Newman named VCIA chair

After AGM at the VCIA conference, new board members were voted in...
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VCIA conference Q&A: Where the captive world comes to meet

Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) president Kevin Mead and senior marketing director...
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Hassett elected to another year as VCIA board chair

The board also voted on three other positions at their quarterly meeting...
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VCIA honours Gagliardi and Bello with awards

Awards go to those that have helped to build and shape the...
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VCIA elects four new board members

New elections come as the VCIA begins a new strategic planning process...
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VCIA spent $63k monitoring captive legislation in 2022

VCIA the only captive association doing year-round captive federal and state legislative...
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Vermont looks to Mexico for captive growth

A delegation from The State of Vermont and VCIA will lead a...
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Tracy Hassett succeeds Baillie as VCIA chair

Vice president also announced as WTW’s Jason Palmer.   Tracy Hassett has...
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VCIA’s Mead takes up new credit union committee role

Appointed to the supervisory (audit) committee at North Country Federal Credit Union....
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Nearly a quarter of VCIA 2022 attendees first-timers

However, VCIA President Kevin Mead reveals some changes people want at the...
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Arbol announce $70m gross in 2021

The fintech company Arbol, who revealed their ground-breaking ‘Captives+Parametrics’ solution (due in...
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VCIA names new president

Kevin Mead is to succeed Rich Smith as president of the Vermont...
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TRIGGERED: should captives be utilising parametrics?

Over the past few years parametric solutions and their uses have started...
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EXCLUSIVE: VCIA president Rich Smith announces resignation

Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) president Rich Smith has announced his resignation....
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VCIA announce board additions

The Vermont Captive Insurance Association has announced the addition of two new...
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Arbol reveal innovative climate risk solution at VCIA

Arbol, an Insurtech platform for parametric weather protection products, announced at the...
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TRIP captive changes would “seriously undermine” program: CICA, VCIA, CIC-DC

Three prominent captive insurance associations have submitted comments to the US Treasury,...
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VCIA 2021 conference to be 100% virtual

The Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) has announced their 2021 conference will...
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New VCIA board chair

The Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) has announced Stephanie J Maples as...
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The future of the captive conference

Compared to many other industries, the captive community is especially collegiate. Many...
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Captives: what you need to know this week

Welcome to another week in the captive world, and our new week...
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“Social inflation” driving price increases

Social inflation is one of the main drivers of the hardening market...
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“Long way to go” for diversity in captives

Diversity was a theme at the Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) virtual...
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Rate hikes to continue into 2021

Rate hikes will continue not just this year but into 2021, according...
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Pandemic risk is uninsurable: VCIA keynote

A pandemic is not an insurable event according to industry expert and...
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VCIA Day One: Parametrics, Covid-19 and risk retention

The first day of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) Virtual conference...
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VCIA: Commissioner to ask “hard questions” about industry diversity

Commissioner of the Vermont Michael Pieciak has said that the insurance industry...
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Richard Smith talks VCIA Virtual

Richard Smith, president of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association, spoke to Captive Review...
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US news attacks captives and links to Bernie Sanders

Last Wednesday US news website The Daily Beast described captive insurance companies...
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TRIPRA lobbying effort underway

An industry lobbying effort for the renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance...
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Vermont, VCIA to send delegation to Mexico

The state of Vermont and the VCIA will send a delegation of...
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Exclusive: DLGA launches captive blockchain working group

A captive insurance working group has been set up in Vermont in...
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VCIA president: Captives can help tackle climate change

Captive insurance companies can help in tackling climate change and must assume...
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Vermont defers run-off legislative plans

The state of Vermont has decided to defer introducing run-off legislation for...
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Vermont considering run-off legislation for captives

Captive specific run-off legislation is being discussed by the Vermont Captive Insurance...
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CICA considering its next move, backs Microsoft’s legal arguments

The Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA) is “exploring all options” in light...
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Jury still out on ILS in Vermont – Rich Smith

Rich Smith, president of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA), said the...
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Towle, Silvia and Blair join VCIA board

Anne Marie Towle is among three new additions to the Vermont Captive...
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VCIA considers offering onshore ILS option in Vermont

The Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) is exploring the possibility of facilitating...
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VCIA still pursuing Captive Clarification Act

“Numerous avenues” in are being explored in Washington DC by the Vermont...
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Vermont’s tax credit changes passed by legislature

Changes to the tax credit system for captive insurers domiciled in Vermont...
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The Debate: Domicile Evolution

Rich Smith of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) and Josh Magden...
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Vermont legislation signed into law, tax credit changes carved out

Governor Phil Scott has signed House Bill 85 into law, updating Vermont’s...
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Vermont makes play for smaller captives with new legislation

The Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) has put forward a captive bill...
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Year in Review: Rich Smith

As 2016 draws to a close, Captive Review has asked a number...
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Vermont license 11 captives in 2016, SPIs expected to dry up

The State of Vermont has licensed 11 new captives so far in...
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Vermont Report 2016

Rich Smith, president of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association, introduces the Vermont...
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VCIA steps up campaign for passage of Captive Clarification Act

The Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) remains hopeful the Captive Clarification Act...
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Vermont appoints new insurance commissioner

Vermont’s Governor Peter Shumlin has appointed Michael Pieciak as the State’s new...
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Treasury prepares to draw up captive TRIP rules, VCIA and SIIA respond

The United States’ Department of the Treasury is considering introducing specific rules...
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Vermont not ashamed to replicate rival domiciles – Rich Smith

Rich Smith, president of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA), has said...
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New Vermont legislation to be proposed today

Rich Smith, chairman of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA), will vouch...
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China trip to Vermont scuppered by corruption scandal

A clampdown on corruption among China’s insurance regulators and officials has prevented...
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Vermont Report 2015

The Vermont Report 2015 examines what makes the United States' largest onshore...
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VCIA grateful for reintroduction of Captive Clarification Act

Rich Smith, president of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA), is hopeful...
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Make sure 831(b) captives are true insurance vehicles – Smith

Rich Smith, president of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA), has called...
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Captive industry right to be wary of IAIS – Smith

Rich Smith, president of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA), is “definitely...
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“Cautious optimism” for NRRA amendment, but “political gridlock” a threat

The Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) is “cautiously optimistic” legislation proposed last...
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Soft market gives prospective captive owners more time – Bauman

Zurich’s Steven Bauman believes the idea that a soft market should make...
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Regulation dominates VCIA discussions – Smith

Regulation of the captive insurance industry, at state, federal and global levels,...
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Exclusive: Captive management firm launched in Wisconsin

An independent captive management firm, which is putting the provision of new...
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Ambitious future unveiled for New England college captive

A one-year-old group captive, writing employee health insurance for 7,000 staff at...
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New US domiciles won’t remain in the game – Provost

The Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) and the state’s regulator David Provost...
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VT and SC legislators target NRRA clarity for captives

Cross-party politicians have introduced two pieces of legislation to the United States’...
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Captive Insurance: A Bright Light, Not a Shadow

INDUSTRY COMMENT: 'Captive bashing' provides an opportunity for the captive insurance industry...
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Vermont licenses 1000th captive

The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) has licensed the state's 1,000th...
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Too many domiciles, not enough captives in US

Captive numbers in the US may be insufficient to keep all 37...
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The IRS is biding its time by taking on micro-captives and will eventually refocus on...
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Randy Sadler, principal at CIC Services, discusses why captive professionals should be more strongly considering...
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Guy Carpenter’s Rick Hartmann, senior vice president, Treaty Broking, explains why – and how –...
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Ian-Edward Stafrace of Atlas Insurance PCC, a FinanceMalta member, explores how Malta’s innovative protected cell...
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