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Actuarial & underwriting
A managing general agency (MGA) can leverage a captive insurance company to enhance its performance and give it a competitive edge over other MGAs, and ultimately build a better relationship with the reinsurance market. 13 February 2019
Analysis
Blockchain is set to transform the insurance industry, and by extension the captives sector. Matthew Queen, chief compliance officer and general counsel of Venture Captive Management, explores five different angles of how captives will benefit. 7 February 2019
Analysis
With the cannabis industry expected to generate over $20 billion in US sales in 2021 and only a handful of insurers active in this space, there is a prime opportunity for captive insurers to step in. An inherent conflict at a federal level scares away many captive managers, but those not willing to act might get left behind. Matthew Queen, chief compliance officer and general counsel of Venture Captive Management, has the details. 21 January 2019
Analysis
Connecticut has entered into two separate memoranda of understanding with The Hartford and Liberty Mutual Insurance to provide supplemental financial assistance to policyholders who file claims and receive awards to remediate their crumbling concrete foundations through the state’s captive insurance programme, the Connecticut Foundations Solutions Indemnity Company (CFSIC). 9 January 2019
Analysis
The State of Vermont licensed 25 captives in 2018, including one affiliated reinsurance company (ARC), according to statistics released by the Department of Financial Regulation. 8 January 2019
Analysis
Contractors and sub-contractors in the construction industry face challenges that are not only unique by specialty, but even from one company to the next. Captive insurance is playing an increasingly central role in addressing the day-to-day challenges of this specialised industry, explains Thomas Stokes, managing partner at JLT Insurance Management. 7 January 2019
Analysis
The automotive, manufacturing and retail industry was responsible for the majority of new formations on Bermuda in 2017, according to the BMA Captive Report 2018. 3 January 2019
Analysis
Bermuda captives writing cyber risk experienced the greatest year-on-year percentage increase out of any line of business in the market in 2017, according to the BMA Captive Report 2018. 3 January 2019
Analysis
Against a backdrop of high-profile failures and closures of benefit schemes, captives have become an attractive alternative over the last few years, explains David Riley, risk consultant, and Frank Oldham, strategic consultant, at Robus Group. 1 January 2019
Actuarial & underwriting
Melvin Findlay, a specialist with AXA XL’s Captives and Global Programs team based in London, shares his perspective on the opportunities the captive insurance industry offers to young people. 13 December 2018
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