Monday, July 31, 2023
Mark Richardson

US captive premium projected to have passed $100bn

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Projection also made for global captive premium based on data from the...
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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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Thursday, August 22, 2019
Fraser Irving

Roundstone sends $2m to group captive members

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Health insurance provider Roundstone has distributed $2m to customers enrolled in one...
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Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Fraser Irving

US captives outperform commercial market, AM Best says

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The US captive insurance market outperformed the commercial casualty sector in 2018,...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Fraser Irving

International Re releases mid-market captive offering

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International Re has launched a mid-sized captive and reinsurance offering in a...
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Wednesday, June 05, 2019
Fraser Irving

Roundstone distributes $5m to group captive customers

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Group captive specialist Roundstone Insurance has distributed more than $5m to businesses...
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Friday, February 15, 2019
Fraser Irving

R&Q ratings affirmed by AM Best

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AM Best has affirmed the financial strength and long-term issuer credit ratings...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Fraser Irving

SIIA releases captive manager conduct guidelines

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The Self-Insurance Institute of America (SIIA) has released the captive manager code...
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Monday, January 07, 2019
Fraser Irving

Johnson Lambert names three partners

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Audit and compliance firm Johnson Lambert has named three new partners in...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Fraser Irving

Arthur J Gallagher picks up Chicago-based captive consultant

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Arthur J Gallagher has acquired Chicago-based Captive Insurance Company Design and Operations....
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Thursday, June 12, 2014
Richard Cutcher

US Mid-Market Report 2014

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Featuring insights from Johnson Lambert, Captive Resources, London & Capital and several...
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Friday, May 30, 2014
Richard Cutcher

PCCs and Series LLCs: A tale of two laws

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Nigel Feetham of Hassans examines the legal developments surrounding PCCs in Gibraltar...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Richard Cutcher

Marsh: Most US captives not used for tax benefits

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The majority of US captives are not generating tax benefits, according to...
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Friday, November 15, 2013
Richard Cutcher

Texas open for captive relocation

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The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has begun accepting applications from captive...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
Richard Cutcher

Law introduced to protect stop-loss captives

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Federal legislation has been introduced to ensure that regulators cannot re-define stop-loss...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Richard Cutcher

IMA appoint captive specialist

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US insurance broker IMA has appointed Lawrence Cook as vice president of...
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Friday, October 18, 2013
Richard Cutcher

Endurance Re US appoints CUO

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Bermuda-based specialty insurer, Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. has appointed Christopher Donelan as...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Richard Cutcher

Guardian Life introduces stop-loss coverage

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US Mutual life insurer and a provider of employee benefits, Guardian Life...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Richard Cutcher

A long walk off a short cliff

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By the time you read this, the fiscal crisis afflicting the US...
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Friday, September 20, 2013
Richard Cutcher

The Great Migration

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While a perfect storm of political and fiscal pressure is causing US...
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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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Monday, September 02, 2013
Richard Cutcher

FSB suggests tightening US captive regulation

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US captive insurance will be impacted if recommendations for greater regulatory uniformity...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Richard Cutcher

NAIC supports TRIA

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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has passed a resolution supporting...
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Richard Cutcher

Too many domiciles, not enough captives in US

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Captive numbers in the US may be insufficient to keep all 37...
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Friday, August 09, 2013
Richard Cutcher

Marsh names Steve Kempsey US casualty leader

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Marsh has appointed Steve Kempsey, a 20-year veteran of the firm, as...
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Thursday, August 08, 2013
Richard Cutcher

Canada and China experience billion dollar nat cat losses

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Canada experienced its second billion-dollar natural catastrophe of 2013 after thunderstorms resulted...
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Richard Cutcher

Editor's Letter: August 2013

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One of the advantages of writing about captive insurance for a living...
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
Richard Cutcher

Renewable energy could triple insurance spend by 2020

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The cost of annual insurance to mitigate the risk associated with renewable...
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Monday, July 15, 2013
Richard Cutcher

US Treasury further delays FATCA

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The US Department of the Treasury says it will delay enforcement of...
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Richard Cutcher

Study: Easier to set up puppet company in US and Britain than a tax haven

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Britain is one of the easiest places in the world to set...
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Friday, June 07, 2013
Richard Cutcher

NEWS ANALYSIS: The great capitulation

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Earlier this month MetLife announced plans to merge three U.S. life insurers...
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Friday, May 31, 2013
Richard Cutcher

Jamaica to adopt IGA on FACTA

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The Jamaican Government plans to set up an intermediary authority to transmit...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Richard Cutcher

Swiss government set to allow banks to settle US tax disputes

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The Swiss government is set to allow its banks to disclose client...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Richard Cutcher

New captive owners gravitate toward onshore domiciles in US and EU

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New captive owners made a move towards onshore domiciles in the US...
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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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