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Actuarial & underwriting

Captives should not panic near end of cycle but might consider ‘removing some chips from the table’

As the US economy potentially reaches the end of a cycle and interest rates start to rise, captive owners should not panic – but they might consider “taking a few chips off the table”.   9 August 2018

Actuarial & underwriting

Medical stop loss captives on the rise

Against a backdrop of rising costs in the commercial health insurance market, companies across the US are increasingly looking to self-fund their employee health insurance plans through medical stop loss captives. US Captive finds out how much the sector is growing.   6 August 2018

Actuarial & underwriting

AHP final rules well intended but fall short on delivery

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

Actuarial & underwriting

Medical stop loss for single parent captives

As medical costs continue to rise and regulatory uncertainties threaten the amount of control employers are able to maintain within more conventional insurance structures, interest in self-funding and medical stop loss captives will continue to grow, says Phillip Giles of QBE North America.   16 July 2018

Actuarial & underwriting

Beecher Carlson parent Brown & Brown acquires CSI Insurance

Brown & Brown, parent company of Beecher Carlson and provider of insurance, risk management and other services, has acquired all of the assets of Coffman Standridge CSI Insurance, an Arkansas-based provider of property and casualty insurance products.   16 July 2018

Actuarial & underwriting

AM Best upgrades National Independent Truckers RRG outlook to positive

Ratings agency AM Best has revised the outlook from stable to positive for the long-term issuer credit rating (ICR) of National Independent Truckers Insurance Company (NITIC), a risk retention group (RRG).   5 July 2018

Actuarial & underwriting

When the captive fits: the healthcare and employee benefits marketplace

Medical polices within global captive programmes are becoming increasingly popular. Matthias Helmbold, head of technical and services at MAXIS GBN, has the details on market scalability and challenges in the healthcare and employee benefits captives marketplace.   2 July 2018

Actuarial & underwriting

Market conditions no longer drive formation levels of captives

Formation levels of captives are now almost unaffected by whether rates in the wider re/insurance markets are hard or soft, a panel of experts agreed at the annual Bermuda Captive Conference, which is taking place at the Fairmont Southampton Hotel on Bermuda this week.   12 June 2018

Actuarial & underwriting

Mitigating cyber risk via captives

The direct and indirect impacts of a cyber attack can be substantial, but a captive can be an efficient and effective mechanism for financing and managing this continually evolving risk. Steven Bauman of XL Catlin has the details.   11 June 2018

Actuarial & underwriting

Large uptick in captives writing cyber, terrorism, employee benefits: Marsh

Captive insurance is rapidly growing in popularity among risk managers seeking alternative ways to finance emerging risks, according to Marsh’s 2018 Captive Landscape Report.   23 May 2018

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