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The State of Tennessee is working to make itself a more attractive domicile to locate a captive insurance company with the introduction of new legislation. 25 May 2017
Analysis
Vermont’s governance standards should be viewed as a tool to help board members meet their fiduciary responsibilities and promote uniformity in regulation, as Sandy Bigglestone, director of captive insurance, and Christine Brown, assistant director of captive insurance at the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, explain. 24 May 2017
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The chief executive of Guernsey Finance, Dominic Wheatley, says that Guernsey is seeing in both China and Hong Kong a growing awareness of what captives can achieve for corporations in terms of both the financing and the governance of retained risks. 19 May 2017
Analysis
The Risk & Insurance Management Society (RIMS) has written a letter to the US Department of the Treasury expressing its support for the proposed US-EU covered agreement on reinsurance. 18 May 2017
Analysis
The State of Georgia has introduced a new law which revises certain definitions in the state's captive law, eases the process for forming a captive, and allows a captive to be a limited liability company. 15 May 2017
Analysis
The State of Montana has introduced new legislation that will affect captives companies organised as a reciprocal insurers or a dormant captive insurer. 12 May 2017
Analysis
Vermont Governor Phil Scott has signed new legislation passed in the 2017 session which aims to strengthen the domicile’s status by including agency captives to the portfolio of captive types allowed to operate in the State. 3 May 2017
Accounting & tax analysis
The US District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee has denied the request of captive managers and consulting firms CIC Services and Ryan to seek injunctive relief from Notice 2016-66. 28 April 2017
Accounting & tax analysis
Recommendations from the OECD have reversed the burden of proof on the legitimacy of captives, referring to them as potential vehicles for tax avoidance. Captive International speaks with Fabrice Frère, managing director at Aon Risk Solutions, about the onerous task of preparing for a potential BEPS audit which now falls upon captive owners. 24 April 2017
Analysis
Texas is on the path to improving its attractiveness as a domicile, with the House Insurance Committee approving legislation which makes amendments to the State's captive insurance law. 21 April 2017
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