EU Archives - Captivereview

Friday, October 18, 2024

Mark Richardson

Revised Solvency II proportionality framework expected by end of 2024

Tags: EU, FERMA, Solvency II

FERMA explains upcoming changes to Solvency II, and how they will benefit...

Monday, January 29, 2024

Mark Richardson

Consultation on EU captive sustainability reporting launched

Tags: EFRAG, EU, sustainability

EFRAG consultation will set the standard for how captives, reinsurers and SMEs...

Friday, January 19, 2024

Mark Richardson

Cayman to be removed from EU’s “high-risk third countries” list

Tags: AML/CFT, Cayman, EU

Change in part relates to the FATF’s assessment that Cayman now complies...

Thursday, December 01, 2022

Mark Richardson

Tax perceptions still a key problem for Caribbean domiciles

Tags: Barbados, captive regulation, captive tax, Caribbean, Cayman Islands, EU, OECD, SRS

SRS Barbados’ Kirk Cyrus tells Captive Review how changing perceptions from the...

Monday, November 28, 2022

Mark Richardson

Three Caribbean domiciles added to EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions

Tags: Bermuda, Captive domicile, captive tax, Caribbean, EU

Anguilla, The Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands were all added...

Thursday, March 03, 2022

Ross Law

Bermuda back on EU grey list

Tags: Annex II, Bahamas, BEPS, Bermuda, BVI, EU, EU Council, Grey List, Guam, Legal, Regulation, US Virgin Islands, Vanuatu

Bermuda has been temporarily added to the European Council's Grey List after a...

Monday, July 08, 2019

Fraser Irving

Spanish authorities agree to ‘mediate’ La Linea special tax status

Tags: Brexit, EU, Gibraltar, La Linea, Spain

The Spanish ruling party's Andalucian arm will help to facilitate the introduction...

Monday, May 20, 2019

Fraser Irving

Three captive domiciles removed from EU blacklist

Tags: Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Blacklist, EU, Tax

Three captive insurance domiciles have been removed from the European Union’s (EU)...

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Fraser Irving

Bermudian govt. travels to Europe in bid to escape blacklist

Tags: Bermuda, Blacklist, EU, Europe, Tax

The Bermudian government is sending a team to Europe in a bid...

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Fraser Irving

Anguilla Finance: Govt. ‘dedication’ kept island off blacklist

Tags: Anguilla, Blacklist, economic substance, EU, Tax, Transparency

Anguilla Finance has hailed the government’s “hard work and dedication” after the...

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Fraser Irving

Guernsey meets EU’s substance requirements

Tags: Captive insurance, EU, Guernsey, Guernsey Finance, substance

Guernsey has met the European Union’s (EU) substance requirements for entities operating...

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Fraser Irving

Bermuda among jurisdictions blacklisted by EU

Tags: Bermuda, Blacklist, economic activity, EU, EU Commission, good governance, Reinsurance, Tax, Transparency

Bermuda has been blacklisted after failing to meet the European Union’s criteria...

Thursday, February 07, 2019

Fraser Irving

Anguilla releases economic substance requirements

Tags: Anguilla, BEPS, Captive insurance, economic substance, EU, government, tax transparency

The government of Anguilla has released its economic substance requirements as it...

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Fraser Irving

OECD scrutiny could trigger uptick in ‘rent-a-captive’ structures

Tags: Barbados, BEPS, cell structure, Deloitte, EU, Guernsey, Mangrove, Marsh, OECD, PCC, Tax

The captive insurance industry has been looking at a number of ways...

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Fraser Irving

OECD scrutiny could trigger uptick in ‘rent-a-captive’ structures

Tags: Barbados, BEPS, cell structure, Deloitte, EU, Guernsey, Mangrove, Marsh, OECD, PCC, Tax

The captive insurance industry has been looking at a number of ways...

Thursday, November 22, 2018

Fraser Irving

Aon urges life sciences businesses to form direct writing captives

Tags: Aon, Brokers, Captive, EU, Europe, life sciences, Pharmaceuticals

Aon is promoting direct writing captives for life sciences businesses eager to...

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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