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Actuarial & underwriting
When healthcare costs continue to rise, captives can provide customised transfer solutions that improve the financial management of many employer-sponsored health plans. Anne Marie Towle of JLT Insurance Management (USA) has the details. 24 September 2018
Analysis
UK financial services company Legal & General has completed a £4.4 billion buy-in for British Airways' pension scheme, Airway Pension Scheme, marking the largest to date bulk annuity policy arranged with a UK pension scheme, which also included the conversion of existing longevity insurance into a bulk annuity. 17 September 2018
Analysis
Vermont’s recently introduced captive structures, affiliated reinsurance companies (ARCs), will likely enhance the domicile’s standing in the captive industry, according to an AM Best briefing. 8 September 2018
Analysis
There are several key areas that captive owners and international regulators might wish to consider in the pursuit of optimising an insured’s risk finance strategy, as Stuart King of SRS Europe and Derick White of Strategic Risk Solutions explain. 20 August 2018
Analysis
Three Nevada-based chambers of commerce have partnered to form an association health plan (AHP), Clark County Health Plan Association, for their members. 20 August 2018
Actuarial & underwriting
Insurance brokerage Hub International has introduced cannabis insurance and risk services, an offering under its agribusiness and farm specialty practice, to provide medical and recreational cannabis producers, distributors and retailers protection and solutions to reduce risks within their operations. 20 August 2018
Analysis
Although agency captives are by no means new, the encouragement of US domestic domiciles through new legislation in recent years has brought them into greater focus as agents realise the potential to become a stronger player in the market. US Captive has the details. 6 August 2018
Analysis
As the cannabis industry in the US continues to grow, its insurance needs grow with it. Inadequacies of the commercial market and complex coverage needs present a prime opportunity for captives to step in, so what does the future hold? US Captive investigates. 6 August 2018
Actuarial & underwriting
Earlier this year, proposed association health plan (AHP) regulations issued by the US Department of Labor (DOL) had presented affordable healthcare plans for groupings of smaller employers - and in turn opportunities for captives - but the more recent final rules have left a lack of regulatory uniformity from one state to another. 6 August 2018
Analysis
Ratings agency AM Best has affirmed the financial strength of A (Excellent) of Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited (NEIL), based in Wilmington, Delaware. The outlook remains stable. 3 August 2018
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