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Aside from more complicated tax returns, Guernsey’s new economic substance requirements which apply to insurance companies - and by extension captives - are not seen as particularly burdensome. 11 April 2019
Analysis
Guernsey has satisfied the much-debated OECD BEPS substance requirements for captives operating there. Industry veteran and retired principal of Towers Watson, Hugh Rosenbaum, shares his views. 8 April 2019
Analysis
Cypress Insurance Company, the captive insurer of Microsoft Corporation, has been unsuccessful in its attempts to recoup $175m in losses relating to a fire at the SK Hynix manufacturing complex in Wuxi, China. The fire suspended the production of memory chips, which Microsoft had alleged impacted the 2013 launch of its video gaming console, the Xbox One. 4 April 2019
Accounting & tax analysis
Bermuda’s insurers—and, by extension, captive insurers—have until July 1 to satisfy the government’s new economic substance requirements, which have a considerably broad scope. Janine Carey, associate at Appleby, has the details. 29 March 2019
Law & regulation
The Insurance Managers Association of Cayman (IMAC) has welcomed the European Union (EU) report on non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, which does not feature the Cayman Islands. 14 March 2019
Law & regulation
The Government of Barbados’ overhaul of its insurance law is expected to give the domicile a competitive advantage and enhance its international reputation, according to Kenneth Campbell, director, investment promotion, at Invest Barbados. 11 March 2019
Law & regulation
Against a backdrop of increased scrutiny, high-profile tax court cases, and regulatory overreach by home state regulators, the captive industry continues to be misunderstood, according to Dan Towle, president of the Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA). 11 March 2019
Analysis
Michigan State University (MSU) had set up a captive insurance company following its former primary insurer, United Educators, introducing “onerous” new terms after allegedly failing to provide general liability insurance coverage for lawsuits and claims arising from the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal. 7 March 2019
Analysis
North Carolina has introduced a new bill aimed at attracting redomestications of captive insurance companies back to the state through a "premium tax holiday". 5 March 2019
Analysis
Rising geopolitical and geo-economic tensions are leading to increased uncertainty and risk for multinationals with direct foreign investments, which in turn provides opportunity for political and trade credit insurance, and by extension captive insurance. 28 February 2019
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