News

Actuarial & underwriting

The benefits of ratings

Ratings can prove an invaluable aid to captives as they navigate the insurance landscape. AM Best outline their significance and how the rating agency assesses those firms within its remit.   1 January 1970

Actuarial & underwriting

Understanding your risks

Alan Fleming of the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers in Industry and Commerce (AIRMIC) addresses the key risk management concerns faced by today’s captive industry.   1 January 1970

Actuarial & underwriting

Captives outperform the market

AM Best details how, despite the soft cycle, captive insurance entities have outperformed the commercial sector across a host of parameters.   1 January 1970

Analysis

Novel structures: awaiting the turn

Novel structures such as risk retention groups and 831(b)s are fulfilling the captive needs of smaller business, but current conditions are presenting a challenge.   1 January 1970

Cayman analysis

Strength in numbers - risk pooling

Nexus Re’s Helen Stephenson outlines the specifics of the company’s risk-pooling structure and details its benefits to captive entities.   1 January 1970

Analysis

CIMA: staying ahead of the curve

Cayman Captive spoke with Cindy Scotland about developments to Cayman’s regulatory framework, the Islands’ decision to opt out of Solvency II and the authority’s ongoing commitment to international standards.   1 January 1970

Analysis

The US industry: holding its breath

A host of issues confront the captive industry, but clarity on how exactly they will play out continues to elude participants. In the meantime, the industry is taking a wait-and-see approach to its future progress.   1 January 1970

Executive Appointments

An experienced bench (Delaware)

As increasingly innovative approaches to captive entities become part of the US landscape, Constitution outlines its Delaware-based offering.   1 January 1970

Cayman analysis

Canadian prospects

The Canada–Cayman Islands bilateral tax information exchange agreement opens further doors for Canadian-owned captive insurance entities.   1 January 1970

Accounting & tax analysis

FATCA: towards transparency

Washington’s introduction of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act is creating additional concerns for offshore entities. Here, the implications of greater tax cooperation and transparency are explored.   1 January 1970

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