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Actuarial & underwriting

Skanska sells Luxemburg captive subsidiary following strategic review

Skanska has sold 100 percent of the share capital in Scem Reinsurance, a Skanska captive subsidiary in Luxemburg, to ArcelorMittal, a steel and mining company.   22 December 2016

Actuarial & underwriting

Megatrends: a curse or blessing for the captives market?

In the second of his articles on captives as a 21st century risk management tool Marcus Schmalbach of the Fachhochschule des Mittelstands examines the effects of megatrends on insurance.   20 December 2016

Actuarial & underwriting

Taking care of the workers

Healthcare captives play an increasingly large role in the global captives market. Cayman Captive takes a look at recent developments.   14 December 2016

Actuarial & underwriting

Cyber looms on the road ahead

Cyber coverage will be a key component for captives markets in the future, according to Adrian Lynch, managing director at Aon Risk Solutions.   14 December 2016

Actuarial & underwriting

AM Best assigns and comments on Nova Casiopea ratings

AM Best has assigned a financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and a long-term issuer credit rating of “a-” to Nova Casiopea Re (NCRe) based in Luxembourg. The outlook assigned to these credit ratings (ratings) is stable.   12 December 2016

Actuarial & underwriting

EXCLUSIVE: Artex launches new group captive for smaller businesses

Command, Artex Risk Solutions' new group captive, will offer its members better ability to improve their control of insurance cost through a captive, Amanda Klimaski, captive director at Artex told Captive International in an exclusive interview.   28 November 2016

Actuarial & underwriting

Partnerships in odd places

Captive managers should consider leveraging powerful players outside the industry, says Jim Weynand, chief revenue officer of Check-6 International.   14 November 2016

Actuarial & underwriting

AM Best affirms financial strength rating of Bison to “excellent”

AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) of Bison Insurance Company (Bison). The outlook of the rating is stable.   31 October 2016

Actuarial & underwriting

CWC boosts captive insurance division in Guernsey through appointment

Cutts-Watson Consulting (CWC), a captive insurance advisory firm, has appointed Graham Powell as a consultant based in its Guernsey office, to strengthen its captive insurance offering.   17 October 2016

Actuarial & underwriting

Castel introduces specialty division to support underwriters

Castel Underwriting Agencies (Castel), the club-style managing general agent (MGA) formation platform, has launched a new speciality division to support talented and entrepreneurial individual underwriters who have smaller books of niche business.   3 October 2016

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