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Asia analysis

Japanese captives underutilised: AM Best

Japan’s captive insurance industry remains underutilised, despite having one of the largest commercial insurance markets in the world, according to a new AM Best briefing.   3 November 2016

Cayman analysis

The current environment favours active portfolio management

We are in a ‘low return’ world: What is the market outlook and how should captives navigate it? Lisl Lewis at London & Capital offers some guidance.   3 November 2016

Law & regulation

DCIA joins with captive associations to send message to IRS and Treasury

The Delaware Captive Insurance Association (DCIA) has joined with 15 other captive associations in sending a letter to the Internal Revue Service (IRS) and US Treasury asking for guidance and clarification for recent changes made to federal policy regarding enterprise risk captives.   2 November 2016

Bermuda analysis

EXCLUSIVE: Captive owners must analyse their UK risk profile before Brexit - Aon Risk Solutions

Brexit will make many captive owners look carefully at the options available to them, according to Peter Mullen, CEO of captive and insurance management at Aon Risk Solutions.   1 November 2016

EMEA analysis

Strong risk management will help European captives with BEPS and Brexit: AM Best

Owners of European insurance market captives continue to see value in using their captives despite prevailing weak premium rates and widening terms and conditions in large sections of the general insurance market, according to an AM Best special report.   1 November 2016

Law & regulation

EXCLUSIVE: Captives could be a bigger part of the solution if regulatory rules get ironed out: Artex

The past five years has seen significant growth of the captive insurance industry and the next five years will likely continue this trend, Jeremy Huish, senior vice president, captive business development at Artex, North America, tells Captive International.   28 October 2016

Law & regulation

AM Best revises outlooks of Golden Insurance Company to ‘negative’

AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of B (Fair) of Golden Insurance Company, a risk retention group (Golden). Mitigating factors includes Golden’s profitable earnings in recent years and the addition of a more reputable captive manager.   25 October 2016

Cayman analysis

New Cayman captive formations continue to thrive, claims IMAC

The Cayman Islands captive management industry enjoyed continued success in new captive formations between July 1 to September 30, 2016 with 10 new formations for the 3 month period according to the Insurance Managers Association of Cayman (IMAC).   25 October 2016

Accounting & tax analysis

Hurricanes create captive opportunity

One solution to funding for property damage caused by hurricanes is a captive insurance company. It can be treated as a real insurance company for tax purposes and help a company to save for a stormy day, says Jeffrey Kenneson of R&Q Captive Management.   20 October 2016

Accounting & tax analysis

Delaware Insurance issues guidance for PATH Act

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart has issued a bulletin providing captive insurers guidance to make it easier to comply with the new requirements within the federal Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act.   18 October 2016

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