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Willis Towers Watson has expanded its benefit financing team in North America with the appointment of Paul McNiff as director in its global services and solutions consulting business in the New York office. 4 September 2019
Law & regulation
A series of high-profile victories in court for the IRS over 831(b) captives has tarnished the reputation of these structures, but they do not deserve their shady reputation, as Jeremy Colombik of Management Services International told Captive International. 4 September 2019
Analysis
The North Carolina Captive Insurance Association has named Lea Riddle as its new chairman. 3 September 2019
Law & regulation
CIC Services has warned the Internal Revenue Service that its battle against the tax authority’s “abuse of law-abiding taxpayers is not over,” vowing to take its case all the way to the Supreme Court. 3 September 2019
Law & regulation
There have been a number of high profile fights between states and captives in recent years, including Johnson & Johnson v New Jersey, Stewart’s Shops v New York and Microsoft v Washington. If these cases haven’t grabbed your attention you need to wake up, says Gary Osborne, vice president at Risk Partners. 3 September 2019
Analysis
Capsicum Re and Swiss Re have teamed up to launch Decrypt, a new holistic cyber reinsurance platform. It provides a single end-to-end solution to insurers’ cyber exposure challenges, including embedded, silent, and affirmative cyber risks. 2 September 2019
Law & regulation
RRGs are regulated by the state in which they domicile, and are free to do business in other states, but many non-domiciliary states are operating well outside the scope of the law, says Jon Harkavy of Risk Services. 2 September 2019
Law & regulation
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has declined to review the case of CIC Services versus the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which was found in favour of the IRS in 2017. 30 August 2019
Law & regulation
Economic substance regulation enacted to appease the EU is undermining the business case for offshore captives, according to Mark Chudleigh, a partner at Kennedys in Bermuda. 29 August 2019
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Many regulators are still deeply sceptical about the growth of cryptocurrencies, and the impact they might have on markets, but they are potentially transformative in the insurance industry. They could spawn a whole new generation of investable insurance products, says Matthew Queen of Venture Captive. 29 August 2019
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