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Guernsey, which styles itself as Europe's leading captive insurance market, is meeting current international standards in regulating its insurance industry, according to a report published by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). 27 June 2019
Analysis
The US government must renew the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (TRIPRA), due to expire on December 31 next year, according to Tarique Nageer, a property terrorism placement and advisory leader at Marsh. 19 June 2019
Analysis
Many captives are still paying over the odds for their collateral arrangements due to an inertia when it comes to exploring the use of captive collateral trusts instead of letters of credit (LoC). While more captives are starting to use the option, many captive owners and captive managers neglect the idea, often due to myths that do not stand up to scrutiny. 13 June 2019
Analysis
The volatility and uncertainty in many of the world’s economies can represent opportunities for captive managers willing to explore active rather than passive investment strategies. “There are plenty of opportunities for investors and captives to benefit from the volatility we are seeing,” Henk Potts, director, investment strategy, Barclays Private Bank, told delegates at the Bermuda Captive Conference yesterday (Wednesday June 12). 13 June 2019
Analysis
The EU’s blacklisting of Bermuda earlier this year came as a surprise, said Scott Reynolds, president and CEO Member Insurance. 12 June 2019
Analysis
Against a backdrop of more US captive domiciles gaining prominence and maturing, companies may opt to keep their captives onshore. The Bermuda captive community will therefore need to focus on continuous improvement and take the necessary steps to retain existing captives and attract new captives that are fit for what Bermuda offers. 10 June 2019
Analysis
Bermuda’s insurers - and by extension captive insurers - have until July 1 to meet the government’s new economic substance requirements, although much of the industry is confident captives are in a good position to satisfy these requirements and that the impact of the legislation will be minor. 10 June 2019
Accounting & tax analysis
Just 10 days before the scheduled trial in the US Tax Court, the taxpayers conceded the remaining issues in Pilot Series of Fortress Insurance et al v Commissioner. The pretrial pleadings highlighted many of the key questions that remain open in litigation over the tax treatment of captive insurance transactions. Those questions—and the parties’ efforts to answer them—provide a roadmap of what to expect as additional cases move toward trial. Jenny Johnson Ware, founding partner of tax litigation boutique Johnson Moore, analyses those key questions and what we can learn from them—despite the fact that the Tax Court will not be providing any answers. 7 June 2019
Accounting & tax analysis
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had planned to use tape recordings of an undercover agent looking to form an 831(b) captive with Tribeca Strategic Advisors - now part of Artex Risk Solutions - in order to support its argument that a captive in a recent lawsuit lacked economic substance. 3 June 2019
Analysis
Labuan International Business and Financial Centre recorded growth of 11 percent in its captive insurance business in 2018, taking it to $400.5m in total assets, according to Farah Jaafar-Crossby, CEO of Labuan IBFC. 3 June 2019
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