in 2015

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North Carolina, actively licensing captives since 2013, is now home to almost...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Tennessee license 57 captives in 2015

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The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance licensed 57 new captives in...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Europe’s captive numbers continue to drop, but Dublin’s up

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Liechtenstein, Malta and the Isle of Man have all reported a decrease...
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Monday, January 25, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Captive exodus continues in Kentucky

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Thirty-one captives were dissolved in Kentucky during 2015, bringing its total number...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Utah reports net increase of 28 captives

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The Utah Insurance Department ended 2015 on 447 captives, having licensed 66...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Texas increases captive count by 9

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The Texas Department of Insurance licensed ten new captives in 2015, taking...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Cayman captive figures drop sharply in 2015

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The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) has reported a steep drop in...
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Friday, January 15, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Swiss regulator to continue with special captive treatment, despite Solvency II

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The advent of Solvency II and the achievement of full equivalence will...
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Friday, January 15, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Bermuda licenses 22 new captives

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Bermuda, the largest captive insurance domicile in the world, licensed 22 new...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Luxembourg makes net loss of 7 captives in 2015

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The Commissariat aux Assurances, Luxembourg’s insurance regulator, has reported to Captive Review...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Richard Cutcher

Oklahoma adds 26 to captive books

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Oklahoma, one of the emerging domiciles in the United States, licensed 26...
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Monday, January 11, 2016
Richard Cutcher

11 re-domestications contributes to 33 new captives in Vermont

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Vermont has reported a record year for re-domestications, licensing 11 captives that...
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Tuesday, January 05, 2016
Richard Cutcher

South Carolina adds 30 RBEs in 2015

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South Carolina’s Department of Insurance has reported a net increase of 12...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Tennessee surpasses the 100 captive landmark

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The State of Tennessee is now home to more than 330 risk...
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Thursday, December 03, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Utah makes “aggressive” move to encourage online applications

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The Utah Captive Insurance Division has launched the Captive Insurer Application portal...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Licence clean up sees pure captive numbers fall further in Cayman

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The number of captive insurance companies licensed in the Cayman Islands has...
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Friday, August 21, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Guernsey makes strong start to 2015

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Guernsey, Europe’s largest offshore captive domicile, has licensed two protected cell companies...
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Monday, August 03, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Redomestications boost Vermont’s performance in 2015

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Vermont, the United States’ largest onshore domicile, has benefitted from five captive...
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Monday, July 27, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Cayman’s captive drop-off a result of healthcare M&As and licence clean up

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The steep drop in captives domiciled in the Cayman Islands during the...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Cayman experiences significant drop-off in Q2 captive numbers

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The Cayman Islands has lost 39 captives in the three month period...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Oklahoma encourages redomestications with captive amendments

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Senate Bill 455 has been signed into law by Oklahoma Governor Mary...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Half year captive formations up in Bermuda

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Bermuda has licensed 10 new captive insurance companies in the first half...
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Thursday, June 18, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Texas governor signs captive enhancements into law

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Senate Bill 667 has been signed into law by Texas Governor Greg...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Richard Cutcher

North Carolina legislation makes progress

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House Bill 163 has been sent to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory...
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Monday, June 08, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Labuan captive count drops by one

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The total number of captive insurance companies domiciled in Labuan dropped by...
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Friday, March 06, 2015
Captive Review

Record breaking 2014 for Nevada

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Nevada’s captive industry enjoyed another record breaking year for captive formations in...
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Thursday, March 05, 2015
Captive Review

Domicile Profile

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Captive Review lifts the lid on the latest statistics from the world's...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Dublin recovery gains pace with 8 new licenses in 2014

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Regulatory clarity and a recovering European economy are thought to be the...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Richard Cutcher

BVI bullish over 2015 prospects with new legislation anticipated

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The British Virgin Islands’ (BVI) regulator is expecting a return to positive...
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Friday, February 20, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Poor regulation in one state could have big effect – Maria Sheffield

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Growing competition between onshore domiciles in the United States is healthy, but...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Mergers and natural cycles reason for Isle of Man closures – David Vick

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The license activity in the Isle of Man is relatively representative of...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Richard Cutcher

No reason Utah growth will slow down – David Snowball

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David Snowball, Utah’s captive insurance director, has told Captive Review the state...
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Monday, February 16, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Delaware makes a net gain of 67 in 2014

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Delaware licensed 87 new captive insurance companies in 2014 with 20 closing...
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Monday, February 09, 2015
Richard Cutcher

