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Moody’s ratings agency has faced allegations from a former employee around the accounting practices of its captive, Moody’s Assurance Company. Matthew Queen of Venture Captive Management looks at the wider implications. 5 November 2018
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The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) has issued licenses for four new captive insurance companies and one portfolio insurance company in the third quarter of 2018. 5 November 2018
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Specialist re/insurance market Lloyd’s aims to write facultative reinsurance and non-proportional excess of loss (XoL) treaty reinsurance on Lloyd’s Brussels paper from 1st January 2019 across all markets in the EEA. 5 November 2018
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Jersey’s government has introduced a bill requiring businesses that operate on the island to be able to demonstrate adequate economic substance, as it aims to avoid the EU’s blacklist of uncooperative tax jurisdictions. 27 October 2018
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Brexit is not influencing redomiciliation among European captives, and while there are vast uncertainties around Brexit, it is not high on the risk management agenda for them. 12 October 2018
Accounting & tax analysis
US tax reform, natural catastrophes and new technologies are all shifting insurance market conditions, which is having an impact on captives in Bermuda, explains Gary Harris of Appleby. 8 October 2018
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Against a backdrop of legislative pressures, Brexit and BEPS, many companies in Europe are reconsidering why they need a captive, as Alexandra Gedge of JLT Insurance Management explains. 8 October 2018
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The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has urged the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to use existing international regulations governing captive insurance companies when it publishes new guidelines on transfer pricing and value creation. 21 September 2018
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Solvency II, Brexit and OECD BEPS are some of the influential forces reshaping the captives domicile landscape in Europe, and many captive owners are looking at the growing attractiveness of onshore vs offshore, explains Ciaran Healy of Willis Towers Watson. 17 September 2018
Accounting & tax analysis
Fresh from its victory in the Avrahami and Reserve Mechanical cases, the IRS has set its sights on three more small captives. If it keeps winning, could that spell doom and gloom for the small captives sector, or the wider captive insurance industry? Captive International investigates. 17 September 2018
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