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Accounting & tax analysis
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has concluded its annual "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams for 2018, placing "abusive" microcaptives on there for the fourth consecutive year. 3 April 2018
Accounting & tax analysis
Emerging risks, new tax laws, and new structures are all reshaping the captive landscape. Captive International reported live from the Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA) 2018 International Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, to explore some of these changes. 1 April 2018
Analysis
Holmes Murphy, an independent brokerage involved in property/casualty and employe benefits, has expanded its captive insurance subsidiary Main Street to include businesses with 10-50 employees. 29 March 2018
Analysis
Mid-sized companies should follow the lead of Amazon, JP Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway by taking a more proactive, long-term approach to the purchase of their employees’ healthcare in response to skyrocketing costs, according to Mike Schroeder, founder and president of Roundstone. 29 March 2018
USA analysis
Essent Group subsidiary Essent Guaranty has obtained $424.4 million of fully collateralised excess of loss reinsurance coverage on mortgage insurance policies written by Essent in 2017 from Radnor Re 2018-1, a newly formed Bermuda special purpose insurer. 23 March 2018
Bermuda analysis
AM Best has assigned a financial strength rating of B++ (Good) and a long-term issuer credit rating of “bbb” to Sura Re (Bermuda). The outlook assigned to these ratings is stable. 22 March 2018
Analysis
Michigan-domiciled captive insurance companies exceeded $2 billion in written premiums for the first time in 2017 and three new captives were licensed in the state. 21 March 2018
Analysis
The state of Oregon licensed ten new captives in 2017 – although six closed in the same period. 20 March 2018
Analysis
Joel Chansky, a principal and consulting actuary in the Boston office of Milliman, has been elected chair of the board of directors of the Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA). 15 March 2018
Accounting & tax analysis
The US Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 represents the first major overhaul to federal taxes since 1986, and there are provisions that both US and international captives must be wary of. But changes are not expected to impact the numbers of captives formed. 14 March 2018
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