42 new captives, 194 new cells in Tennessee

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The state of Tennessee continued its impressive growth as a captive domicile...
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Friday, February 06, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Vale makes way for Ikano as Swiss captive figures remain stable

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Switzerland licensed one new captive and lost one in 2014, with Ikano...
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Thursday, February 05, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Cayman license 22 insurers in 2014

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Grand Cayman licensed 22 new risk bearing entities in the 2014 calendar...
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Thursday, February 05, 2015
Richard Cutcher

TxCIA targets captive legislation amendments after Texas licenses 12 in 2014

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The Lone Star State licensed its first 12 captives in 2014 and...
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Wednesday, February 04, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Montana license 34 new captives in 2014

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Thirty-four captives and 29 new cells were licensed in Montana during 2014,...
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Tuesday, February 03, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Captive formations in Bermuda slows as 16 new entities licensed in 2014

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Bermuda, the world’s largest captive domicile, licensed 16 new captives in the...
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Tuesday, February 03, 2015
Richard Cutcher

North Carolina tops 50 licensed captives, plus 120 protected cells

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Forty-nine captives were either established or relocated to North Carolina during 2014,...
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Monday, February 02, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Oklahoma halfway to 100 captive target

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The state of Oklahoma is now home to 47 captive insurance companies,...
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Friday, January 30, 2015
Richard Cutcher

15 new captives licensed in Hawaii during 2014

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Hawaii licensed 15 new captive insurance companies in 2014, with the premium...
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
Richard Cutcher

South Carolina license 20 new captives in 2014

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Twenty new captives and one re-domestication were licensed by the South Carolina...
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Friday, January 23, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Vermont adds 16 new captives, but loses 17 in 2014

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Vermont, the United States’ leading captive jurisdiction, made a net loss of...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Richard Cutcher

Net growth of 39 insurers for Guernsey in 2014

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There are now 797 international insurers licensed in Guernsey after 85 new...
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Thursday, September 04, 2014
Richard Cutcher

North Carolina could surpass 30 formations in 2014

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The North Carolina Department of Insurance has laid bare its ambition to...
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Wednesday, August 06, 2014
Richard Cutcher

Hong Kong makes play for China’s captives

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Hong Kong’s financial sector is the ideal environment for Chinese corporations to...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Richard Cutcher

Captive and SPI growth slows in Bermuda

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The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) licensed seven new captives in the first...
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Friday, July 11, 2014
Richard Cutcher

Montana surpasses 150 captives

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The state of Montana now has 150 captives licensed in the domicile,...
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Monday, June 30, 2014
Richard Cutcher

Labuan reports 34% rise in captive gross premium

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Malaysia’s offshore financial centre, Labuan, licensed four new captive insurance companies in...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Richard Cutcher

Eveleigh: Still room for more U.S. domiciles

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Contrary to concerns over the proliferation of onshore captive domiciles in the...
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Friday, October 25, 2013
Richard Cutcher

North Carolina opens for business

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North Carolina has commenced operations as a captive insurance domicile. The North...
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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, September 16, 2013
Richard Cutcher

Increase in domiciles may impact regulatory control

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There is a risk that the increase in captive domiciles could potentially...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Richard Cutcher

Rating could cut Solvency II costs says Fitch

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Obtaining a credit rating on a captive could lower the overall capital...
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Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Richard Cutcher

Prysmian’s risk manager

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In 2008, Prysmian Group formed a reinsurance captive in Ireland, which covers...
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Monday, October 03, 2011
Richard Cutcher

Bermuda benefits from Captive Live clients

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Bermuda believes the world still needs to be educated on the benefits...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Richard Cutcher

Trucking company decides to start captive

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An Illinois-based trucking company is looking to start a captive.   Compass...
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Thursday, May 05, 2011
Richard Cutcher

Captive Insurance Database (CID)

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Captive Insurance Database (CID)is the world's most comprehensive online source of captive market...
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Monday, March 08, 2010
Richard Cutcher

List in Our Services Directory

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To submit your entry click on the link below, benefits include: 12...
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Richard Cutcher

White departs Delaware as captive revenue department announced

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Delaware insurance commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced a new captive revenue generating...
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Features
CR TV: Analysing Delaware’s captive market with regulator Stephen Taylor
Director of the Delaware Bureau of Captive and Financial Products Stephen Taylor identifies trends he...
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CR TV: Spring Consulting on key considerations for captive formation
In a wide ranging interview with Spring Consulting's Prabal Lakhanpal and Peter Johnson, the pair...
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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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